Job description
Senior Product Manager - Software (m/f/d/x)
Company Overview
Salus Core Technologies is the Munich-headquartered strategic and product development entity behind Salus Controls - one of Europe's leading brands in heating control solutions, trusted by HVAC installers and homeowners across more than a dozen European markets. We are backed by Computime Group, a Hong Kong-listed technology and manufacturing company with over 40 years of hardware expertise.
Job Summary
We are looking for a Senior Product Manager - Software (m/f/d/x) to own and evolve Salus's customer and installer applications as the central digital touchpoint within our smart energy ecosystem. You will take end-to-end ownership of the software product lifecycle, shaping the product vision, roadmap, and delivery of scalable, monetizable software solutions. The role reports directly to the CEO.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the strategic evolution of Salus's customer and installer applications as the core digital product, including the development of a recurring revenue model.
- Drive continuous user and market research to identify needs and translate insights into product requirements.
- Define and own the product vision and roadmap, coordinating with hardware product management to align release cycles.
- Own key software KPIs (activation, retention, churn, feature adoption) and use data to steer roadmap priorities.
- Take the product from discovery through launch and into ongoing optimization.
- Work closely with engineering, design, marketing, sales, and the hardware product manager to build coherent, scalable product streams.
- Partner with marketing and sales on product positioning, messaging, and launch readiness.
- Equip sales teams with product expertise and training.
Requirements / Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline; advanced qualifications are a plus.
- 5–8+ years of experience as a Software Product Manager, preferably in B2B2C environments with complex, customer-facing digital products.
- Demonstrated success in owning a software or app product end-to-end.
- Proven ability to define and own a product roadmap, making clear prioritization decisions.
- Data-driven approach: comfortable with SaaS and app KPIs.
- Sufficient grasp of software architecture concepts (cloud, APIs, platform integrations) to engage credibly with engineering.
- Commercial fluency: ability to build and own a business case.
- Primary research capability: ability to validate hypotheses directly with users.
- Precise and structured communication skills for working across distributed, international teams.
Location
Munich, Bavaria, Germany (Hybrid)
Employment Type
Full Time
Salary & Benefits
- Competitive salary package aligned with experience and seniority.
- Direct participation in long-term value creation at group level, including potential IPO-related upside.
- High-impact founding role with direct CEO reporting line.
- Flexible hybrid working model with 1–2 remote days per week.
- International scope with 10–15% travel across Europe and 1–2 weeks per year in Hong Kong.
