Product Manager - Emergency, Controls & Systems

Spennymoor, UK

SpotLIGHT of the job

The Zumtobel Group is an international lighting group and a leading supplier of innovative lighting solutions, lighting components and associated services. With its core brands, Zumtobel, Thorn and Tridonic, the Group offers its customers around the world a comprehensive portfolio of products and services.

Thorn Lighting are looking for a high-energy, analytically minded Product Manager to take end to end ownership of the global emergency lighting portfolio category within the Thorn brand. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on turning data into direction, spotting market opportunities early, and driving measurable commercial results.

You won’t just manage products - you’ll run a product category, shaping its strategy, performance, and evolution across global markets. Working at the heart of a matrix organisation, you’ll influence decisions across Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Market Intelligence to deliver products that customers choose and competitor’s chase.

Responsibilities

• Take full accountability for the commercial performance of the global product category, Emergency Lighting - revenue, margin, and lifecycle profitability
• Continuously track the portfolio health using data, insights, and market feedback
• Make clear, fact-based decisions on investment, prioritisation, and complexity
• Analyse market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscapes
• Translate insight into clear product category strategies and roadmaps (short, mid, long term)
• Develop strong, evidence-based product briefs and business cases
• Identify unmet customer needs and emerging opportunities
• Lead structured ideation and innovation initiatives
• Define compelling value propositions that balance differentiation, cost, and speed to market
• Partner closely with R&D and PMO to ensure on time, on cost delivery
• Actively manage trade-offs to keep momentum and achieve outcomes
• Challenge the status quo to improve how products are defined and delivered
• Define product positioning, pricing logic, and value communication
• Lead global product launches and support sales enablement
• Equip commercial teams with clarity, insight, and confidence
• Act as the central connector between Sales, Marketing, Development, and Applications
• Use data, structure, and clear storytelling to align stakeholders
• Advocate for change where it delivers better customer and business outcomes 

Skills & Experience

• A data driven mindset - you’re comfortable making decisions backed by insight and evidence
• A background in Emergency Lighting Product Management with experience managing complex product portfolios in competitive B2B environments
• Strong commercial awareness with P&L or portfolio profitability exposure
• Knowledge and experience of working within the wholesaler and Specification channels would be an advantage
• The confidence to operate in ambiguity, set direction, and drive action
• Clear communicator who can influence across cultures, functions, and seniority levels
• Curious, ambitious, and motivated by real business impact - not just process 

What matters to us

We understand not only the power of the visible, but also the invisible. Like light, diversity is intangible, but it is perceptible. We value the uniqueness of every person and see this as a driver of innovation. Qualified applicants will be considered regardless of, for example, origin, skin color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or disability.

As the contact person for this position, a great candidate experience is important to me! I will reach out to you within 7 days. Please inform me of any assistance you may need, so I can best support you throughout the hiring process.

Talent Acquisition Partner

Andrew Walker

T +44 (0) 7929 376 338

Who we are

At the Zumtobel Group, we are passionate about designing and producing light that empowers humans and brings architecture to life. We continuously push the boundaries in our search for perfection through timeless design, technical excellence and efficient performance. Through light, we create spaces that inspire. As we develop the next generation of lighting, we consider the wellbeing of people and nature. Our lighting is designed for our customers and their individual aspirations. We guide them into a new world of opportunities – as a group, and through all our individual brands, Thorn, Tridonic and Zumtobel.

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