Job Description Summary
In this role, you own the global strategy, lifecycle, and performance of Colibrium Additive’s metal additive printer portfolio – including hardware, software, materials, and peripherals. You are the person who turns market insight and customer needs into a winning, profitable product portfolio.
You will lead the product management function end-to-end: setting the vision, shaping the roadmap, and making the key trade-offs that drive revenue, margin, and share growth. You will define how our products compete and win, and you will be accountable for delivering safe, high-quality, reliable solutions that customers trust for their most critical applications.
Working at the intersection of technology and business, you will partner closely with Technology/Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Service, and Sales/Marketing. Together, you will translate strategy into measurable outcomes in Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost, while accelerating the adoption of metal additive manufacturing worldwide.
If you are excited by the opportunity to combine strategic leadership, technical depth, and commercial impact—and to leave a tangible mark on an industry in transformation—this role gives you the platform and scope to do exactly that. We are keen to appoint a suitable candidate in the near term, so we encourage you to submit your application promptly.
Job Description
Top Responsibilities:
Portfolio strategy and performance
- Set and deliver annual and multi-year targets for margin, revenue, share, price realization, and investment allocation
- Define and track portfolio KPIs tied to customer value and reliability: uptime, yield, cost-per-part, warranty performance, customer satisfaction
Multi-Generation Product Plan (MGPP) and NPI
- Own long-term portfolio strategy across hardware, software, and materials
- Govern and prioritize NPIs, variants, and end-of-life transitions aligned to customer outcomes and regulatory requirements based on alignment and in close collaboration with the primary customer and stakeholder GE Aerospace
Safety, quality, and release governance
- Establish product management standards and tollgate governance with clear release criteria, verification/validation, and EHS compliance
- Monitor product quality and compliance; drive CAPAs with Quality and Engineering to timely closure
Product management leadership
- Build and lead the PM team; define standards, competencies, and best practices
- Ensure process discipline, decision quality, clear roles/RACI, and effective escalation pathways
Cross-functional orchestration
- Align Technology/Engineering, Materials/Process, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Service and Sales/Marketing on strategy, priorities, and launch/field readiness
- Remove roadblocks and ensure clean handoffs; track SC/Mfg readiness through established forums without assuming execution ownership
Value proposition, pricing, and commercial architecture
- Define differentiated value; set pricing, packaging, and commercial terms
- Partner with Sales/Marketing on segmentation, positioning, launch readiness, collateral, and enablement
Requirements and portfolio simplification
- Translate customer and regulatory needs into prioritized, testable requirements
- Simplify configurations/options to improve deliverability, cost, and customer outcomes while protecting value
Market insight and competitive advantage
- Anticipate customer needs, regulatory trends, and technology inflections; identify opportunities in applications, materials, software, and services
- Conduct market and competitive analysis; measure value vs. alternatives and adjust roadmap accordingly
Growth via adjacencies and partnerships
- Identify and evaluate adjacencies, alliances, and partnerships that accelerate adoption and enhance outcomes
Regulatory and compliance readiness
- Integrate emerging regulatory requirements into MGPP, NPI, and release processes with Quality, EHS, and Engineering
What you bring
You combine acommercial mindsetwith astrong technical foundation. You are comfortable moving between customer conversations, financial outcomes, and engineering trade-offs.
You:
- Have strongcustomer acumenand enjoy engaging with both internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Hold aMaster’s degreein engineering, business, or a related field – or you have built equivalent expertise through your professional experience
- Bringsignificant experiencein product management, engineering, or portfolio management
- Have worked in anindustrial OEMor similar manufacturing environment
- Have a proven track recordleading diverse, international teams, motivating people and driving results across regions
- Communicate withexecutive-level clarity and impact, both written and verbal
- Arebusiness fluent in English
What sets you apart
Ideally, you also:
- Have anMBAand strongfinancial acumen
- Have deliveredglobal strategiesand driven them through to execution
- Bringknowledge of additive manufacturingmarkets and customers
- Are strong ininfluencing and team-building, and effective inmatrix organizations
- Have ledprograms or projectsof varying size, scope, and duration across multiple geographies
- Have stronganalytical skillsand can focus on thecritical fewdrivers that matter most
How your success will be measured
In this role, you can see your impact in:
- Safety and complianceat release and in the field
- Portfolio gross margin expansionandprice realization
- Installed base reliability(uptime, yield, cost-per-part, warranty trends)
- On-time deliveryof NPIs and lifecycle transitions
- Customer satisfaction, competitive win rates, and share gains
- Portfolio complexity reductionand cost-out without eroding customer value
What’s in it for you
At Colibrium Additive, you bring the transformative power of advanced manufacturing to customers worldwide. You will shape aglobal portfolioat the intersection ofhardware, software, and materials, turning strategy into measurable results inSafety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost. You will play a key role inaccelerating the adoption of metal additive manufacturingand defining how this technology scales across industries.
Location and travel
You will be based in one of our key locations:
- Lichtenfels, Germany
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- West Chester, OH, United States of America
You are expected to beregularly present on site(including at a non-home office location) and open tooccasional travel (around 30% of your time).
We welcome your applicationregardless of gender, age, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion or belief, disability, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected characteristic. We are committed to providing an inclusive, respectful, and equitable workplace where different perspectives are valued and where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and grow.
We are looking to fill this position as soon as possible and will review applications as they are received.
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
