Product Manager – Combustion Solutions

Overview

Job title: Product Manager – Combustion Solutions. Location and other details not provided in the original text.

Responsibilities

• Product Strategy Development: utilise expertise in the UK heating market or product management techniques to develop market-leading product specifications tailored to the UK market and customer needs.
• Conduct market and customer research, including technical and commercial competitor analysis, to identify trends, gaps and USPs.
• Initiate and execute User Experience (UX) activity to validate product concepts, features and benefits.
• Understand relevant regulations and standards for responsible product groups and factor them into product specifications.
• Product Development & Launch: represent the Product Management function within product development projects.
• Develop requirements and insights to ensure the right product is delivered at the right quality and price for the target market.
• Ensure features, benefits, USPs and advantages are communicated throughout the organisation and to key customer groups.
• Assist in coordination of new product introductions with all relevant departments.
• Product Lifecycle Management: coordinate relevant functions to define and execute ongoing overarching product strategy across Product, Price, Place & Promotion for the category.
• Continuously review portfolio performance to ensure relevance, considering price development, market trends, legislative drivers, customer needs and competitors’ activities.
• Make relevant changes to the product range, including phasing out products deemed no longer relevant or competitive.
• Portfolio Management: contribute to the definition of a market-leading portfolio strategy with senior stakeholders and ensure alignment across Sales Region and Product Areas.
• Collaborate with other Product Managers to ensure common goals are aligned and the portfolio fits cohesively.
• Conduct price analysis and position products, defining price/revenue scenarios based on business goals and segmentation strategies.
• Define an overarching segment strategy (Product, Service, Price, Place & Promotion) and develop value propositions and segmentation tools to secure competitive advantage within the market segment.
• Own segment delivery roadmaps and communicate objectives to relevant functions, removing obstacles to execution.
• Coordinate progress of segment deliverables to key stakeholders including HC/SGB Management and HC business units.

Qualifications

• Education requirements: Degree in a relevant field (e.g., Product, Business Management, Marketing, Engineering) or equivalent.
• Experience within UK HVAC industry preferred but not essential.
• Experience in Product Management, Business Development or Marketing functions.

Skills & Attributes

The ideal candidate combines business/commercial acumen with experience or exposure to product management in a manufacturing or engineering setting.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Foresight: analyse market landscapes, foresee trends, and develop long-term product strategies that drive growth and competitive advantage.
• Market & Customer Centricity: conduct thorough market and competitive analysis, understand customer needs, and inform product positioning and development.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration: influence diverse internal teams to achieve shared product or segment goals.
• Commercial Acumen & Value Realization: understand business models, pricing, revenue optimization and key financial metrics; make data-driven decisions to maximize profitability.
• Technical Acumen: understand underlying technologies and translate technical details into business-oriented insights for product decisions.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: articulate strategies and progress to technical teams and senior leadership.

Additional Information

• Deadline for Applications: 12 June 2026
• Expected Start Date: 10 August 2026 (advisory; flexible within reason)
• Working Hours: 39 hours per week; standard pattern 08:00–17:00 Mon–Thu and 08:00–16:00 Fri with 1-hour lunch

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays; additional service days after 5 years
• Eligibility for Company Performance Bonus
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Perkbox/My Benefits platforms: discounts, income protection, and death in service benefits
• Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP
• Discounts on Bosch Group products
• Subsidised onsite café and canteen
• Health & wellbeing support including mental health first aid champions and wellbeing funding after 2 years
• Bosch Social Club access with family discounts
• Volunteering days
• Cycle to work scheme
• Family-friendly policies
• Access to training platform with 200+ Bosch-approved programmes
• Networking and mentoring opportunities
• And more!

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