Product Manager - Support Solutions

Saab; Linköpings kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Saab is seeking an experienced professional for the Aftermarket Product Management team. You will develop and manage Support Solutions across the portfolio, ensuring they stay competitive and deliver customer value throughout the product lifecycle.

You will collaborate with market, support operations, system and engineering teams to shape roadmaps, drive long-term product development, and align offerings with customer needs in a defense context. Fluency in Swedish and English is required.

Qualifications

• A degree in engineering, product development, business administration, or equivalent.
• Experience with support and aftermarket offerings; defense sector experience is a plus.
• Understanding of aftermarket business and lifecycle management in technical environments.
• Ability to drive product portfolio development with strong financial acumen.
• Fluency in Swedish and English.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities by analysing end-user needs, market trends, profitability and tech developments.
• Own and manage the Support Solutions portfolio with strategic roadmaps from opportunity to phase-out.
• Develop and continuously improve support services and products across the portfolio.

Skills

Product portfolio development

Aftermarket offerings

Defense sector knowledge

Education

Engineering / product development / business administration degree

Job description

Saab is a place where teamwork makes things fly. Literally. Join us and experience our supportive and friendly workplace.

Your role

Are you an experienced professional with a focus on the product lifecycle and an interest in developing aftermarket offerings? Join our Aftermarket Product Management team, where we are responsible for shaping and developing commercial products and services for Airborne Early Warning and Control systems. Our portfolio includes advanced airborne surveillance solutions built on different aircraft platforms and integrating a range of sensors, each supported by a comprehensive Support Solution. In this role, you will take responsibility for developing and managing these support solutions across the portfolio, ensuring they remain competitive and deliver value to our customers throughout the entire product lifecycle. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and managing Support Solutions across the portfolio throughout the entire product lifecycle. You will play a central role in ensuring that our support offerings remain competitive, relevant, and aligned with customer needs over time.

Main tasks

• Identify opportunities: Analyze end-user needs, market and industry trends, profitability, and technological developments to identify new business opportunities.
• Product responsibility: Own and manage the Support Solutions portfolio, including defining and maintaining strategic roadmaps covering the full lifecycle from opportunity to phase-out.
• Develop offerings: Specify, develop, and continuously improve support services and products.

The role involves close collaboration with market, support operations, system, and engineering teams. It also requires staying up to date on international trends and working with specialists in areas such as training, logistics, and material management.

Your profile

We are looking for a structured and driven professional who enjoys taking ownership and working with long‑term product development. You are comfortable navigating complex environments and balancing strategic thinking with operational execution. With strong interpersonal skills, you build trust and collaborate effectively, while also being able to work independently and take initiative when needed. You are comfortable developing product roadmaps and enjoy working both independently and as part of a team. You have the ability to engage and motivate others, while also being organized, able to prioritize effectively, and confident in making decisions that improve both performance and profitability.

To succeed in this role, you likely have:

• Education: A degree in engineering, product development, business administration, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience: Experience working with support and aftermarket offerings; experience from the defense sector is considered an advantage.
• Knowledge: An understanding of the aftermarket business and lifecycle management, preferably within a technical or industrial context.
• Skills: The ability to drive product portfolio development, combined with strong personal integrity and a good financial understanding.
• Communication: Fluency in both Swedish and English.

This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.

Kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement.

What you will be part of

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Saab is a leading defense and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe. Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems. Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defense capability of several nations. Read more about us here