(Senior) Portfolio Manager (m/f/d) – Drone Defence (C-UAV) - Hamburg, Germany

About the job

As a Portfolio Manager – C-UAV, you are responsible for the strategic development of our solution portfolio in the field of drone defence. You operate at the interface between market, technology, product development, and strategic business development. Your focus is on positioning and further developing solutions for drone defence in demanding security-relevant operational scenarios.

Your tasks

• As the central contact person for your portfolio, you develop it strategically and continuously – focusing on innovation, customer requirements, and market development.
• Within the team, you also work with systems engineers, architects, and experts who support you as sparring partners and consultants.
• You are responsible for the technical input during the preparation of offers within your portfolio and accompany the project phase throughout the entire lifecycle.
• As part of your portfolio work, you build a modular, future-proof toolkit, continuously develop it, and test new technologies – a key foundation for efficient and sustainable solutions.
• You work according to the principles of (Model-Based) Systems Engineering and actively support its introduction and implementation within the company.
• Market and competitor analyses, trend monitoring, and the identification of customer needs are also part of your tasks, as is translating these into innovative product, solution, and service developments in close cooperation with the specialist departments.
• You translate customer requirements into market-, customer-, and profit-oriented offers and calculations.
• In coordination with your manager, you shape the strategic direction and marketing of your portfolio – always with a view to real customer needs and use cases.
• You support sales in customer approach, conduct technical presentations and demonstrations, and represent PLATH at trade fairs and congresses – also internationally.

Your profile

• Ideally, you have a degree in (industrial) engineering or a comparable field.
• You bring several years of professional experience in the military environment, preferably with specific domain knowledge in the drone defence portfolio area.
• Experience in the SIGINT environment as well as knowledge of the structures, processes, and systems of the German Armed Forces are advantageous.
• You convince with a high level of negotiation skills, customer orientation, assertiveness, and strategic thinking ability.
• A high willingness to travel internationally as well as intercultural competence and communication skills at all levels are naturally part of your profile.
• You are confident in using common software such as MS Office, and ideally with SE-/MBSE tools and methods.
• Fluent German and English skills are required; additional language skills are welcome.

Contact person: Markus Dziewulak

BENEFITS

• Flexible working hours
• Possibility to work from home
• 5 weeks holiday (6 weeks from age 36) + Christmas bridge
• Above-average social benefits
• Employer support for public transport in Switzerland (half-fare travelcard)
• Company mobile phone with the option for private use
• Support for further training
• And many more

PLATH - MAKE THE WORLD A SAFER PLACE

PLATH AG is part of a powerful network of medium-sized high-tech companies, which is among the internationally leading providers of high-quality systems in the field of communications intelligence and jamming. We develop and market sophisticated hardware and software solutions for the intelligent processing of sensor data as well as the automation of complex reconnaissance processes.

The PLATH Group is a family-run, medium-sized corporate group with extensive market and technology expertise in data-based early crisis detection. The more than 600 employees are distributed across locations in Germany, Europe, and Asia.

Benefit from the international charm of a global player as well as the dynamism and flexibility of a medium-sized company.