Europe, Finland, Helsinki
Are you a strategic product management leader who thrives at the intersection of innovation, sustainability, and operational excellence? Do you have the experience to lead a global product portfolio while inspiring your team to succeed together?
Join us as our next Product Management Director and take on a key leadership role in shaping our global product portfolio — ensuring it remains profitable, customer-driven, and future-proof.
Why this role matters
As Product Management Director, you will play a vital role in supporting and executing Teknos' long-term strategy through effective product lifecycle and portfolio management. You will lead a team of 15 Product Management experts and oversee our global Colour Portfolio across all customer segments. As you will be a part of the function leadership team and lead a global function, the role will include regular travelling. We offer flexible remote work possibilities, but we still hope you would be located near one of our European sites.
This is a high-impact leadership role with broad global reach and the opportunity to influence the direction of Teknos' product portfolio across markets and functions.
Your Key Responsibilities
- Lead, develop, and inspire the global Product Management team, fostering a high-performance culture aligned with Teknos values
- Build a strong, collaborative leadership culture within the Product Management function — empowering your team to take ownership, make data-driven decisions, and continuously improve
- Shape and steer the global product portfolio strategy, balancing innovation, sustainability, customer needs, and commercial priorities
- Oversee full product lifecycle management across all customer segments — from new product introductions to ramp-down and phase-out — in close coordination with R&D, regulatory team, and commercial function
- Act as a business partner to Colour in all customer segments, contributing to strategic planning and portfolio-related decision-making
- Serve as project lead for key cross-functional initiatives, including regulatory transitions and product launches
- Ensure portfolio compliance with all relevant regulations in supplied countries
- Represent Product management at S&OP reviews, aligning product categorization, stock keeping, and batch sizes with business needs
- Stay close to the customer — supporting the commercial team in customer visits, fairs, and trainings
- Foster alignment between customer segments and functional teams, ensuring consistency in global product strategy execution
What You Bring
- Proven leadership experience in global product or portfolio management role in a manufacturing industry, preferably in coatings, chemicals, or similar industry
- Proven experience in leading and developing international teams — you’re not just a manager, but a trusted leader who inspires, builds trust, and gets results
- A collaborative and confident leadership style that helps align people around shared goals
- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, regulatory processes, and cross-functional project execution
- Strategic thinking combined with operational focus — you can see the big picture and get things done
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills — comfortable working across functions, teams and countries
- Fluent in English (other languages are an advantage)
What We Offer
- A key leadership role with global impact and visibility — you’ll help shape the direction of Teknos' product portfolio across all markets
- The opportunity to lead experienced, international teams and work closely with top-level experts across R&D, commercial, and operations
- Opportunities to influence sustainability and innovation at scale
- Flexibility in where you work, combined with a strong commitment to work-life balance
- A chance to grow with a company that values innovation, sustainability, and long-term thinking
Could this be the next step in your career?
If you can see yourself in this role, please seize the opportunity and apply by
the 5th of August by sending us your CV and Cover Letter via our HR system.
What we offer:
- A family working culture
We are a company known for an open and unique family working culture, where management is easy to approach, employees’ ideas are listened to, and everyone’s contribution is valued. Our people often highlight their supportive colleagues as the best things in their jobs. - Outstanding solutions and focus on innovations
Innovating has always been at the heart of our business, driving business development and shaping our mindset. From the very first industry-leading product launched in 1948 to exciting new market opportunities such as barrier coatings for the packaging industry and biobased solutions, we are determined to solve any coating challenge ahead. - Career in a global, expanding company
Our ambitious growth targets provide unique opportunities to grow and develop your career in a global, multicultural company, where we all share the same values of persistent, creative, and fair. - Sustainability and meaningful work
Our mission is to make the world last longer, and sustainability is a cornerstone of our strategy. We hope that enhancing this mission in everyday work makes work more meaningful to our employees on all levels.
We make the world last longer
About Teknos
Teknos is a global coatings company with operations in more than 20 countries in Europe and Asia, employing approximately 1,500 people. We are one of the leading suppliers of industrial coatings with a strong position in architectural and retail coatings. The company was established in 1948 and is one of Finland’s largest family-owned businesses. Teknos wants to make the world last longer by providing smart, technically advanced paint and coating solutions to protect and prolong. Always working in close cooperation with our customers and firmly believing that the company’s personnel are vital to its success, Teknos has created a corporate culture that is derived from family values, where each employee is heard and encouraged to take the initiative. Our goal is to make use of the great potential of our excellent personnel in order to create new solutions for our customers.
