Product Portfolio Manager

DamenGorinchemHybridFull-time2 weeks ago

Product Portfolio Manager for Damen Offshore & Specialized Vessels, responsible for developing and managing a product portfolio segment within Defense & Security, leading a Design & Proposal team. Requires at least 10 years of relevant experience in shipbuilding or marine engineering, strong technical and commercial skills, and people leadership abilities.

What you'll do

Own and manage the assigned product portfolio segment, including product baselines, reference designs, standard specifications, product knowledge and roadmap development.
Translate market developments, customer feedback, Sales Area input and project lessons learned into clear product improvements and development priorities.
Maintain product standards and configuration control, while balancing customer-specific flexibility with standardization and long-term portfolio integrity.
Safeguard the product philosophy and ensure that proposal and project deviations do not unintentionally erode the approved product baseline.
Oversee the preparation and delivery of technical proposals in cooperation with Sales, Tender Management and relevant engineering stakeholders.
Take ownership of technical proposal quality within the assigned product segment, including consistency with product standards, review readiness and sign-off support.
Ensure proposal content reflects customer requirements, product standards, scope boundaries, assumptions, exclusions, risks and required approvals.
Advise Sales, management and other stakeholders on product fit, feasibility, bid/no-bid considerations, standard versus custom solutions, development requirements, risks and assumptions.
Lead and manage the assigned Design & Proposal Engineers as direct reports, including objective setting, prioritization, workload planning, performance expectations and capability development.
Conduct regular coaching and feedback discussions, support development planning and contribute to annual review input in line with company procedures.
Support recruitment, onboarding, knowledge transfer and retention of the assigned Design & Proposal capability.
Drive continuous improvement by capturing lessons learned and implementing improvements into product standards, templates, proposal methods, product baselines and ways of working.
Ensure all product, proposal and people-leadership activities are executed in line with Damen governance, HSSEQ, ethics, export-control, compliance and approval processes.

What you need

Must-have

ShipbuildingNaval ArchitectureMarine EngineeringProduct DevelopmentProposal DevelopmentShip DesignConfiguration ControlStandardization

Soft skills

Strategic thinkingStructuredCommercial awarenessClarity in complex situationsDecision makingCustomer focusRisk managementCommunication

Product Portfolio ManagerShipbuildingDefense & SecurityNaval ArchitectureMarine EngineeringProduct DevelopmentProposal ManagementPeople LeadershipHybridGorinchem

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