Hardware Product Manager

Role Overview

• Own the end-to-end lifecycle of one or more hardware product lines, including strategy, roadmap, delivery, optimisation, and obsolescence planning.
• Define clear product vision and requirements, translating customer needs and business goals into hardware, firmware, and software outcomes.
• Take accountability for commercial performance, including pricing, margins, cost control, and overall lifecycle profitability.
• Lead hardware product development through design reviews, prototyping, validation, release, and ongoing improvement.
• Ensure products meet quality, safety, security, and regulatory standards, managing risk and change in a controlled way.
• Work closely with engineering teams to balance customer needs, technical constraints, scalability, and time-to-market.
• Use customer insight, market analysis, and competitor intelligence to shape product positioning and future opportunities.
• Support go-to-market activity and internal enablement through clear documentation, guidance, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner managing hardware products, with exposure to firmware and/or software.
• Strong understanding of hardware product lifecycles, with the ability to work confidently with engineering and technical teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to make and own decisions.
• A collaborative, customer-focused mindset with a genuine passion for technology and innovation.

Benefits

• We run a great social calendar with wine tasting, cooking classes, onsite yoga, staff parties, monthly internal events and more. It’s rare you won’t see something going on!
• Hybrid working, work from home on Tuesday and Thursdays alongside our flexible working hours scheme.
• Private medical insurance (Opt in) and healthcare cash-back plan with Health Shield.
• Join a Carbon Neutral company – Paxton is Carbon Neutral in the UK, France, Germany & South Africa!
• Modern offices, collaboration spaces, onsite mini-gym, and a gourmet café with subsidised food.
• Discounted fitness memberships up to 75% off in your area with GymFlex.
• Collaborative internal group initiatives like the Green Team, EDI Team, or the Charity Team.
• Tech, bike, and travel or season ticket loans.
• 25-days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can buy & sell up to 5 days a year.
• Recognised as one of the Best Companies to Work for in the UK, by Best Companies™.