Product Manager Audio

We are looking for a Product Manager to become part of our growing team of passionate people who work to achieve our mission. If you are as excited as we are about creating positive change, then have a look at our vacancy below.

Fairphone

Fairphone is a social enterprise driving change in the electronics industry from the inside out. Our business model is based on social and environmental values and centers around producing and marketing consumer electronics that change the industry from within.

We are socially inclusive, and we pride ourselves for having a very diverse group of people with different backgrounds. We collaborate in a safe space, where Fairphoners can be themselves and have room to fail and grow.

We are committed to diversity and strongly encourage applications from people of all genders and backgrounds. If this opportunity excites you, please apply! Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we’d love to hear from you.

• Location: Amsterdam
• Start: asap
• Hours: 32 - 40 hours
• Deadline to apply: 31st October, we review on rolling bases
  
  

About Your Role

In this role, you'll shape the vision and roadmap for our audio products, taking full responsibility for successful market delivery while driving decision-making, cross-team collaboration, and playing a key role in product strategy.

Your main tasks require product development skills, so we are looking for someone who specifically has experience in the consumer portable electronics market, and can become an excellent bridge between the front and the back end of developing products.

In your position you will report to the Head of Product Management and work closely with our Product Marketing Manager and Technical Product Manager in Amsterdam and our Audio Experts in the Engineering team in Asia.

Your focus area will be the Audio Category but you will support our other product managers from other product categories, like they will support you when needed.

Your Responsibilities

• Creating the product and category vision for our audio products range. Support the development of our product roadmap together with the Head of Product Management; setting product goals, development schedules and tactics to deliver products successfully.
• Project manage the product definition of our range of (audio) products, including the alignment with our commercial, engineering and operations team. This means you will drive all the input for the business case of the product, the specifications definition and operational requirements of your products; all important ingredients for the final product proposal that you will present to our leadership team in collaboration with our Technical Product Manager and Marketing Product Manager.
• You will also support the development phase led by our engineering team. Especially important, is that you will own the user experience definition and execution, and you will work closely with our marketing and brand team to achieve effective orchestration of the different brand touchpoints. You will count with (external/internal) design resources that you will get to lead.
• A large area of your work will be in making sure that our Sustainability Impact agenda trickles down and becomes tangible in every and each of the products under your responsibility.
• You are expected to manage cross-team collaboration to achieve your product goals. You will drive decision-making related to your product category.
• You will support other teams, providing (product) information on your category, keeping product documentation updated and ready for everyone else to use.
  
  

Your Profile

• You feel a strong connection with Fairphone’s vision and values. You would like to match the work that you do with a commitment to putting social and environmental values first.
• Preferably, you have around 3-5 years of experience in a similar role. Experience in managing and developing audio physical consumer electronics products is required. A study background in a related study is also a plus.
• Having thought leadership experience in sustainability topics, for example circular economy is a plus.
• You are proactive, collaborative, have a strong sense of initiative, and a positive attitude.
• You like solving problems, with critical and strategic thinking, and you are not afraid of looking out of the established framework to find your solutions.
• You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and are comfortable learning by doing. You will be coached and where needed you will be trained on furthering your skills.
• You are hands-on, organized and structured, have great planning skills and know how to focus even when multiple competing priorities are at stake.
• You have strong interpersonal skills, ideally with experience in multidisciplinary and international teams.
• You are able to present well in front of stakeholders and are able to write effectively. You are an active listener.
• You embrace diversity in thoughts, opinions, and backgrounds.
• You have the right to work within the EU and are interested in relocating to the Netherlands. Remote working is possible, based on mutual agreement.
  
  

What Fairphone offers you?

• The opportunity to create an impact on the electronics industry around the world.
• A diverse work environment is full of international, passionate, warm-hearted team members.
• You will have 25 paid holidays per year (based on a full-time contract) next to the other public holidays in the Netherlands. You’ll also get a day off on your birthday 🎉 And what’s more: the longer you stay, the more holidays you get!
• For a very small contribution you can join the daily and healthy lunch. We also serve organic FairChain coffee and many more tasty things.
• You will join Fairphone’s collective pension scheme and we will contribute to building your pension.
• You will receive a MacBook and a Fairphone as working devices.
• Flexible work location - we are hybrid-friendly. We also contribute up to €250 for your home office set-up. Please note: even though we are hybrid-friendly, we can only hire people who live in the Netherlands or are open to moving to the Netherlands and hold a Dutch citizen service number (BSN).
• Relocation Support - Fairphone will reimburse the cost of a one-way train (if applicable) ticket to the Netherlands, arrange an appointment at the municipality and provide all the necessary information so that your arrival and settlement in the Netherlands will be smooth and pleasant!
• Public transport allowance – we fully cover your 2nd class commute from your home to the office.
• AND Bike allowance – we support you with a bike purchase of up to €300, and you’ll have a yearly repair budget of up to €80, too!
• Grow with us! We encourage you to develop at Fairphone. That’s why we’ll support your career goals with coachings, trainings, workshops, or courses that you can join with your development budget.
• We have our own bouldering wall at the office! You can borrow climbing shoes too and we will provide you with basic training.
• There’s a gym and recreation and yoga rooms in the building where you can build healthy habits, stay active, and have fun with your colleagues.
  
  

Join us!

If this sounds like you, you could be our new Product Manager Audio and together with us work on Fairphone’s mission: By establishing a market for ethical products, we motivate the entire industry to act more responsibly.

DEI @Fairphone

At Fairphone, we care about people, planet and you. It’s natural that we see diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as an essential part of how we work together and do business.

We support and further strengthen our inclusive work environment and culture by more formally implementing various DEI efforts to ensure all Fairphoners feel included, respected, and supported.

Please make sure you send us your application documents as PDF files only! Otherwise, we won't consider your application. Thank you in advance!

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