Global Product Manager - Vacuum Cleaners

About the role: At Versuni, meaningful innovation helps millions of people live healthier and happier lives every day. As the home of brands including Philips, Saeco, Gaggia, Preethi, Philips Walita, L'OR Barista, and Senseo, we are constantly redefining the home experience through products consumers love. As Product Manager in Versuni, you are the General Manager of your product portfolio, responsible for delivering products that delight consumers and contribute to profitable business growth. You own the product strategy and roadmap for your portfolio from concept to end-of-life, identifying consumer and market opportunities, defining winning value propositions, and leading cross-functional teams to bring products successfully to market. Acting as the voice of both the consumer and the business, you make critical trade-offs across performance, quality, cost, timing, and profitability to maximize the success of your portfolio. Working with Marketing, R&D, Design, Operations, Sales, and Finance, you align stakeholders around a common vision and lead through influence to deliver outstanding consumer experiences and business results. The impact you’ll make: Key Responsibilities • Own the product strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for your Vacuum Cleaner portfolio, translating consumer and market opportunities into clear product requirements and innovation priorities. • Develop differentiated and compelling value propositions that address consumer needs and create competitive advantage. • Identify portfolio gaps, price partition opportunities, emerging consumer needs, and technology opportunities through consumer insights, market dynamics, competitive intelligence, and portfolio performance. • Create and own product business cases, assessing market opportunity, sales potential, pricing, costs, profitability, and ROI. • Make informed product trade-offs across performance, quality, cost, timing, and profitability to balance consumer and business needs. • Lead and influence cross-functional teams to align stakeholders, resolve trade-offs, and drive successful product development and launch. • Team up with Product Project Managers throughout the development process, ensuring consumer needs and product requirements remain central to product decisions. • Drive product validation through consumer research, product testing, ratings & reviews, and market feedback to ensure a strong consumer experience. • Partner with Marketing and Design on claims, packaging, and communication to ensure the intended value proposition is consistently brought to life. • Monitor product and market performance after launch and identify opportunities to improve consumer satisfaction, commercial performance, and portfolio competitiveness. • Manage product lifecycle activities, including improvements, extensions, animations, cost optimization, and end-of-life planning. • Support global markets in commercial launch planning and execution, helping ensure new product introductions achieve their intended consumer and business objectives. • Act as a product expert, continuously building knowledge of competitors, technologies, consumer trends, and category developments. KPI’s • Successful Launch of New Products/Innovations: On-time, on-cost, on-quality • Growth Opportunities: Sales and profitability contribution • Innovation Thought Leadership: Short- and long-term roadmap development and execution • Quality & Consumer Satisfaction: Ratings & Reviews and percentage of deliverables meeting standards • Portfolio Competitiveness: Successful portfolio improvements, extensions, and optimization • Effective Collaboration: Strong collaboration across R&D, Design, Marketing, Project Management, Operations, and country teams The skills and knowledge you’ll bring: • 3–5 years of experience in Product Management, Product Development, Innovation, Marketing, or a related field. • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Engineering, Product Design, Marketing, or a related discipline. • Strong consumer and commercial mindset, with the ability to translate consumer needs and market insights into product opportunities. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use market data, consumer insights, competitive intelligence, ratings & reviews, and product performance to inform decisions. • Strong prioritization and decision-making skills, with the ability to balance consumer needs, technical feasibility, quality, cost, timing, and business objectives. • Strong communicator, capable of influencing and collaborating with cross-functional teams without direct authority, building alignment and driving decisions forward. • Hands-on and entrepreneurial mindset, with a strong sense of ownership, accountability, and urgency, and the resilience to navigate ambiguity and turn opportunities into action. • Curiosity for technology, product innovation, and consumer trends, with a passion for understanding what makes a product successful and creating meaningful consumer experiences. • Experience in consumer durables, small domestic appliances, Floor Care, Vacuum Cleaners, or related consumer product categories is a plus. • Experience working on technology-intensive or complex innovation programs is a plus. What we’ll give you in return: Internationally competitive base salary | benchmarked against global industry and market leaders Performance-based Annual Incentive Program | rewarding those who dare and achieve more Top of the market pension scheme | with higher-than-average company contributions Work from home, commuting and phone allowances | to support your daily commute, home office setup & business connectivity Balanced office-based working | With a strong focus on in-office collaboration, we offer flexibility to work from home based on team needs and individual circumstances. Work from abroad | Up to 30 days per year. Structured holiday policy | Includes defined care days, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, and a capped option to purchase additional leave days annually. Bicycle Plan | possibility to select a company bicycle for daily commute along with accessories & insurance Health Insurance Discount | when signing up with our partner insurance Gym Membership Discount | to support your focus on health and wellbeing Product Discounts | on all Versuni products which are sold under the Philips brand and our other brands An office that feels like home | easily accessible and modern office location in Amsterdam with lots of tasty lunch choices around High growth environment | offering exciting learning and career development perspectives beyond your first role Inclusive working culture and family spirit | we embrace our international community & diversity as competitive advantage Ready to make an impact? From developing game-changing air fryers to perfecting the art of coffee making, Versuni’s purpose is turning houses into homes — and we’re calling on your talent to bring it to life. Join our global team of 6,000+ passionate individuals, work with world-class brands, and shape the future of home living. We’re ready for you — are you ready for us?