Product Market Manager - Process Industries

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Product Market Manager - Process Industries

WMFTS - UK (Remote)

Spirax Group

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE
100 and FTSE4

Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

We are seeking a talented and motivated Product Market Manager – Process Industries to join our dynamic team. The Product Market Manager will own the end-to-end portfolio strategy, from customer and market insights through product roadmap and new product launches, ensuring alignment with Strategic Growth Initiatives. Working closely with Customer & Market Insights, Sales and Global Engineering, the role ensures consistency with priority market sector go-to-market plans and core technologies development.

This global role is focused on driving profitable, sustainable growth by delivering differentiated value while ensuring global pricing discipline across direct and indirect sales channels. It will inspire Product Managers to act as business owners of their products, driving commercial and strategic direction with an entrepreneurial mindset. By embedding the four strategic pillars of Product Management Excellence:
Voice of Customer & Sector Knowledge, Commercial Readiness & NPI Acceleration, Operational Efficiency, and Cohesive Brand Development & Road Mapping, the Product Market Manager ensures the team builds confidence, capability, and vision to accelerate innovation and deliver differentiated value. Critically, this role carries a strong sales orientation, creating compelling reasons to buy through differentiated solutions, driving value-based product positioning, and maintaining cost discipline.

It will lead cross-functional collaboration to ensure Sales readiness for NPI and drive early market penetration.

• Shape a bold portfolio vision that anticipates customer needs and capitalises on emerging market opportunities, setting the foundation for long-term success.
• Own and deliver a compelling five-year portfolio roadmap, integrating pricing strategies and competitive positioning to drive profitable, sustainable growth.
• Unlock adjacent growth opportunities beyond the current horizon – exploring services, partnerships, and strategic acquisitions to expand market reach.
• Champion customer insight and market intelligence as the cornerstone of brand evolution, ensuring every product decision reinforces the brand’s strategic trajectory and future vision.
• Inspire, empower and hold accountable a high‑performing Product Management team to act as entrepreneurial brand business owners, combining sharp commercial acumen with a collaborative mindset to be the trusted bridge between Engineering and Sales, delivering leading product market strategies that increase customer value, outpace competitors and drive accelerated growth.
• Streamline and optimise product management processes to maximise agility, efficiency, and impact.
• Accelerate NPI success by embedding early-stage commercial readiness, driving rapid market penetration and profitable growth through differentiated solutions and disciplined pricing.
• Balance innovation with resilience, ensuring the team delivers breakthrough products, protects existing revenue streams, and prepares for future growth – reinforcing a proactive, customer-centric approach underpinned by operational excellence.
• Market & Customer Engagement (≈ 1/3 of time) – Spend time with customers to understand their needs and pain points.
• Monitor current market trends and anticipate future opportunities.
• Identify strategic growth areas and feed insights into portfolio planning.
• New Product Introduction (NPI) Support (≈ 1/3 of time) – Actively support ongoing NPI projects to ensure timely delivery and market fit.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to…