CDI Product Line Manager (H/F)

Company Description

By testing our customers' systems, our test solutions help eliminate uncertainty and contribute to saving lives.

For more than 60 years, SPHEREA has been designing high-tech test solutions that enhance the reliability, safety, and performance of critical systems.

These requirements are at the heart of everything we do, whether in the development, production, or maintenance of complex systems and platforms for some of the world's most demanding industries, including civil aerospace, defense, transportation, and energy.

A New International Dimension

SPHEREA is now entering a new phase of growth and transformation following the acquisition of Averna, a globally recognized provider of test and quality solutions.

The newly formed group is defined by:

• 1,800 employees worldwide;
• Operations in 15 countries across all continents;
• €305 million in revenue in 2025;
• Complementary areas of expertise and strong innovation potential;
• Test solutions that address critical industry challenges.

The quality, technical excellence, and reliability of our solutions have been recognized for many years by leading industrial organizations, particularly in the aerospace, defense, space, rail, and energy sectors.

Job Description

The Product Line Manager is responsible for building, managing, and growing a coherent Group portfolio of standard hardware products sold without customization, currently developed and maintained across multiple entities.
 

Key responsibilities

• Define and execute the product line strategy in alignment with the overall business vision.
• Identify market opportunities, customer needs, and required product evolutions.
• Own sales volume, margin and lifecycle profitability.
• Establish a single Group-level portfolio vision and convergence roadmap.
• Define which products should be developed, maintained, consolidated, repositioned or progressively phased out.
• Align products, technologies, interfaces and positioning across the different originating entities.
• Define and contribute to product pricing and market positioning strategies.
• Collaborate with Operations and Supply Chain teams to ensure successful industrialization and product deployment.
• Prioritize investments on products with credible recurring-volume potential, either across a broad customer base or through high-volume strategic accounts.
• Improve portfolio coherence by addressing unnecessary overlaps, variants and fragmented offers.
• Support worldwide Sales teams on critical opportunities.
• Work jointly with Indirect Sales to develop distributors, channels and partner networks.
• Standardize product documentation, pricing principles, support policies and sales tools.
• Partner with Marketing teams to promote and enhance product visibility.

Qualifications

• Master's degree (Engineering, Business, Electronics, Industrial Engineering, Product Management, or a related field).
• 8+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Line Management, Business Development, Marketing, R&D, or a related role within an industrial, aerospace, defense, electronics, or high-tech environment.
• Strong understanding of hardware products, industrialization processes, and manufacturing environments.
• Experience working in cross-functional and international environments
• Fluent English

Additional Information

As part of our CSR initiatives, employees are encouraged to participate in collaborative workshops focused on diversity, workplace well-being, biodiversity, and responsible procurement.

In accordance with our CSR policy and equal opportunity commitments, particular attention will be given to applications from candidates with disabilities whose qualifications and experience are equivalent.