Technical Product Manager

Kontron is a global leader in IoT/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT). Kontron offers individual solutions in the areas of Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 through a combined portfolio of hardware, software and services. With its standard and customized products based on highly reliable state-of-the-art technologies, Kontron provides secure and connected applications for a wide variety of industries. As a result, customers benefit from accelerated time-to-market, lower total cost of ownership, extended product life cycles and fully integrated applications.

The Technical Product Manager supports the Product & Portfolio Management team by helping coordinate product development activities, translate market and customer requirements into actionable product inputs, and support execution across North America. This role serves as a technical and product-facing bridge between Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Business Development, Operations, Marketing, and other internal stakeholders.

The position supports development and maintenance of Product Standards groups aligned by vertical market, including transportation, medical, industrial, defense, and aerospace. These Product Standards groups are intended to improve consistency across product lines, support platform reuse, define common product expectations, identify capability gaps, and provide a structured forum for aligning customer needs, market requirements, compliance considerations, and product development priorities.

This role is intended to carry strong technical and product-development expectations while remaining cross-functional and product-facing. The position does not initially carry people-management responsibility; instead, it provides specialized product development coordination, requirements interpretation, standards organization, and execution support for portfolio activities, product readiness, and lifecycle planning.

• Support Product Managers in developing, documenting, and executing product plans, product requirements, roadmap inputs, and lifecycle activities across assigned product lines.
• Assist in identifying market needs, customer requirements, product capability gaps, technical risks, and opportunities for improved portfolio positioning.
• Translate customer, market, and technical requirements into clear, actionable product inputs for Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Business Development, Operations, and Marketing.
• Develop, maintain, and improve Product Standards groups aligned by vertical market, including transportation, medical, industrial, defense, and aerospace.
• Coordinate Product Standards group activities, meeting inputs, action items, documentation, and follow-up actions to support consistent product expectations and decision-making across verticals.
• Define and maintain vertical-specific product standards, product architecture expectations, compliance considerations, capability matrices, gap lists, assumptions, and next-step actions.
• Support the use of standard product architectures, reusable platforms, modular design approaches, and consistent requirements across product lines where applicable.
• Support tracking, coordination, and review of product development schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and risks for assigned initiatives.
• Coordinate with R&D, Product Management, Operations, Marketing, Sales, Business Development, and Supply Chain to maintain alignment between product plans, customer needs, and development deliverables.
• Support customer, partner, and internal stakeholder discussions by providing technically accurate product input, standards context, and development status information.
• Track relevant industry trends, certification…