Technical Product Manager

2 Days ago • All levels • Product Management

Job Summary

Job Description

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Technical Product Manager for its plant in Nýřany (Plzeň - north), Czech Republic. This role involves manufacturing air conditioning units for rail vehicles. The Technical Product Manager will have technical product responsibility for TSG business and provide worldwide technical support for TSG tenders. Responsibilities include supporting business development, managing lifecycle cost calculations and pricing, building customer relationships, managing R&D activities, coordinating engineering departments for prototype development, leading in safety issues and customer problems, implementing strategic improvement processes, supporting product development, and informing management of technical problems. The typical day involves leading research and development, providing technical support for global tenders, direct customer engagement, and managing product lifecycle costs.
Must have:
  • Completed engineering degree
  • Extensive experience in rail vehicle construction, aerospace or automotive
  • Strong analytical and solution-oriented skills
  • Customer orientation and quality focus
  • Experience in global matrix organizations and project management
  • Leadership strength in cross-functional teams
  • Competence in planning, resource coordination and project monitoring
  • Strong team and communication skills
  • Fluent in English and German

Job Details

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

At our Wabtec plant in Nýřany (Plzeň - north), we manufacture air conditioning units for rail vehicles. We are leaders in our field. We do not engage in mass production. We fulfill the specific wishes of our customers. Every year, we manufacture more than 4,500 air conditioning units, which are shipped all over the world. Our customers include companies such as Siemens, Hyundai Rotem, Alstom, Škoda, Stadler, and many others. For 20 years, we have been a stable employer with secure orders for several years in advance. 

How will you make a difference?

  •  Technical product responsibility for TSG business and technical support for TSG tenders worldwide
  • Support of business development activities for product managers and service engineering teams
  • Support with lifecycle cost calculation and pricing
  • Building relationships with key customers for needs analysis and solution finding
  • Management and planning of R&D activities for own product, including resource planning to meet cost and time requirements
  • Coordination of engineering departments to optimize requirements and prototype development
  • Technical leadership in safety issues and customer problems
  • Implementation of strategic improvement processes for reuse of existing designs and quality assurance of new products
  • Support of product development / product catalog (ensuring serviceability and maintainability of new products)
  • Support of worldwide processes for repair and overhaul methods
  • Informing management of serious technical problems
  • Active participation in the technical committee of the Transit Services Group

What will your typical day look like?

As Technical Product Manager (m/w/d) for HVAC systems, you'll lead research and development activities while providing technical support for global TSG tenders and service engineering teams. Your role involves direct customer engagement to analyze needs and develop solutions, while coordinating with engineering departments to optimize requirements and prototype development. You'll be responsible for managing product lifecycle costs, implementing strategic improvement processes, and ensuring maintenance capabilities of new products, all while serving as the technical authority for safety concerns and critical customer issues that require escalation to management.

What do we want to know about you?

  • Completed engineering degree
  • Extensive experience in rail vehicle construction, aerospace or automotive engineering
  • Strong analytical and solution-oriented skills
  • Customer orientation and quality focus
  • Experience in global matrix organizations and project management
  • Leadership strength in large, cross-functional teams
  • Competence in planning, resource coordination and project progress monitoring
  • Strong team and communication skills
  • Fluent in English and German, both written and spoken

Successful candidates will be employed under local employment conditions and must already satisfy local employment/work permit and residency regulations.

Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalized agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.

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Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.  

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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About The Company

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life? At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours! Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

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