Job Description
Senior Product Manager / Product Lead – Mission-Critical Connectivity
Derby HQ (Hybrid, 3 days onsite)
International travel, career growth, and meaningful work
Exclusive to EMBS Talent
Shape the future of secure communications
We’re representing a global technology business at a pivotal moment. With over 80 years of history, they started in military-grade communications before WWII and have since helped define radio standards including DMR, MPT1327, POCSAG and TETRA.
Today, they're evolving. Moving from hardware and telecoms to insight-driven solutions that power blue light services, defence, healthcare, and government operations. As global instability increases, demand for secure, resilient communication is only growing.
This is your chance to lead that evolution.
The role
You’ll join as Lead Product Manager, owning a suite of products and building the next generation of connectivity and IoT solutions to involve public safety, utilities, defence, transport, and critical infrastructure. You will own the strategy and execution of your product portfolio to deliver measurable customer and commercial outcomes. This isn’t about feature releases. It’s about shaping platforms that keep organisations connected when it matters most.
Your responsibilities
* Manage and improve a suite of mission-critical communication products
* Partner with R&D, Sales and Engineering to build next-generation tech
* Listen to customers and turn real pain points into real-world solutions
* Take products into new global markets using their established presence
* Build internal product frameworks that enable pace and consistency
* Influence strategy across teams and help shape future product culture
* Product delivery with engineering, GTM readiness with marketing, sales enablement and commercial growth ownership
* P&L ownership and commercial KPIs such as revenue growth and margin improvement across product lines
What makes this company different
This isn’t just another tech business. It’s a trusted innovator with a global footprint and solutions proven in some of the world’s toughest environments.
Their strengths include
* 80-plus years of comms and engineering expertise
* A global footprint across the UK, US and Australia
* A focus on secure, high-availability products for critical operations
* A flexible, future-facing approach to connectivity
* An end-to-end model that covers consultancy, delivery and ongoing support
They’ve recently delivered cutting-edge solutions to clients like Serco and Rio Tinto, helping them scale quickly and operate safely in extreme conditions.
Who you are
You’ve taken connected products to market before. You’ve worked across the lifecycle, helped teams scale and know how to make complex products simple for customers.
* Experience in IoT, telecoms, 5G, mobile or connectivity
* Strong background in launching hardware or comms products
* Comfortable with complex, regulated environments and critical infrastructure
* Collaborative by nature and commercially sharp
* Able to lead across sales, engineering and leadership teams
* Ready to grow into a future Head of Product role
What you’ll get
* Impressive Salary plus benefits
* Mentorship from a senior product leader
* Opportunities to travel across the UK, US and Australia
* A hybrid work model, with three days a week onsite in Derby
* A clear progression path as the product function scales
* The satisfaction of solving problems that really matter
Ready to make a difference
This is your chance to lead in a business that’s not just adapting to change but driving it. If you value integrity, innovation, customer focus and collaboration, this is the place to put those values into action.
This role is exclusively managed by EMBS Talent.
Apply now or get in touch to find out more.