An Amazing Career Opportunity for an Product Manager, Ecosystem Integration!
Location: Stockholm, Sweden preferred or EU Remote
Job ID: 48207
We are seeking an Ecosystem Strategy and Portfolio Manager to define and drive the evolution of HID reader platforms to connect, align, and integrate across these environments. This role sits at the intersection of Product Management, Sales, Platform Architecture, and Engineering, with strong exposure to external partners and ecosystem stakeholders.
HID’s IDT Reader Business Unit is consolidating multiple legacy portfolios into a unified platform strategy across embedded modules, desktop readers, mobile devices, and associated software and cloud services.
As this portfolio evolves, ensuring seamless interoperability across both internal platforms and the broader identity ecosystem is critical.
This includes defining and driving how Reader BU platforms are aligned with and integrate seamlessly into adjacent systems such as credentials, controllers, authentication providers, and partner platforms, working closely with other Business Units, and Global Engineering teams to align requirements, architectures, and integration models.
The position requires a combination of industry understanding, business planning, technical depth, strategic thinking, and cross-functional influence to federate multiple product lines into a consistent and scalable integration model. It plays a key role in driving platform convergence by ensuring integration, reuse, and ecosystem requirements are built into future platform architectures from the outset. The objective is to ensure HID platforms are easy to integrate, consistent to deploy, and built on shared, scalable foundations.
Who are we?
HID powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely.
We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Check us out here: www.hidglobal.com and https://youtu.be/23km5H4K9Eo
Identification Technologies (IDT):
IDT is creating trusted identities for IoT applications through Smart Components and Enabling Services.
HID’s Identification Technologies powers the trusted identities of the world’s people, places and things through smart components and cloud services. We make it possible for people and organizations to transact safely, work productively, and travel freely. Our contactless identification and sensing (RFID, NFC, and BLE) components and solution enabling technologies address the dynamic requirements across multiple industries to wirelessly connect, identify, collect and manage data quickly and accurately across virtually any IoT application.
Essential Duties :
- Define and drive how Reader BU platforms are aligned with and integrate into internal systems and adjacent ecosystems.
- Develop business cases for new platform or integration investments.
- Influence future platform definitions by ensuring integration, interoperability, reuse, and ecosystem requirements are built in from the outset.
- Align product managers, platform architects, and engineering teams around common integration principles, standards, and priorities.
- Work closely with Global Engineering leadership to align on architectural decisions, integration frameworks, and platform priorities.
- Define cross-platform requirements early to prevent fragmentation and ensure consistency across product lines.
- Define and drive shared cross-platform roadmap priorities to ensure reuse, consistency, and convergence across Reader BU platforms.
- Drive reuse of common components, services, and integration frameworks across platforms, reducing duplication and accelerating time to market.
- Work with close colleagues to establish a coherent model for how devices, firmware, SDKs, APIs, and cloud services interact across platforms.
- Ensure a consistent and scalable developer and integration experience across all reader platforms.
- Define how Reader BU platforms integrate with external ecosystems, partners, and enterprise architectures.
- Act as the central point of coordination for cross-product and cross-BU integration topics and dependencies.
- Define monetization strategies for integration capabilities, including APIs, services, and ecosystem participation.
- Contribute to relevant industry standards bodies and alliances to ensure alignment and interoperability of Reader BU platforms.
- Maintain a strong understanding of technology trends, competitive ecosystems, and evolving integration models.
- Gather customer, partner, and field feedback to identify integration gaps and prioritize improvements.
- Manage integration capabilities across their full lifecycle, from concept through delivery and continuous improvement.
- Support go-to-market activities with clear positioning, messaging, and enablement around integration capabilities.
Essential Qualifications
- Experience in RFID, identification technologies, or adjacent domains.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field; equivalent experience considered.
- Strong experience in system integration, APIs, SDKs, or platform-based product environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise architectures, IoT ecosystems, and multi-product platform environments.
- Understanding of device security, credential management, secure elements, and authentication frameworks.
- Knowledge of PKI, key management, or IoT security models is a strong plus.
- Experience working with or contributing to industry standards and ecosystem alliances is preferred.
- Proven ability to influence across global, cross-functional teams without direct authority.
- Comfortable operating at both strategic and detailed technical levels.
- Experience working in agile development environments (SAFe is a plus).
What we can offer you:
- Competitive salary and rewards package.
- Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance.
- A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture.
- Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential.
- To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds.
Why apply?
- Empowerment: You’ll work as part of a global team in a flexible work environment, learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents, skills, and experiences. You don’t need to check all the boxes. If you have most of the skills and experience, we want you to apply.
- Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas, including flexible work arrangements, job sharing or part-time job seekers.
- Integrity: You are results-orientated, reliable, and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves, to feel appreciated and accepted.
HID does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. We are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
HID is committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workforce that reflects the global communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We evaluate applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a workplace that empowers everyone to thrive and be their authentic selves, fostering an environment of mutual respect and inclusivity. If you have a disability and require assistance or accommodation to participate in the application process or to perform essential job functions, please contact accommodations-ext@hidglobal.com.
Please be aware that our recruitment process may include the use of AI-powered tools to assist in screening applicant resumes. These tools help us efficiently identify candidates whose qualifications and skills align with the job description. We use AI in a responsible manner and in accordance with applicable data privacy laws and regulations. Importantly, all applicants are reviewed by our Talent Acquisition team. AI is used to support, not replace, human judgment in the evaluation process.
We make it easier for people to get where they want to go!
On an average day, think of how many times you tap, twist, tag, push or swipe to get access, find information, connect with others or track something. HID technology is behind billions of interactions, in more than 100 countries. We help you create a verified, trusted identity that can get you where you need to go – without having to think about it.
When you join our HID team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.