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Product Manager - Fire Control Panels & Fire Detection

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Hybrid
Warrington, Cheshire, England
Senior level
Hybrid
Warrington, Cheshire, England
Senior level
Lead product strategy, roadmap, and P&L for fire detection and control products. Drive cross-functional execution from concept to launch, build business cases, set pricing, engage customers and stakeholders, and enable commercial teams to maximize revenue and profitability.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
The Product Manager owns and manages product and service profitability, including pricing strategy, margin levers, cost drivers, and investment tradeoffs. Define pricing and competitive positioning strategies based on market dynamics, customer value, and competitive benchmarks.
Product Manager leads the definition and execution of roadmap priorities by partnering closely with Engineering, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Quality, and external industry stakeholders. Success in this role requires strong market knowledge of detection and security products and systems, disciplined P&L and margin management, and the ability to translate strategy into scalable, revenue producing programs delivered through cross functional leadership.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy, Roadmap & Revenue Growth
  • Develop and own a clear product and service roadmap aligned to business strategy, technology investments, and market demand, with a direct focus on revenue growth and profitability.
  • Identify, prioritize, and execute revenue-generating initiatives across new services, service line extensions, and lifecycle optimization opportunities to meet Vitality Index (NPVI) KPI
  • Lead business case development for organic growth initiatives, including market sizing, revenue forecasts, cost structures, and margin impact.
  • Translate market and customer insights into actionable decisions that balance near-term revenue delivery with long-term strategic growth.

P&L Ownership & Profitability Management
Cross-Functional Program Execution
  • Lead cross-functional teams (Engineering, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Quality, Client Services) to execute roadmap initiatives from concept through launch and scale.
  • Drive disciplined execution of programs, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while meeting defined revenue and profitability targets.
  • Serve as the single point of accountability for project outcomes, aligning stakeholders around priorities, tradeoffs, and execution plans.

Market, Customer & Industry Leadership
  • Apply deep knowledge of the detection and security industry to inform strategy and investment decisions.
  • Engage directly with customers, specifiers, regulators, trade associations, and industry stakeholders to identify unmet needs and emerging opportunities.
  • Partner with Sales to support customer discovery, value articulation, and commercialization of new and existing services.
  • Conduct Voice of Customer (VOC) gathering and analysis to address opportunities in the market and eco-system needs.

Go-to-Market & Commercial Enablement
  • Define and execute go-to-market strategies for new services, including value proposition, target segments, pricing, and launch plans.
  • Enable Sales and Commercial teams with training, tools, collateral, and messaging to support successful revenue adoption.
  • Track post-launch performance and continuously optimize offerings based on market response and financial outcomes.
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QUALIFICATIONS
  • Facilitation skills - ability to lead small to medium groups of internal and external stakeholders towards desired outcomes in order to meet business objectives.
  • Interview skills - ability to conduct discovery sessions with clients, prospects and stakeholders in order to diagnose business opportunities, elicit requirements and conduct other types of research.
  • Strong communication and presentation (PowerPoint) skills.
  • Product management tools - product design (e.g. Invision, Zeplin), development task management (e.g. Jira, Azure DevOps), documentation and knowledge (e.g. Confluence, SharePoint), collaboration (e.g. Microsoft Teams, Slack), roadmap and portfolio management (e.g. Aha!, Daptiv).
  • Formal training and/or certification in Product Management is a plus.
  • University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor's degree) in Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline.
  • 5 years or more of related discipline experience or demonstrated competency.
  • Working with remote teams is highly preferred.
  • Project management certification is a plus.

ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Our buildings don't just shape our skylines - they provide the backdrop to our lives. And knowing they're safe matters. We've been helping to create safer structures since 1894, combining our expertise with innovative new technologies to help make sure both people and property are secure. As more people have to deal with extreme weather, we're on hand to test products and building materials to increasingly rigorous standards. Whether we're simulating tornadoes or testing smoke alarms, the work we do on our team is used in buildings around the world to - quite literally - help save lives. Join our team and build your skills, build innovative solutions and help build a safer world.

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