Product Manager - Residential Access EMEIA

Product Manager - Residential Access EMEIA

Product Manager - Smart Residential Access Control

Are you passionate about driving product strategy in collaboration with regional teams, understanding competitor landscapes and global trends, and working closely with Sales & Marketing to capture market needs? If so, join us at ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions and thrive in a collaborative and innovative culture that empowers you to build a career to be proud of.

Driven by strong IoT and Smart Home trends, the demand for electronic and automatic locking solutions is increasing rapidly. Smart Residential is one of the fastest growing segments and a core part of ASSA ABLOY’s strategy, led within the EMEIA division by the Yale brand. The Smart Residential portfolio includes smart door locks, alarm and surveillance solutions, and a wide range of IoT-enabled devices and systems.

As the world's leading access solutions provider, ASSA ABLOY is driving the transition from mechanical to digital security solutions. Smart residential products such as connected locks, cameras, video doorbells and alarm systems are at the heart of this transformation, enabling safer, smarter and more convenient homes.

What you would do as our Product Manager

As Product Manager Residential Access, you will be responsible for managing selected products and software within the Yale Residential Access portfolio across the EMEIA region. You will own all aspects of the product lifecycle, ensuring that products evolve successfully through every stage while delivering market-leading solutions, excellent customer experiences and long-term value for the business.

You will work closely with regional teams, Sales, Marketing, R&D, Quality and Manufacturing partners to ensure product success from concept through launch and ongoing optimization.

This position reports to the Head of Product Unit Residential Access - Yale EMEIA. Willingness and ability to travel regularly within this role is important.

Location

This role can be based in Belgium, the Netherlands, or Germany.

We are looking for a candidate with strong consumer awareness and a deep understanding of consumer behavior, market trends, and commercial dynamics across the Central European region.

Given the international nature of the role, the successful candidate should be willing to travel to our office in Malmo, Sweden approximately once every six weeks for team meetings, workshops, and stakeholder collaboration.

• Office presence: Hybrid.
• Listed locations: Melle, Belgium; Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
• Experience level: Mid-senior level.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the product management of selected Yale Residential Access products and related software solutions across EMEIA.
• Define product positioning, product narratives and business cases in collaboration with regional stakeholders and R&D teams.
• Identify portfolio gaps and develop generation plans that support growth, portfolio simplification and brand consolidation across the Residential Access category.
• Participate in and influence product strategy execution by analysing competitor offerings, market developments and global Smart Home and IoT trends.
• Gather and translate customer, sales and market requirements into product features, use cases and launch requirements.
• Act as the business and customer representative throughout the product development process.
• Drive continuous product improvements and cost-reduction initiatives in collaboration with the VAVE Manager.
• Ensure compliance with governance frameworks, certification requirements, regulatory standards and the Gateway Process, securing approvals at each stage.
• Plan and execute successful product launches together with Product Marketing and regional Marketing teams, ensuring high-quality packaging, documentation, launch materials, on-time delivery and budget adherence.
• Provide accurate product information to support E-commerce and PIM teams and ensure products are correctly positioned across digital channels.
• Build product knowledge within the organization and provide technical guidance and support where needed.
• Act as a key liaison between R&D, Quality and Manufacturing teams to resolve product quality issues and drive corrective actions.
• Travel regularly throughout the region to support stakeholder engagement, collaboration and deployment of product initiatives.

The skills and experience you need

• University degree in a technical, engineering or business-related discipline.
• Proven Product Management experience, including ownership of the full product lifecycle and successful product launches.
• Experience defining market requirements, customer use cases and product requirements that translate into successful development projects.
• Strong commercial, analytical and strategic capabilities.
• Familiarity with business and financial principles, including developing and presenting business cases.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
• Knowledge of product governance, certification processes and regulatory requirements for bringing products to market.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and a structured, data-driven approach to decision making.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• A proactive, resilient and self-driven working style.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with IoT products, smart home technologies and connected devices.
• Experience in Residential Access, smart locks, electronic security or related industries.
• Experience working in international and multicultural environments.
• Work experience in more than one country is considered an advantage.

What we offer

• Learning and career development opportunities.
• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• A dynamic and inclusive work environment.
• The opportunity to work on market-leading smart residential security solutions.
• The chance to make a meaningful impact on one of ASSA ABLOY's fastest-growing product categories.

When you join Yale, we open doors for you
We’re trusted by millions of people every day to keep what’s important to them safe. Their home, family and belongings. Looking after our people is just as important to us.

When you join our Yale team, you’ll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group, the global leader in access solutions. You’ll have 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.