Excellent future technology looks for dynamic pioneers

Thin, lightweight, flexible and ultra green - the future of solar technology is in organic photovoltaics. Based in Dresden, Heliatek GmbH, is the world's leading company for flexible, organic photovoltaics for integration into various building materials. We are in the transition process from being a pure technology development organization to industrial manufacturing company. For this reason, we are looking for dedicated solar pioneers who are ready to break new ground. Heliatek currently employs around 200 people at its locations in Dresden and Ulm. To support our team in Dresden, we are looking for:

 

Manager Product Management (f/m/d)

 

Your Tasks:

• Manage and enable realization of Heliatek’s product portfolio roadmap, in line with Heliatek’s business plan, in terms of functionality (performance and certification), profitability, and time-to-market
• Linking pin between Customer/Sales’ requests and Development’s technical roadmap; translating customer needs into requests for development, and exploring new value propositions in terms of application or sales channel
• Principal of innovation-to-market projects, securing successful and on-time meeting of milestones through commercial launch. Member of the Innovation Board that reviews these milestones
• Drive phase-in/phase-out process in collaboration with sales and operations
• Responsible for managing product data (datasheet, certifications, master data), and all product-related marketing collateral
• Lead by example – a small team of product managers
• Competitor benchmarking
• Support Sales in winning new customers, by means of (tradeshows/webinar) presentations, customer visits

Your Profile:

• University degree in EE or Physics, proven commercial track record
• Minimum 3 years of experience as product manager of high-tech (hardware) innovations in a B2B environment
• Leadership experience of small teams (up to 5 people)
• Experience in project management
• Willingness to travel, duration of a single trip up to two weeks
• Your profile will be rounded off by very good communication skills, supported by fluent German and English skills