Product Manager Connectivity & Controls
ABOUT INTERGAS
Founded in 1939, Intergas is a Dutch manufacturer of residential, high-efficiency heating products, with a 50-year history of making ground-breaking advances. Intergas is the market leader in the Netherlands, with a growing presence throughout Europe. We believe in a future where multiple heating solutions exist alongside each other, from advanced all-electric and hybrid appliances to ‘conventional’ gas-fired boilers. The starting point is always the same: developing reliable heat sources with an extremely high efficiency.
In 2019, Intergas joined Rheem’s Global Water Division, expanding its water heating and boiler portfolio for both residential and commercial applications to meet demands in Europe and additional markets worldwide.
YOUR FOCUS
The Product Manager Connectivity & Controls is responsible for managing the connectivity portfolio. The portfolio includes solutions and products such as apps, dashboards, gateways, controls and the overall digital user experience for end users, installers and housing corporations.
Our connected products (heating solutions) are a great source of valuable data. Your responsibility will be to define strategies to utilise this data, create customer value and define profitable new business models.
This is a crucial role, one where you can make a great impact. We are therefore looking for someone who gets satisfaction from building the future of both this position and our solutions.
This position will be at Intergas, located in Coevorden (Drenthe) and/or Maarssen (Utrecht), in the Netherlands.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Define the product strategy for the Connectivity & Controls product line
- Develop and maintain the roadmap that positions Intergas to win in the marketplace
- Oversee the life cycle of our solutions and manage development, profitability and market share growth
- Translate customer needs, wants and desires into concepts, specifications and features
- Drive customer-centric innovations and include the latest VOC input
- Cooperate with the Digital Development Team in developing new solutions
- Connect and align with Intergas R&D (Electronics and Embedded Software)
- Connect and align with the Rheem Global Connectivity & Controls Team and represent the EU region
- Partner with Marketing to provide the Digital Experience Team in Sales with the necessary knowledge, training and materials, enabling them to sell and support the solution/product
- Prepare product forecasts and serve as a liaison with production to ensure supply timelines (controls and gateways)
- Review and analyse product data, keep the sales team up to date on new developments regarding the company’s or competitors’ solutions/products
- Lead competitive benchmarking activities to identify and address product gaps
WHAT YOU NEED
- Knowledge of, experience in and affinity with IoT
- An excellent command of both spoken and written Dutch and English – German language skills are a plus
- Strong communication skills and effective in liaising with all stakeholders, on both the technical and the business side
- An entrepreneurial and proactive attitude
- A results-oriented mindset with an analytical/data-driven approach in drawing conclusions
- Experience and/or a degree in IT or UI/UX design is a plus
- Experience in the HVAC/heating industry is a plus.
WHAT WE OFFER
Intergas is the perfect place to make an impact and to work for a company that actively contributes to the energy transition by developing and marketing its products.
We provide a safe and friendly work environment, resources and support for your career and personal development. We value people from different backgrounds who want to be part of something bigger and build a sustainable future together.
This is a challenging and varied position at a very successful international organisation that aims high and has great growth prospects in the Netherlands and beyond. Our working atmosphere is informal and collaborative. We offer a good salary commensurate with your skills and experience and seek to create a healthy work-life balance, with 27 days of holiday leave a year and 13 ADV days, a flexible schedule and the option to work partly from home.
SOUND LIKE YOUR KIND OF JOB?
Then don’t wait any longer. Send your curriculum vitae and cover letter stating Product Manager ‘Connectivity & Controls application’ to jobs@intergas.nl, or fill in the form below.
For further information, please contact Robert IJkens (Head of Product Management) on phone number 088-8788500.