Product Line Overview Wabtec Transit Brakes & Couplers is a world leader in the supply of braking systems and couplers for all types of trains, on all continents. With more than a century of expertise, our braking systems range from brake manipulators to friction materials, air treatment and generation, brake control and bogie brake equipment.

As Brake Control Product

Manager, you will own the strategy, competitiveness, and lifecycle performance of Wabtec's Brake Control portfolio.

Your mission is to connect customer needs, market trends, business objectives, and technology evolution to develop products that win in today's market while preparing the next generation of brake control systems for tomorrow. You will define and drive the product roadmap, product architecture evolution, modularization strategy, and platform development for the portfolio. Working closely with Sales, Technical Sales, Engineering, Sourcing, Quality, Operations, and R&D; teams, you will translate market opportunities into tangible product and business outcomes.

Define and drive the product strategy, roadmap, and technology vision for the Brake Control portfolio, aligning customer needs, market trends, and business objectives. Own the complete product lifecycle and portfolio performance, from introduction to retirement, ensuring competitiveness, profitability, and relevance in the market. Lead modularization and platforming initiatives to improve scalability, reduce complexity, accelerate development, and increase product re-use.

Drive product excellence and cost competitiveness, leading quality, reliability, lifecycle optimization, value engineering, and cost reduction initiatives. Translate market and customer insights into future product requirements, technology roadmaps, and innovation programs. Support profitable business growth by maximizing product positioning, re-use,

and competitiveness in customer bids and projects.

Lead through influence, aligning Engineering, R&D;, Quality, Sourcing, Operations, Service, and Commercial teams around portfolio objectives. Monitor market, competitive, and portfolio performance, driving corrective actions and continuous improvement where required.

Hard Skills

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline; Master's degree is an advantage. Strong technical foundation in complex engineered systems, product architectures, and lifecycle management; knowledge of brake systems or railway vehicle subsystems is strongly preferred. Ability to translate customer needs, market insights, and business objectives into product strategies, roadmaps, and requirements.

Experience with business cases, cost optimization, value engineering, product improvement, or industrial competitiveness initiatives. Strong ownership mindset with a demonstrated ability to convert ideas into tangible business results. Ability to lead and influence multidisciplinary and multicultural teams without direct authority. Sound judgment, entrepreneurial spirit, and willingness to challenge the status quo while driving continuous improvement.

Fluent

English is required (other EU languages are considered a plus) Successful candidates may come from Product Management, Engineering, Technical Sales, Quality, Operations, or other relevant functions.

More important than prior job title is the ability to combine technical understanding, business acumen, ownership, and cross-functional leadership to deliver results. Permanent full-time contract, CCNL Metalmeccanico Training and professional development opportunities Benefits, including: flexible hours, canteen, welfare platform, accident insurance, tax assistance, and electric car charging The current salary for this role ranges from €54,500 to €72,200 + 15% premio.

The actual salary offered to the candidate may be influenced by various factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands, and work location.

Location: this role can be located close to any Wabtec Transit site. What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First? Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors.

Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together - are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.

We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. We’re building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

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