Hvac Product Specialist​/Manager

Position: Hvac Product Specialist/Manager (Permanent)
An opportunity for either a product specialist or existing product manager looking to take the next step in their career development.

Company overview

Our Client is a fast-growing heat pump manufacturer operating at scale-up stage, developing and supplying high-performance exhaust air, air source, and water source heat pumps. Their focus is on technically robust, compliant, and commercially viable products for multiple local markets.

As a scale-up, they value initiative, adaptability, and a pragmatic “do what needs to be done” mindset over rigid role definitions.

Role summary

* The Product Manager will take end-to-end responsibility for the development, market readiness, and ongoing performance of our clients heat pump product portfolio.

* This role combines classical product management with ownership of local market compliance, certification, and regulatory alignment across target markets.

* The successful candidate will be highly proactive, comfortable working independently, and capable of operating across technical, regulatory, and commercial domains. This is a hands-on role requiring both strategic thinking and practical execution.

Main responsibilities

* Own the product roadmap for exhaust air, air source, and water source heat pumps, aligned with company strategy and market needs

* Translate market, regulatory, and customer requirements into clear product specifications and development priorities

* Work closely with factory product management teams to guide product development

* Support UK product launches and updates, including documentation and training materials

* Act as the internal “product authority”, able to explain design decisions, performance characteristics, and trade-offs

* Work closely with sales, operations, and customer support to ensure products are technically sound, compliant, and commercially viable

* Contribute to pricing, positioning, and value propositions based on product performance and compliance constraints

* Identify risks and opportunities arising from market, regulatory, or technical changes

Qualifications & experience

* Proven experience within HVAC, heat pumps, energy systems, or a closely related technical field at product manager or product specialist level

* Strong understanding of heat pump technologies, ideally including exhaust air, air source, and/or water source systems

* Demonstrable experience with product compliance and certification for regulated technical products ie MCS, PCDB, Building regs etc

* Ability to interpret technical standards, regulations, and test requirements

* Comfortable working independently, setting priorities, and driving work forward without close supervision

* Highly proactive, practical, and solution-focused mindset

* Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Skills & attributes

* Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership

* Comfortable with ambiguity and changing priorities

* Detail-oriented when required, but able to maintain a system-level view

* Willing to “roll up sleeves” and do whatever is necessary to deliver compliant, market-ready products

What we offer

* A key role in shaping the future of a growing heat pump manufacturer

* High degree of autonomy and influence over products and processes

* Opportunity to work across the full product lifecycle and multiple heat pump technologies

* A collaborative, technically driven environment with real impact

* An opportunity for either an existing product manager or a product specialist looking to take the next step in their career development