Senior Product Manager

How you will make an Impact (Job Summary)

SPX is a diverse team of unique individuals who all make an impact. As the Senior Product Manager for Radiodetection, you will have end-to-end ownership of assigned strategic product lines, shaping portfolio direction from market insight and product vision through development, launch, lifecycle management and commercial performance. You will combine customer understanding, technical insight and commercial discipline to build compelling strategies and business cases, align cross-functional teams, and deliver profitable growth, product innovation and sustained competitive advantage.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, you will influence senior stakeholders, mentor colleagues and contribute to broader business strategy beyond your immediate product lines. This role provides an opportunity for a high-potential product leader to broaden their impact and develop toward future senior leadership responsibilities.

What you can expect in this role (Job Responsibilities)

While each day brings new opportunities at SPX, your core responsibilities will be:

1. Product Strategy and Portfolio Leadership:

•   Own the strategy, roadmap, lifecycle and commercial performance of assigned product lines, ensuring alignment with Radiodetection’s business strategy and growth objectives.

•   Create and maintain multi-year product roadmaps in collaboration with engineering, sales, operations, finance and senior leadership.

•   Identify, qualify and prioritise opportunities for new product development, product enhancements, lifecycle extensions and portfolio rationalisation.

•   Act as a senior subject matter expert on the markets, applications, customers, competitors, technologies and regulatory trends relevant to the portfolio.

2. Customer, Market and Competitive Insight:

•   Lead market segmentation, voice-of-customer activity and competitive analysis to identify growth opportunities, unmet needs and areas for differentiation.

•   Define target customers, priority market segments and the problems Radiodetection is best positioned to solve, recognising how customer expectations and market dynamics are changing.

•   Translate technical capability into clear customer value, differentiated positioning and compelling value propositions.

•   Represent the voice of the market in product, investment and strategic planning discussions.

3. New Product Development and Commercialisation:

•   Develop robust business cases, product requirements, investment appraisals, pricing assumptions and launch plans to support decision-making through the new product introduction process.

•   Lead cross-functional teams through product development and launch activity, ensuring programmes remain commercially focused and are delivered to agreed objectives.

•   Partner with engineering, operations, finance, sales, marketing and support to resolve issues, manage trade-offs and enable successful market introduction.

•   Ensure product and launch decisions are grounded in customer evidence, commercial viability, technical feasibility and operational readiness.

4. Commercial Performance and Go-to-Market:

•   Monitor portfolio performance, including revenue, margin, volume, pricing, discounts, adoption and customer feedback, taking corrective action where required.

•   Develop product positioning, pricing approaches and commercial strategies that support profitable growth across global markets.

•   Work with marketing to create effective product messaging, launch collateral, sales enablement tools and customer-facing content.

•   Partner with global sales teams on regional strategies, key customer engagement, tender positioning and executive-level customer discussions.

5. Strategic Leadership and Cross-Functional Influence:

•   Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders and act as a credible, evidence-based voice in strategic business planning forums.

•   Contribute to wider product management and marketing priorities, including portfolio strategy, innovation planning, digital initiatives and long-term growth planning.

•   Mentor colleagues, share product management best practice and contribute to the development of organisational capability.

•   Operate effectively through complexity and ambiguity, using sound judgement, resilience and influence to drive decisions without relying on direct authority.

What we are looking for (Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, Education)

We each bring something to the table, and we are looking for someone who has:

Required Experience

•   Significant product management, commercial, marketing or business development experience in a technical, industrial or business-to-business environment.

•   Proven experience managing the full product lifecycle, including portfolio planning, roadmap development, new product development, launch and ongoing commercial management.

•   Experience developing product strategies, value propositions, pricing recommendations, business cases and commercial launch plans.

•   Experience working across international markets with cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.

•   Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and lead complex cross-functional initiatives through ambiguity.

•   Strong commercial and analytical capability, with experience using market, financial, customer and product performance data to support decisions.

Preferred Experience, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

•   Extensive relevant experience in product management, sales, marketing or business development.

•   Experience within, or strong knowledge of, the utility, construction, infrastructure, damage prevention or industrial technology markets.

•   Strong strategic product management capability, including segmentation, prioritisation, roadmapping, lifecycle management and portfolio planning.

•   Commercial acumen with the ability to connect product and marketing strategy to revenue, margin, market share and long-term growth.

•   Ability to understand detailed technical concepts, assess their commercial relevance and communicate opportunities clearly to senior stakeholders and customers.

•   Confident communication and presentation skills, with the presence and credibility to influence at all levels, including senior leadership and executive-level customers.

•   Demonstrated leadership potential through sound judgement, ownership, resilience, coaching and experience mentoring colleagues or leading project teams.

•   Fluent spoken and written English, with strong computer literacy and confidence using data, financial models and business cases; self-motivated and adaptable, with the ability to prioritise competing demands.

Education & Certifications

•   Degree qualified, or equivalent relevant experience, ideally in business, marketing, engineering, product management or a related discipline.

Travel & Working Environment

•   Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required and work effectively with global teams across locations and time zones.