Senior Product Manager - Product Discovery

Working at Maersk brings a unique blend of being part of a rich heritage and an enthusiastic, innovative, fast-paced logistics company. We believe in rewarding and recognizing individual performances within highly professional teams supported by our distinctive company values.

Collaborative and commercial mindsets are the key cornerstones of being a high performer in Maersk. In our network business, it is key that you can think and act beyond your own domain and geography of work. By commercial mindset we mean your ability to think of the benefits for the customer; in whatever action, you take, irrespective of your position and role.

Are you passionate about excavating customer, business and industry trends while transforming innovative ideas into market-ready products?
Then join our dynamic Product Discovery team, where you'll be at the forefront of creating groundbreaking and innovative concepts and products that make a real impact! All this, in a fail-and-learn-fast environment!

The Product Manager for Product Discovery will be primarily responsible for driving the early-stage ideation, validation, and prioritization of product ideas. This role focuses on aligning product concepts with market needs, customer pain points, and the broader business strategy to ensure that products are feasible, viable, and desirable. By continuously refining and testing product ideas, the Product Manager will provide the foundation for successful product development, ensuring alignment with both strategic goals and customer expectations.

This role offers growth opportunities, impactful work, autonomy, thought leadership and the chance to shape the ambitious Lead Logistics strategy while representing best-in-class product development and management.

Key responsibilities

- Source and prioritize product ideas aligning with strategy and market demands.

- Conduct market research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitors.

- Gather customer insights using surveys, interviews, and feedback.

- Define and test customer problems and opportunities for innovation.

- Develop business cases assessing cost, revenue, and feasibility.

- Align discovery activities with product strategy and engage stakeholders.

- Prioritize opportunities based on business impact and resources.

- Collaborate cross-functionally to share insights and align strategies.

- Track key metrics like validation success and customer satisfaction.

- Continuously improve discovery processes with tools and methods.

Core Competencies & Skills
- Customer-Centric Mindset: Strong focus on understanding customer needs, pain points, and behaviors through direct engagement and research. Ideally well-aware of Design Thinking principles.

- Agility & Adaptability: Comfort with ambiguity and changing priorities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. Assertiveness is your middle name!

- Analytical Thinking: Ability to analyze data and feedback from various sources, and use it to form and test hypotheses.

- Strategic Alignment: Strong understanding of business strategy, with the ability to ensure that product discovery aligns with company goals and objectives.

- Cross-functional Collaboration: Experience working with cross-functional teams, including Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Sales, to turn ideas into validated product concepts.

- Communication Skills: Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, making complex ideas accessible to parties that are considered layman to the concepts and even senior executive stakeholders.

- Problem-Solving & Innovation: Proactively identify opportunities, think creatively, and solve problems in innovative ways, leveraging customer insights and market data.

Please apply with your CV in English. You don't have to attach a Cover Letter.

Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, however, please expect a slower response between December 20th and January 6th.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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Work type:
Full time

Locations:
DK - Copenhagen