As a Product Manager you are responsible for ensuring competitive advantage by managing a future-proof product strategy for your responsible product categories. You manage the technical and economic performance of the assigned product portfolio or segment over the complete lifecycle and work cross-functionally with business-wide stakeholders to further strengthen Bosch in your product category.
Product Strategy Development
- Own the product strategy: Utilise deep expertise in the UK heating market and advanced product management techniques to develop market-leading product specifications tailored to specific customer needs.
- Conduct strategic research: Lead in-depth market and customer research including both technical and commercial competitor analysis to identify key trends market gaps and unique selling propositions (USPs).
- Validate concepts with users: Initiate and execute user experience (UX) research and testing to validate product concepts features and benefits ensuring they meet genuine customer needs.
- Ensure compliance: Engage across the Standards network and act as the subject matter expert on relevant regulations and standards integrating them proactively into all product specifications to ensure full compliance.
Product Development & Launch
- Lead the product vision: Act as the voice of the customer and product strategy within development projects translating insights into clear actionable requirements and user stories.
- Define the value proposition: Ensurethe right product is delivered at the optimal quality and price point for the target market with a clear focus on commercial viability and customer value.
- Drive communication and alignment: Champion the products features benefits and USPs ensuring they are effectively communicated and understood throughout the organisation and by key customer groups.
- Orchestrate new product introductions: Lead and manage new product introductions (NPIs) coordinating a flawless launch with all relevant departments including marketing sales and internal technical stakeholders
Product Lifecycle Management
- Own the ongoing product strategy: Lead cross-functional teams to define and execute the overarching product strategy leveraging the 4 Ps (Product Price Place Promotion) to maximise market impact and profitability.
- Analyse portfolio performance: Continuously review the product portfolios performance using key metrics like revenue margin and market share making data-driven decisions based on market trends legislative drivers customer needs and competitor activity.
- Optimise the portfolio: Proactively manage the product range including the strategic phase-out of products that are no longer relevant or competitive to ensure a healthy efficient and profitable portfolio.
Portfolio Management
- Shape the portfolio strategy: Collaborate with senior stakeholders across sales regions and Business Units to define a market-leading portfolio strategy that fulfils the commercial and growth objectives of the wider business.
- Develop pricing strategies: Lead comprehensive pricing & value analysis and strategically position products defining price and revenue scenarios based on business goals predecessor products and segmentation strategies.
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Qualifications :
Education requirements:
- Educated to degree level in relevant field (e.g. Product Business Management Marketing Engineering) or equivalent
- Experience within UK HVAC industry preferable though not essential
- Experience working within Product Management Business Development or Marketing functions
Skills & Attributes:
- Strategic Foresight
- Market and Customer Centricity
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Commercial Acumen and Value Realisation
- Technical Acumen
- Stakeholder Engagement and Influence
Additional Information :
Deadline for Applications: 29.09.2025
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time so we encourage candidates to submit their applications as soon as possible.
Expected Start Date: 01.01.2026
Please note that this date is advisory and can be flexible within reason.
Working Hours: 39 hours per week standard working pattern of 08:00 17:00 Monday to Thursday and 08:00 16:00 Friday with a 1-hour lunchbreak
Working with us comes with the following benefits:
- Hybrid working options available
- 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays additional service days accrued after 5 years
- Eligibility for our Company Performance Bonus
- Enhanced pension contributions
- Access to the Perkbox and My Benefits platforms giving access to discounts group income protection and death in service benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme and Virtual GP
- Discounts on products from across the Bosch Group
- Subsidised onsite caf and canteen
- Health & wellbeing support including: over 200 trained mental health first aid champions free of charge employee assistance programme and after 2 years service you gain eligibility for funding up to 150 per annum to support your personal wellbeing
- Access to Bosch Social Club membership offering you and up to 5 friends and family discounts on excursions and events
- Volunteering days
- Cycle to work scheme with discounts on push-bikes e-bikes and accessories
- Policy to support growing families
- Access to self-service training platform containing over 200 Bosch approved programmes
- Networking opportunities across Bosch UK including a mentoring programme
- And more!
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time