Significant B2B product management experience with measurable customer and commercial impact, including ownership of strategy, roadmaps, prioritisation and lifecycle decisions.
Strong customer discovery skills and commercial acumen, with the ability to turn insight and performance data into clear priorities and decisions, including when evidence is incomplete.
Experience working with engineering leaders and multidisciplinary teams in iterative product development, with the ability to challenge constructively, communicate trade-offs and influence colleagues without relying on formal authority.
Working knowledge of connected hardware, embedded software and software-enabled systems, and an understanding of quality, compliance, cybersecurity, interoperability and lifecycle risk in international B2B markets.
A relevant engineering, technology or business degree, or equivalent practical experience.
Fluent written and spoken English.
Willingness to travel occasionally.
Responsibilities
Own the Lighting Controls product domain end to end, from discovery and strategy to roadmap, lifecycle and commercial performance.
Build a deep understanding of customer needs through direct discovery with end users, specifiers, partners and customer-facing teams, and translate insights into clear outcomes, requirements, use cases and success measures.
Own product strategy, positioning and the roadmap, using customer value, market evidence, strategic fit, commercial impact and delivery risk to prioritise investments.
Partner with Engineering throughout product creation, making clear trade-offs around scope, timing, quality and cost, and supporting effective discovery, release decisions and learning.
Manage the full product lifecycle, from introduction and evolution to rationalisation and end of life. Track revenue, margin, adoption, customer experience, quality and support needs to guide improvements and investment.
Contribute to pricing, packaging and business cases with Offering and Finance.
Support launches, value propositions and commercial readiness, equipping Marketing, Sales and Presales with clear product information and proof points.
Engage strategic customers and ecosystem partners to validate direction and support adoption.
Monitor technology, standards, regulation and competitors, and ensure compliance, security, interoperability, maintainability and product risks inform decisions.
Desired Qualifications
Experience with technical products or systems is strongly preferred.
Lighting controls, building automation, DALI or wireless control experience is advantageous.
Product Manager
We’re looking for a Product Manager to join our team in Espoo. At its heart, this role is about strong product management: understanding customer problems, setting a clear direction and making thoughtful decisions about what to prioritise. You’ll work closely with engineering and commercial colleagues to turn customer insight into products that make a real difference.
About Helvar
Helvar is an international lighting technology company delivering intelligent, energy-efficient lighting solutions for smart, sustainable buildings. By combining advanced lighting controls, environmental sensing, and digital services, Helvar helps create healthier, more productive spaces while reducing energy consumption and supporting long-term sustainability goals.
For more than 100 years, Helvar has been at the forefront of lighting innovation, enabling buildings to operate more intelligently through data-driven insights, seamless system integration, and future-ready technology. With offices in Finland, the UK, Poland, and Sweden, and a global partner network spanning more than 80 countries, Helvar provides local expertise backed by international reach.
With over 300,000 projects delivered worldwide across a wide range of industries and applications, Helvar offers wired, wireless, and hybrid lighting control solutions, environmental sensing technologies, and a cloud-based digital services platform. Together, these solutions form a comprehensive end-to-end ecosystem that helps customers optimise building performance, enhance occupant wellbeing, and achieve their sustainability ambitions. About the role
You’ll own our Lighting Controls product domain end to end, from discovery and strategy to roadmap, lifecycle and commercial performance. The portfolio includes controllers, sensors, panels, dimmers, relays/contactors and wired, wireless and hybrid control infrastructure. Working alongside the Engineering Manager, you’ll define what problems to solve and why, while Engineering leads how products are developed and delivered. You’ll collaborate with Offering, Sales, Presales, Marketing and Future Lighting to keep the portfolio competitive, coherent and easy to adopt.
What you’ll do
Build a deep understanding of customer needs through direct discovery with end users, specifiers, partners and customer-facing teams, and translate insights into clear outcomes, requirements, use cases and success measures.
Own product strategy, positioning and the roadmap, using customer value, market evidence, strategic fit, commercial impact and delivery risk to prioritise investments.
