Product Manager/Advisor - Situational Awareness

Join the Seatex division in Kongsberg Discovery as a Product Manager or Product Advisor. Kongsberg Discovery is a global marine technology company providing innovative and reliable solutions. In the Situational Awareness group, we create cutting-edge products that revolutionize human perception tasks in maritime operations. Be part of a team working on groundbreaking technologies, leveraging sensor fusion and artificial intelligence to push the limits of what's achievable in maritime innovation.

What you will be working on
As a Product Manager or Product Advisor, you will enjoy a dynamic and varied workday, taking a central role in managing our diverse product portfolio throughout its lifecycle. Your daily tasks will range from strategic planning and portfolio management to producing documentation, supporting technical sales, project management, and supporting testing and validation processes. Depending on your qualifications, there may also be opportunities to contribute to R&D activities. You will act as a key expert on our products, bridging the gap between R&D, sales, engineering, customers, and production teams. As Product Manager, you will have personnel and product responsibility in addition to the responsibilities previously mentioned.

This role is part of the Navigation & Positioning product line and reports to the Product Line Manager.

To thrive in this role, you should be proactive, collaborative, responsible, organized and committed to quality. The position offers the opportunity to travel to conferences, customer visits, and exhibitions. You will occasionally join our operators and customers in the field, gaining firsthand experience and insight.

Applications will be considered continuously.

Innovate for a better world with us. Protechting People and Planet drives every solution.

Responsibilities

• Follow the product lifecycle from concept to launch, ensuring alignment with market needs and technological advancements
• Be a part of the product management and contribute to the strategic planning
• Be a product and domain knowledge expert
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, customer support, sales and marketing, to ensure successful product integration and performance
• Identify and assess new opportunities for product enhancements and market expansion
• Engage with stakeholders to gather insights, validate product features, and drive continuous improvements
• Contribute to and facilitate product documentation and certifications
• Contribute to testing, verification, and validation of product improvements and developments

Qualifications and experience

• A bachelor’s degree or higher
• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Experience from relevant industries or products is beneficial
• Experience from complex interconnected systems
• Fluent in both spoken and written English. Fluency in spoken and written Norwegian is beneficial
  
  

At KONGSBERG, we believe that diversity fuels innovation. We encourage you to apply, even if you do not meet every requirement. Research shows that women and minority groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. Your unique perspective is valuable to us. Your skills, attitude and perspective could be exactly what we are looking for!

This employment may require security clearance by the Norwegian National Security Authority, clearance through Civil Aviation Authority or a background check. Please note that this might affect the offer process or employment.

You are able to

• act on own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results
• make an impact, convince and persuade others and promote plans and ideas successfully
• build a useful network of contacts and relationships and utilize it to achieve set goals
• communicate in a clear, precise and structured way
• co-operate well with others, share knowledge, experience, information and support others in the pursuit of team goals

What we can offer

• An exciting and important position working for the world-leading supplier of maritime solutions
• An inspiring and safe work environment
• Competitive terms including attractive insurance policies and pension schemes
• We offer flexible working hours

Protechting People and Planet guides us, and diverse backgrounds ignite problem-solving

Work location
Trondheim

Point of contact
Henrik Foss, Product Line Manager, Navigation & Positioning, Tel.: +4793289348

Kongsberg Discovery is serving the ocean space from the deepest sea to the outer space. We develop technology to ensure sustainable management of marine resources, monitor climate change and critical infrastructure, and safeguard national security.

Based on our world leading technology, our strategic directions are resilient navigation, situational awareness, platforms and analytics and it all comes together in ocean space.

We recognize the global sustainability challenges and are committed to developing products, systems and solutions that address environmental impacts on the ocean ecosystem and resolve operational issues. Kongsberg Discovery has more than 1,100 employees globally. We are located in Horten, Trondheim, and Oslo in Norway, Alicante in Spain, Aberdeen in the UK, Lynnwood (Seattle), Houston, and New Orleans in the USA, Vancouver and Halifax in Canada, Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, and Singapore. Kongsberg Discovery is part of KONGSBERG, a leading technology group based in Norway.

Protechting people and planet.