Senior Product Manager - Manufacturing (AI-Native)

Manufacturing is entering an era that is AI-enabled, data-driven, autonomous, and increasingly intelligent. This role sits at the center of that transformation. As a Product Manager for Manufacturing Solutions, you will define and drive products that optimize operations, improve efficiency, and deliver measurable business impact for industrial customers. You will own the end-to-end product lifecycle, from discovery to adoption to scale, acting as the strategic bridge between customer needs, engineering execution, and commercial outcomes. Leading with a start-up mindset, you will set vision and direction, validate with customers and industry stakeholders, prioritize ruthlessly, and deliver scalable solutions aligned with IFS’s AI-first strategy.

Responsibilities

Define and execute a clear product vision and roadmap aligned with company strategy and measurable customer outcomes; Identify high-impact opportunities through market, customer, competitive, and industry analysis; Build strong investment cases focused on value creation, adoption, scalability, and differentiation; Drive growth across core and AI revenue streams; Align strategy across related products or components within the portfolio; Lead end-to-end discovery with Research and Design; Engage directly with customers to understand workflows, operational challenges, and desired outcomes; Co-create and validate solutions with customers; Establish continuous feedback loops from discovery through to adoption; Use qualitative and quantitative insights to refine direction and ensure ROI; Ruthlessly prioritize based on measurable value; Leverage AI/ML and automation to enhance operational decision-making and optimize manufacturing workflows; Lead functional prototyping and early validation to ensure feasibility and market fit; Champion an AI-first mindset across Product, Design, and Engineering, ensuring AI is applied intentionally where it creates meaningful customer and commercial value; Identify high-impact opportunities to embed AI into workflows, decision support, automation, and user experiences, not as a feature add-on, but as a core capability; Own the lifecycle from concept through launch and scale; Bridge functional, technical, and commercial requirements to ensure smooth transition from prototype to adopted product; Clarify priorities, remove blockers, and drive measurable progress toward customer outcomes; Maintain transparency and alignment across Engineering, Design, Product Marketing, Support, Sales, Go-to-Market and Customer Success; Balance competing priorities while contributing to commercial performance and product P&L considerations; Define and communicate clear product differentiation and value proposition; Contribute to pricing and packaging strategy to maximize growth and market impact; Work with Product Marketing and GTM teams to ensure successful launches and strong market positioning; Personally support customer and partner presentations to drive credibility and adoption; Own adoption as a core metric, ensuring delivered capabilities are intuitive, usable, and deliver real operational impact

Requirements

Proven experience (6+ years) in Product Management within SaaS, platform, or enterprise software environments; Experienced and knowledgeable in the domain of Manufacturing, ideally hands-on experience in the industry; Demonstrated ability to define and execute product strategy, vision, and measurable outcomes; Hands-on experience in customer discovery, prototyping, and validating solutions; Proven track record of launching and scaling products from concept to adoption, delivering measurable customer value; Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and prioritization skills; Data-informed decision-making mindset, using analytics, experimentation, and evidence to guide direction; AI-curious

Nice to have

Experience in developer platforms, application frameworks, data services, or AI/ML-enabled enterprise applications; Prior exposure to commercial responsibilities such as pricing, monetization, or P&L ownership; Experience working in global, distributed organizations and partnering across geographies

Benefits

Flexible balance of remote and in-office working