Senior Manager Product Management (m/f/d)

As a technology leader with strong brands (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios is producing the world’s best batteries, essential for the evolving future of transportation. Our advanced, low-voltage batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. Ready to direct your talent and coordination expertise towards shaping the future of our global standards at Clarios? Then take on the challenge and become part of our Aftermarket team!

Power your future with Clarios and explore the possibilities with us.

As Senior Manager Product Management (m/f/d), under the general supervision of the Director Marketing, you will be responsible for leading the Independent Aftermarket portfolio for the full Clarios product line. In this pivotal role, you will oversee the P&L and drive product strategy, lifecycle management, and market success across EMEA. You will lead a team of five Product Managers and analysts, ensuring alignment with customer needs, market trends, and business objectives.

The position will be based in our Clarios EMEA office in Hannover, Germany.

What you will do

As Senior Manager Product Management (m/f/d), your responsibilities will include:

• Driving an entrepreneurial and commercial mindset with dotted-line P&L oversight, supporting sales monitoring and advancing the PC and CV spare parts business.

• Defining and executing the product strategy and roadmap for the Independent Aftermarket portfolio in line with business and market requirements.

• Building and managing relationships with key customers and partners to gather insights and ensure strong product-market fit.

• Leading and developing a team of five product specialists and analysts, fostering ownership and continuous improvement.

• Managing the full product lifecycle, ensuring portfolio performance and profitability.

• Conducting market and competitor analyses to identify opportunities and risks.

• Collaborating cross-functionally with Sales, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance and cross-regional with our local Marketing and Sales offices to support launches and lifecycle activities.

• Defining KPIs and monitoring performance, initiating corrective actions to achieve revenue and margin targets.

• Reporting and presenting strategy, results, and plans to C-level management to drive alignment and commitment.

What makes you a good fit

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Several years of professional experience in product management, preferably within the automotive aftermarket or spare parts environment.

• Self-driven, hands-on mindset with strong ownership mentality.

• Experience in organizational transformation and change processes.

• Proven leadership experience (5+ years) with direct responsibility for team management.

• Demonstrated experience in introducing and managing product portfolios across their full lifecycle.

• Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills, combined with a structured problem-solving approach.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management abilities across organizational levels.

• Entrepreneurial and growth-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership.

• Fluency in German and English.

• Willingness to travel across EMEA up to 25% of working time.

What we offer you

As a technology leader, Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international future-oriented environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement, and sustainability.

• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our above average number of vacation days, mobile work policy and company kindergarten.

• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments as well as company pension scheme.

• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.

• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.

• Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally.

• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding an apartment in your work location, if applicable and depending on individual factors.

You want to learn more about the position and our EMEA region? Check out our regional page and get in touch with our recruiting team.

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About Clarios:

Clarios is the global leader in advanced, low-voltage battery technologies for mobility. Our batteries and smart solutions power nearly every type of vehicle and are found in 1 of 3 cars on the road today. With around 18,000 employees in over 100 countries, we bring deep expertise to our Aftermarket and OEM partners, and reliability, safety and comfort to everyday lives. We answer to the planet with a rigorous sustainability focus – advancing best-in-class sustainability practices and advocating for them across our industry. We work to ensure 100% of our products sold are recyclable, and we recycle 8,000 batteries an hour in our network. You can find more information here (PDF).

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