Product Manager for Software and Automation (m/f/d)

As a family-run high-tech company with around 19,000 employees at 71 locations worldwide, we are looking for forward thinkers with unconventional ideas and drive. We live a culture of team spirit and mutual trust – the ideal framework to boldly try new things and question the existing. Our technologies inspire people to develop and build the unimaginable. Whether laser, machine tools, EUV or electronics – TRUMPF creates technological worlds for future generations. Are you ready for new challenges?

Your Tasks

• Driving innovations in software and automation for TRUMPF marking lasers

• Defining new software products/options in close coordination with our customers, sales, and development

• Capturing, elaborating, and prioritizing software requirements in close collaboration with development and incorporating stakeholder feedback

• Opening up new market segments with a focus on the software portfolio

• Developing the strategy for technological development (roadmap) and contributing to the overall strategy of the business unit

• Monitoring and evaluating market developments and identifying customer needs

• Preparing business cases, quantitative assessment of the financial viability of new product developments in the area of software/automation

• Defining marketing priorities and working closely with the marketing department to implement effective marketing campaigns

• Leading smaller development projects for proof-of-concept developments

• Supporting the sales team (answering technical questions, providing technical information materials, etc.)

What We Are Looking For

• Completed studies (Master's degree) in a technical or scientific field

• Experience in product management or sales of software products or at least several years of experience as a user or developer of, for example, CAD or graphics software

• Experience in requirements management and in creating specifications as well as a structured, methodical approach to capturing and prioritizing requirements

• Experience in the field of automation/robotics is an advantage

• Strong analytical skills

• Open, communicative, and resilient personality with the ability to address all relevant stakeholders (customer, sales, development, service, production) at various levels

• Talent to inspire others with your own ideas and drive implementation in development

• Hands-on mentality

• Willingness to travel (approx. 10-20%), mainly in the DACH region, occasionally internationally

• Fluent German in spoken and written form (at least C2 level)

• Very good English skills in spoken and written form (at least C1 level)

What We Offer

• State-of-the-art working environment with the latest technology

• Early responsibility and varied tasks Extensive training and continuing education opportunities

• Work where others go on vacation

• Respectful and appreciative corporate culture

Have we convinced you?

Please send your complete online application (cover letter including salary expectations and, if applicable, relocation motivation, CV, references, certificates) to Nora Gaar. For questions, you can reach us at Tel.: +41 (0) 58 257 6495. On our career page, you will find all FAQs about applying with us.