Local Product Manager

The opportunity
Are you passionate about bridging global product strategy with local market needs? At Hitachi Energy's Capacitors business in Ludvika, we are looking for a Local Product Manager who will play a key role in ensuring our products meet customer expectations, regulatory requirements, and market demands across Europe.

In this role, you will be the vital link between Global Product Management, feeder factories, sales teams, engineering, and customers. You will drive local implementation of product strategies, support business growth, and ensure our portfolio remains competitive, compliant, and aligned with evolving customer needs.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys working cross-functionally in a dynamic international environment while contributing to the advancement of sustainable energy solutions. This role is based in Ludvika, Sweden, and requires frequent presence at the office due to the nature of the role.

• Drive the local execution of global product strategies, product changes, and portfolio decisions, ensuring alignment across engineering, quality, operations, and sales.
• Act as the primary local product expert, supporting customer qualifications, homologations, technical risk reviews, and complex tender activities across the European market.
• Gather and translate customer, market, and regulatory insights into actionable recommendations that strengthen the product portfolio and business growth.
• Ensure compliance with applicable European standards, sustainability requirements, and product regulations while supporting product launches and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate closely with Global Product Management, feeder factories, and cross-functional teams to enhance portfolio performance, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline. Experience within power systems, power quality, capacitors, or high-voltage equipment is an advantage.
• Experience from product management, technical sales, application engineering, or a similar customer- or product-oriented role is beneficial, but not a requirement.
• You have a commercial mindset and an interest in understanding customer and market needs, combined with the ability to work with technical topics.
• Familiarity with the European energy market, customer qualification processes, standards, or regulatory requirements is considered an advantage.
• You enjoy working cross-functionally and building relationships with stakeholders across different functions, cultures, and locations.
• You are structured, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership, with strong communication and problem-solving skills.

• Collective agreement, occupational pension & possibility of salary exchange to pension (for ITP1 and ITP2)
• Group life insurance and additional insurances.
• Flex-time and shortening of working hours in time bank
• Hybrid work & allowances for setting up a workplace at home (in agreement with line manager)
• Health care and wellness allowance
• Health insurance incl. dental, spectacles & contact lenses allowance (employee pay 140 sek/month via salary deduction)
• Psychological support program
• Supplementary compensation for parental leave
• Various trainings and education supporting employee development
• Internal career possibilities both within Sweden and globally
• Employee Benefit Portal with thousands of discounts and perks