Partner with Engineering throughout product creation, making clear trade-offs around scope, timing, quality and cost, and supporting effective discovery, release decisions and learning.
Manage the full product lifecycle, from introduction and evolution to rationalisation and end of life. Track revenue, margin, adoption, customer experience, quality and support needs to guide improvements and investment.
Contribute to pricing, packaging and business cases with Offering and Finance. Support launches, value propositions and commercial readiness, equipping Marketing, Sales and Presales with clear product information and proof points.
Engage strategic customers and ecosystem partners to validate direction and support adoption. Monitor technology, standards, regulation and competitors, and ensure compliance, security, interoperability, maintainability and product risks inform decisions.
What you’ll bring
Significant B2B product management experience with measurable customer and commercial impact, including ownership of strategy, roadmaps, prioritisation and lifecycle decisions. Experience with technical products or systems is strongly preferred.
Strong customer discovery skills and commercial acumen, with the ability to turn insight and performance data into clear priorities and decisions, including when evidence is incomplete.
Experience working with engineering leaders and multidisciplinary teams in iterative product development. You can challenge constructively, communicate trade-offs and influence colleagues without relying on formal authority.
Working knowledge of connected hardware, embedded software and software-enabled systems, plus an understanding of quality, compliance, cybersecurity, interoperability and lifecycle risk in international B2B markets. Lighting controls, building automation, DALI or wireless control experience is advantageous.
A relevant engineering, technology or business degree, or equivalent practical experience, fluent written and spoken English, and willingness to travel occasionally.
Why you'll love Helvar
We value your growth: With a wide range of online learning opportunities and internal mobility, you’ll have the tools and support to advance your career.
Autonomy and balance: Our culture is built on trust, offering you autonomy in your role while promoting a healthy work-life balance and benefiting from a supportive and collaborative environment.
Wellbeing at the heart: Whether it’s our products for customers or how we care for our team, wellbeing is our top priority. We offer a dedicated Wellbeing Day every year, and all employees can take advantage of our weekly Empower Hour for wellbeing, community, or learning activities.
A company you can trust: With over 100 years of history, we’re a stable, family-owned Finnish company that’s growing across our international locations.
If you’re excited to drive innovation, shape Helvar’s future, and grow in a company with a rich history and forward-thinking mindset, we want to hear from you!
Apply to join our team of talented and innovative experts!
If you’d like to join the Helvar family, please apply for this vacancy through our Careers site at helvar.com/careers by 31st October 2026. We have included a few questions in the application form that we hope you won’t mind answering.
We will be continuously interviewing candidates during the application period and will fill the position as soon as we find the right match!
For additional information on the role, please contact our Talent Acquisition & Development Manager: Ben Fryer [email protected] who will get in touch with you shortly.
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The Helvar Promise to You!
At Helvar, we’re determined to improve the wellbeing of people in every space - including our own employees. We promise you conditions that foster your personal growth and help you achieve your full potential. As a tight-knit company with a family ethos, we’re proud to see that Helvarians care deeply about our customers, our partners, our planet and each other. Our drive to create a better working environment is part of what we call Brighter Spaces.
We trust your vision! "Over the last 100 years, we've become experts at innovation. It's part of our culture. Together we evolve and adapt our solutions to create perfect conditions.“
We invest in you! "As we spend 1/3 of our life at work, it's important to have fun! We work in a friendly, easy-going atmosphere, and we're focused on improving your wellbeing. We celebrate a learning culture and promote Bright Ideas.”
You have the freedom to impact! “People help shape our success. This allows us to be true leaders. With your ideas, we're focused on achieving a brighter, sustainable future for generations to come.”
Helvar has introduced a new hybrid lighting control solution, combining its wireless Helvar ActiveAhead and wired Helvar Imagine solutions for design flexibility.
Helvar has announced the launch of Helvar Senses, a solution that incorporates smart environmental sensing into the Helvar offering for creating even more adaptable and sustainable spaces.