About the role

As a Product Manager at IRnova, you will play a key role in shaping the future of our infrared photodetector products for defence, space and industry. You’ll translate market insights and customer needs into a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap that guide development and ensure alignment with business goals. This role is at the intersection of technology, manufacturing, and market strategy — making you the owner of both the big picture and the fine details of product delivery.

What you’ll do

You will drive the full product lifecycle, from strategy and planning to production, delivery, and retirement. Your responsibilities include:

Product Strategy & Market Insight

• Define and maintain product vision, strategy, and roadmap in line with company goals and will actively be part of both defining and analysing together with the management team.
• Analyze market trends and customer needs to identify new opportunities and set strategic goals
• Propose and prepare business cases for new products or changes to existing ones
• Stay on top of technology and market developments to keep our products competitive

Product Ownership & Delivery

• Act as the internal customer for product development projects
• Manage product lifecycle, including new product introductions and retirements
• Initiate product changes through the Product Roadmap Group
• Ensure all external product documentation and specifications (manuals, drawings, datasheets, etc.) are accurate and up to date

Production & Quality Responsibility

• Be the driving force that makes sure yields and costs are maintained or improved, and initiate and follow up on activities to make sure this is achieved
• React to production issues and coordinate corrective actions
• Be the expert on expected product performance in final test, ensuring test procedures are correct and parameters are properly tracked
• Follow performance statistics and act on deviations
• Take responsibility for product deliveries, ensuring quality and conformance to specifications
• Handle deviations from standard deliveries with professionalism and clarity

What we’re looking for

• Proven experience in product management, ideally in a high-tech or manufacturing environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate insights into clear strategies
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across technical and commercial teams
• A technical backgrund
• A structured and detail-oriented approach, balanced with strategic vision
• Experience with quality management, production follow-up, or product lifecycle management is a plus

What you get at IRnova

The position will offer you a dynamic and challenging, yet friendly and fun, environment that will present numerous opportunities to discover your potential through training and development. At IRnova, you will work in the Electrum Laboratory in Kista, a state-of-the-art facility that contributes to making the time from groundbreaking scientific results to fully featured commercial products surprisingly short. The recent success of its latest released products means it’s time to get new hands on-board for the coming expansion.

As an employee at IRnova, you will have access to their benefits package, which includes among other things, 30 vacation days, pension plan ITP and health care benefits. There is also an incentive employee stock options plan, where all employees get the opportunity to invest in the company and benefit from the growth ahead.

Your application:

You are very welcome to send in your application! In this recruitment, IRnova collaborates with Thalamus. Please contact Camilla Molander at 070-307 12 50.

We will read applications continuously. The position may be filled before the last day of application, so please send us your application today. The last day to apply is 2025-10-16. Candidates who proceed in the process will undergo a background check.

Your future employer

IRnova is part of a handful of companies in the world capable of producing cooled infrared detectors. These devices, relying on the fascinating principles of quantum physics, serve both the defence and industrial markets, with applications ranging from tank sights and anti-air systems to search and rescue and optical gas imaging. An increasingly important market is space, where IRnova’s world-leading T2SL technology can be used in the extended shortwave region for Earth observation from satellites.