Product Manager, Defense, Søborg or Lystrup

Requisition ID 1446 - Posted - Lystrup - Denmark - Full Time - Associate

Do you want to shape the future of defense solutions by turning customer insights, market opportunities, and emerging technologies into products that create real-world value? In this role, you will drive product strategy, influence cross-functional decisions, and help deliver solutions that matter. Come and join us!

We are facing an exciting future with considerable growth and demanding changes. We continue to evolve our advanced technologies and mission critical solutions for the defense and aerospace industry to deliver real-world solutions that matter to the security of people on land, at sea and in the air. Therefore, we are looking for a Product Manager to become part of this journey and contribute to our overall purpose – securing people through advanced technology.

Your role as part of the team

As our new Product Manager, you will primarily play a key role in shaping and managing part of our Defense portfolio throughout the full product lifecycle. You will work at the intersection of market needs, customer insights, technology, and business objectives, helping to ensure the delivery of innovative and commercially successful solutions.

In our team we take pride in developing people. You will become part of the Product Management (PRM) team, a collaborative international group spanning Denmark, the UK, and the US. The PRM department manages a diverse and innovative range of products and solutions within Radar, Security, Maritime, Defense, and Space portfolios. Your area of responsibility will primarily be within Defense.

The team values knowledge sharing, curiosity, and collaboration, creating an environment where people and technology develop together. You will work closely with colleagues across product development, sales, business development, marketing, and engineering, contributing your perspective while learning from experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We care about the work we do and the people behind it.

Technical skills matter, but your mindset matters even more. If you consider yourself proactive, collaborative, and someone who takes ownership of your work, this could be the role for you. You build alignment through influence rather than authority, communicate effectively across cultures and disciplines, and is driven by curiosity about emerging technologies, customer needs, and market developments. You enjoy bringing people together around a shared direction and care as much about the success of people and teams as you do about the success of your products.

How you will make a meaningful contribution

In this role, you will contribute to a range of tasks across your area of responsibility. Your key responsibilities include:

• Build and maintain a deep understanding of customers, markets, competitors, and technological trends to identify opportunities for innovation, investment, improvement, or product retirement
• Drive product strategy, roadmap development, and lifecycle management, turning customer and market needs into scalable and commercially viable solutions
• Lead product decisions across the lifecycle, including roadmap changes, product transitions, business cases, and gate reviews, while balancing technical excellence with business value
• Influence and align cross-functional stakeholders across disciplines, functions, and geographies to support effective decision-making and successful product outcomes
• Act as a trusted product ambassador by communicating direction, sharing knowledge, challenging assumptions, and continuously strengthening product management practices.

Bring your expertise into play

To thrive in this role, we imagine that you bring some of the following qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience within Product Management, including customer and market insight, product strategy, roadmap development, and lifecycle management, preferably within the Defense domain
• Experience developing strong business cases and working with budgeting, revenue forecasting, cost analysis, ROI, and other data-driven decision-making tools
• A solid technical understanding incl. product development frameworks and interest in how continuous platform development and systems configuration work and fit into a product portfolio perspective
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills, with experience working across cross-functional and international teams.

Most importantly, we believe diverse experiences add value to our team and organization. Therefore, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet all the above requirements.

As we are an international organization, it is important that you are fluent in English both in writing and verbal at a professional level. Travelling both domestically and internationally must be anticipated.

Let’s secure people through advanced technology

We believe that different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds make us stronger. We are committed to creating a more diverse and balanced workplace that reflects the talent and perspectives around us. By creating an inclusive environment with equal opportunities to contribute, grow, and succeed, we aim to broaden our talent pool and strengthen our teams for the future. We want everyone to feel welcome, valued, and confident in pursuing their ambitions at Terma.

When joining Terma, we promise that you will experience great people, challenging tasks, and the opportunity to make an impact. Our culture is built on trust, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, where learning is embedded in everyday work and supported by colleagues across all career stages.

Benefits

International Environment: Explore great teamwork and professional sparring with colleagues around the world.

Flexible Working Hours: The option to work from home up to two days per week.

Comprehensive Benefits Package: Receive a 10% paid pension along with a beneficial health care and insurance package and paid internet connection at home. Enjoy discounts from various business partners.

Well-being Perks: Opportunity to enroll in our on-site massage-offer at our locations in Denmark.

Social and Professional Events: We have an active staff association that arranges a variety of social activities and events to bring all of our colleagues together.

Career Paths : Opportunities to grow your career in a direction that suits you, whether you prefer a specialist path or a leadership role.

We are all Terma - diverse in skills and equal in value. That is why we encourage all individuals to apply and are committed to ensuring that every employee has equal opportunities to succeed and feel respected and valued within our organization. To support an unbiased evaluation process, we kindly encourage applicants to omit personal details such as photos and age from their applications.

If you would like to take on the challenge of working in an innovative company, we look forward to receiving your application. A resume is required, while a cover letter is optional. To ensure that your application will reach us and is properly processed, we only accept applications via www.terma.com. Applications will be processed continuously.

Do you have any questions regarding the position?

Feel free to contact Hiring Manager on e-mail: [email protected]

Bear in mind, that we need you to confirm that you can obtain a security clearance by the Danish Defense Intelligence Service, and that all adults in your household are not posing any risk to the related risk-evaluation. This entails among other issues:

• That you have as a minimum stayed within NATO/EU/MISWG countries for the last 7 years only interrupted by short stays abroad, meaning less than 6 months, and
• That you have not committed serious criminal offences

Location of position

• Søborg
• Lystrup