Permanent Position – Navigation & Detection Product Manager (M/F)
Location: Ploemeur, Brittany, France
Preferred start date: As soon as possible
Why join us?
Joining Kwan-Tek means helping shape the next generation of navigation, localization, and detection technologies based on quantum diamond NV sensors.
Our technologies are opening new possibilities across defense, maritime, aerospace, critical infrastructure, and mobility applications.
After several years of technological development, we are entering a new phase of growth: transforming breakthrough innovations into products adopted at scale by our customers.
To support this ambition, we are looking for a Navigation & Detection Product Manager.
You will join the leadership team and play a key role in defining our product strategy and building our future Navigation & Detection business line.
Your Mission
You are the voice of the market and the customer within the company.
Your mission is to identify market opportunities, define product strategy, and transform our technological innovations into high-value solutions for our customers.
Working at the interface between customers, Field Application Engineers, R&D, Engineering, and Sales, you will drive the decisions that ensure the commercial success of this strategic new business line.
Key Responsibilities
Product Strategy
- Define the product vision in alignment with the company’s overall strategy.
- Identify and prioritize target markets.
- Build business cases for new offerings.
- Define product positioning and value propositions.
- Conduct ongoing competitive and technology intelligence activities.
Product Portfolio Management
- Define and maintain the product roadmap.
- Prioritize developments based on customer value and business impact.
- Balance custom developments with scalable standard solutions.
- Contribute to product investment decisions.
Offering Development
- Gather and analyze the Voice of the Customer.
- Define product features and functional specifications.
- Develop new offerings and support their market introduction.
- Create sales enablement materials and technical value propositions.
Proof of Concept (PoC) Management
- Define objectives and success criteria for PoCs.
- Coordinate teams involved in PoC execution.
- Ensure customer satisfaction and conversion of PoCs into commercial opportunities.
- Leverage field feedback to enrich the product roadmap.
Business Development
- Support strategic opportunities alongside the Sales team.
- Participate in key customer meetings.
- Identify growth opportunities and emerging markets.
- Represent Kwan-Tek at industry conferences, exhibitions, and professional events.
Leadership & Collaboration
- Provide functional leadership to Field Application Engineers involved in the business line.
- Structure interactions between Product, Applications, R&D, and Sales teams.
- Contribute to strategic company decisions.
Your Profile
Education
- Master’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Electronics, or a related scientific discipline.
- A specialization in navigation systems, embedded systems, sensing technologies, or detection systems would be an advantage.
Experience
- 5 to 10 years of industrial experience.
- Significant experience in Product Management, Technical Business Development, or Application Engineering.
- Experience with complex products combining hardware, software, and algorithms.
- Experience in deeptech companies or industrial B2B environments.
- Experience in navigation, positioning, embedded systems, defense, aerospace, maritime industries, or advanced sensing technologies would be a strong asset.
Skills
- Strong ability to analyze technology markets.
- Experience managing product portfolios.
- Ability to balance customer needs, technical constraints, and business objectives.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Fluent English is required.
Personal Qualities
- Natural leadership.
- Strategic mindset.
- Entrepreneurial spirit.
- Ability to influence and align cross-functional teams.
- Customer and results-oriented mindset.
- Technical curiosity.
- Pragmatic problem-solving approach.
Working Conditions
- Permanent contract (CDI equivalent)
- Executive-level position under the SYNTEC collective agreement
- Compensation package starting from €70,000 gross annual salary, depending on experience and qualifications
- 215-day annual working-time arrangement
- Location: Ploemeur, Brittany, France
- Occasional international travel
- 100% employer-funded health insurance
- Meal vouchers
Recruitment Process
- HR Interview
- Technical Interview
- Final Interview
How to Apply
Send your CV to: careers@kwan-tek.com
Subject: Navigation & Detection Product Manager (M/F)
To ensure your application is processed correctly, please submit it exclusively to this email address.
Why This Role Is Unique
Few positions today offer the opportunity to help create an entirely new category of navigation and detection products based on quantum technologies.
You will not be joining an established business. You will help build a strategic business line, define its products, shape its markets, and establish its positioning.
As Kwan-Tek continues to grow, this role offers significant opportunities for progression within the Product organization.