Product Manager

Are you a commercially minded Product Manager with experience in manufacturing, engineering or technical products?

Radius Systems is looking for an experienced and proactive Product Manager to join its Technical team in Hilcote, Derbyshire.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys combining technical product knowledge with commercial thinking, market insight and new product development.

You'll play a key role in managing and developing the company's product portfolio, identifying opportunities for growth, supporting new product launches and ensuring products continue to meet customer needs and industry requirements.

Working closely with Technical, Sales, Marketing and Product Development teams, you'll help shape product strategy and drive continuous improvement across the product range.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Product Management, you'll be responsible for supporting the development and management of the product portfolio throughout its lifecycle.

You'll use customer feedback, market intelligence and commercial data to identify opportunities for new products, improvements to existing ranges and cost efficiencies.

You'll also work closely with internal teams to bring new products to market, ensuring they're technically suitable, commercially viable and aligned with customer requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain product roadmaps aligned with business objectives, customer requirements and market opportunities.
• Manage and review the existing product portfolio, identifying opportunities for growth, improvement and rationalisation.
• Research market trends, competitor activity and customer requirements to inform product development decisions.
• Work closely with Product Development, Sales and Marketing to support new product development projects.
• Prepare business cases for new products, considering commercial opportunities, costs and potential returns.
• Coordinate product launches, ensuring relevant teams are prepared and products are successfully introduced to market.
• Monitor product performance, customer feedback, quality trends and commercial results.
• Identify opportunities to improve product profitability through cost reduction, value engineering and margin optimisation.
• Evaluate proposed product changes and assess their commercial impact.
• Build strong relationships with customers and industry stakeholders to understand current and future requirements.
• Provide technical and commercial product expertise to support sales teams, marketing activities and product literature.
• Ensure products and product development activities consider relevant industry standards, compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Analyse product performance and provide recommendations to support business growth and future product strategy.

About You

We're looking for someone who combines strong commercial awareness with a genuine understanding of technical products and manufacturing environments.

You'll be comfortable working with engineers and technical specialists, but equally confident discussing market opportunities, customer requirements and commercial performance.

Ideally, you'll have:

• At least 3 years' experience in Product Management within manufacturing, engineering, utilities or infrastructure.
• Experience managing and developing physical product ranges throughout their lifecycle.
• A proven ability to develop product strategies and roadmaps.
• Experience supporting new product development and coordinating successful product launches.
• Strong commercial awareness, including product profitability, pricing, cost reduction and margin improvement.
• Experience analysing customer feedback, competitor activity, market trends and product performance.
• The ability to understand technical product specifications and applications.
• Experience working collaboratively with Sales, Marketing, Engineering and Product Development teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• An understanding of relevant product standards and regulatory requirements.

Experience within water, utilities, pipeline systems, construction products or infrastructure would be particularly advantageous.

Qualifications

A degree in Product Management, Business or a related technical discipline is required.

Why Join Radius Systems?

This is an opportunity to play an important role in shaping and developing a technical product portfolio within an established manufacturing business.

You'll work across commercial and technical functions, helping to identify new opportunities, improve existing products and support the development of innovative solutions for customers.

If you're a Product Manager who enjoys combining technical knowledge with commercial strategy and seeing the impact of your work, we'd love to hear from you.