Head of Product & Ecosystem Management (all genders)

Hünenberg | Full time

Start: 01. 08. 2026 or as agreed

Your position

As Head of Product & Ecosystem Management, you will lead the central function responsible for product portfolio strategy, roadmap governance, and scalable product platforms within RHI Magnesita Switzerland’s reshaped organization. You are responsible for steering the product portfolio across its lifecycle and for developing a scalable, standardized, and profitable product ecosystem.

In this role, you lead PM, PMO, SQI, and steer I&R, ensuring that product ideas, roadmaps, lifecycle decisions, and ecosystem partnerships are aligned with business strategy, customer value, and operational feasibility.

Your mission is to transform a historically grown product landscape into a structured portfolio of modular platforms, scalable system solutions, and clearly governed product families. As business owner of the product portfolio, you balance market pull, technology push, and lifecycle economics to drive fact-based decisions and long-term competitiveness. This role is critical to our ongoing transformation, driving the shift from highly customer-specific solutions to scalable product platforms, ecosystem leverage, standardized delivery, and measurable value realization.

Your tasks

• Defining and governing product portfolio strategy, roadmap direction and full lifecycle ownership from business case to phase-out and value realization
• Leading, developing and aligning PM, PMO, SQI and I&R functions, ensuring execution discipline, portfolio transparency and effective resource allocation
• Establishing and driving portfolio governance, including clear decision rights, prioritization logic, escalation paths and fact-based decision-making
• Ensuring professional portfolio execution, including milestone discipline, resource visibility, risk management and execution follow-up
• Driving the transition from customized engineering towards modular, scalable and platform-based product solutions
• Ensuring value realization by tracking product performance, competitiveness, margins and customer value, and triggering corrective actions where required
• Building and governing the ecosystem strategy, including partner models, make-or-buy decisions, interface ownership and scalable collaboration models
• Collaborating across Sales, Operations, Supply Chain and Finance while acting as a change leader within the ongoing transformation to drive a scalable, product-driven organization

Your profile

• Degree in business engineering, product management, engineering management or a comparable field
• Proven leadership experience in product management, portfolio management or industrial technology strategy roles
• Strong background in complex B2B systems, machinery, industrial equipment, automation or comparable environments
• Strong understanding of product strategy, portfolio governance, lifecycle management and roadmap steering
• Solid business acumen, including business cases, value propositions, pricing logic and investment prioritization
• Experience working with PMO structures, project portfolio management, stage-gate processes and cross-functional governance
• Comprehensive understanding of industrialization, standardization, supply chain implications and scalable product delivery
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with a clear commitment to transformation, modular platforms and measurable business impact; willingness to travel up to 25%

Languages: German – fluent, English – fluent

Nice to have: Further education in product management, strategy, innovation, or leadership; experience with PLM, ERP/SAP, CRM, or structured product data; knowledge of stage-gate, agile, or hybrid development; experience in market analysis, industrial quality, production transfer, partner ecosystems, and transformation programs

Our offer

We offer a competitive salary package that reflects your qualifications and experience and aligns with current market values.

Flexibility: 40.5 working hours per week, possibility of mobile working, and flexible, trust-based working hours, 6 weeks holiday per year

Mobility: Free parking and excellent public transport connections

Team spirit: A wide range of team events (e.g. team-building events, joint lunches, company events)

Working environment: Modern and ergonomic workstations, technologically well-equipped test workshop

Plus: Bonus programme, excellent social benefits as well as internal and external further training encouraged and required

In addition to these local benefits for Hünenberg we also offer you many global benefits.

Do you want to take the next step?

Please apply online in English, as applications by e-mail cannot be considered for data protection reasons. Here you can find all the details about our application process.

At RHI Magnesita, everyone is welcome! We embrace diversity in all forms and evaluate applications solely based on qualifications and experience. If you share our passion for shaping tomorrow’s world, we’d love to hear from you, even if you don’t meet all the requirements. We also actively encourage individuals with disabilities to submit their application.

Do you have more questions?

Klaudia Vegmaher

(People Engagement, Employer Branding & DEI Professional - Europe & CIS)

E-Mail: talent.europe@rhimagnesita.com

Phone: +386 51 265 511

About RHI Magnesita

As the global leader in refractories, we supply advanced products, technologies and services essential for high-temperature industrial processes in sectors such as steel, cement, and glass. With around 20,000 employees and production sites across the globe, we are committed to fostering innovation, sustainability, and market leadership. By leading the industry in reducing emissions and supporting our customers' transitions to greener solutions, we are shaping tomorrow’s world.

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