Hardware Product Manager

**Join Sector Alarm as a Hardware Product Manager**:
**Location**:Spain (Malaga region or Madrid) | Norway (Oslo) - hybrid role
**Department**: Tech

**About Sector Alarm**:
Sector Alarm is one of Europe's leading safety providers, offering smart alarm solutions to over 680,000 households and small businesses across eight countries. Renowned for our premium products and high customer satisfaction, we are rapidly growing and evolving. Since our investment by private equity firm KKR in 2019, we have been undergoing a digital transformation—placing technology and data at the heart of our strategy. This role is a crucial part of that journey, where innovation and customer experience drive our success. To learn more about our Tech organization click here.

**Role Overview: Your Day-to-Day**

As a Hardware Product Manager, you will take end-to-end ownership of our home security hardware portfolio. As the company continues to grow, we aim to expand our hardware offering, particularly in the premium segment of video and smart home devices. In this critical new role, you will be responsible for driving our hardware product strategy, managing vendor relationships, conducting competitive analysis and ensuring successful go-to-market execution to help shape the future of Sector Alarm's hardware offerings.

Additionally, you will collaborate closely with senior members of Sector Alarm's tech team to coordinate technical initiatives. You will report to the Head of Consumer-facing products and UX.

**Key Responsibilities**:
**_Hardware Strategy_**:

- Identify hardware needs in alignment with consumer and business goals
- Revamp and develop our premium hardware offering (currently mainly related to video cameras and smart locks) including deciding on vendors, components and 3rd party integration strategies
- Stay informed of relevant developments in the vendor ecosystem, identify any potential ones to partner with, conduct competitive analysis and decide the best way to integrate with them
- Conduct build vs. buy analysis on hardware and make strategic recommendations
- Define user stories related to hardware components and translate them into technical requirements both for how the device behaves (embedded logic) and how it integrates with the cloud and in-app experience

**_Go-To-Market (GTM)_**:

- Own business case development for new hardware initiatives
- Prepare best-practices material and ensure app readiness in collaboration with software teams
- Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders to ensure seamless product launches

**_Vendor Management_**:

- Lead test and integration efforts with third-party hardware providers and internal teams
- Manage stock levels in collaboration with operations and logistics
- Drive price negotiations to ensure optimal hardware margins in collaboration with the procurement director
- Align external vendor roadmaps with internal product strategy

**_Hardware Strategy_**:

- Identify hardware needs in alignment with consumer and business goals
- Identify any potential new vendors to partner with and conduct competitive analysis
- Conduct build vs. buy analysis and make strategic recommendations
- Select and manage partnerships with the best-fit hardware vendors

**_Project management_**:

- Act as the glue across various Tech and Commercial teams to ensure flawless execution

**What We're Looking For**:

- 5+ years of experience in product management or a related role
- Technical fluency to work closely with engineering and test teams
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, Business, or a related field
- Experience with hardware product management
- Deep understanding of hardware lifecycle, from concept through production and sunset
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, UX, marketing, and external partners
- English fluency
- Valid work permit within the EU

**Nice-to-Haves**:

- Experience launching successful hardware products with the IoT, home security or smart home space
- Background in a**tech-driven or product-led company
- MBA or equivalent

**About the recruitment process**:
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