Hardware Product Manager - Hybrid

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 Gym Flex.
• 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.

Join our Product Design team in Brighton where you'll take ownership of Paxton's hardware products, managing their success from early concept through to launch, optimisation, and end-of-life.

• 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.

• Proven experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner managing hardware products, with exposure to firmware and/or software.
• Strong understanding of hardware product life cycles, 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.

The right attitude is more important to us than your skills or experience. If you're excited about a role but your existing experience doesn't match up with every element of the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

We want to collaborate with you and hear your ideas, most of all, we want people to enjoy the journey with us. Take a look at what our team thinks of working here