TANDA DEVELOPMENT PTE LTD
Senior Product Manager (Fire Alarm Systems)
Owns the fire alarm hardware product line across six overseas regions from a Singapore base — setting 3-year strategy and roadmaps, writing MRD/PRD, coordinating China-based R&D and factories, driving certifications (EN 54, UL/FM, LPCB/VdS), mass-production readiness, and go-to-market.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Central Region
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Product
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree or above in electronics, automation, communications, electrical engineering, fire protection engineering, safety engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of hardware product management experience
- 3+ years in fire alarm or fire electronic systems
- Independent ownership of a product line or full-cycle leadership of at least 2 products from initiation and certification to mass production and launch
- 3+ years of overseas market product or business experience
- Familiar with distributor, fire engineering contractor, system integrator, and consultant-driven project-based sales models
- Fluent Chinese for R&D/factory communication and English as working language
- Based in Singapore, accepting ~30% travel (Shenzhen, Qinhuangdao, overseas markets) and cross-time-zone communication
- Must hold or be eligible to apply for a Singapore work pass
- Solid knowledge of hardware and embedded software development processes (IPD or stage-gate), with ability to independently write MRD/PRD and organize reviews
- Strong understanding of fire alarm system architecture (controllers, loop bus and addressing, detectors, call points, sounders/beacons, I/O modules, linkage control) and conventional vs addressable vs
- Familiarity with EN 54/CPR, UL/FM, LPCB/VdS, ISO 7240, NFPA 72, BS 5839, and certification testing, factory audits, and certificate maintenance
- Understanding of BOM cost, manufacturing processes, yield, and supply chain; ability to do pricing, sales forecasting, and gross margin analysis
- Proficiency in quality problem analysis methods (8D, 5Why, fishbone) and in Office and project management tools
Full description
About the role
A product line owner responsible for planning and managing the fire alarm portfolio across six overseas regions, driving product strategy, demand management, R&D collaboration, certification, mass-production readiness, go-to-market, and continuous improvement, while building product management processes within the Overseas Product & Data Department.
Key responsibilities
- Own the fire alarm product line across six overseas regions (Southeast Asia, Middle East, South Asia, South America, Africa, and Europe/Central Asia), developing three-year plans and annual roadmaps based on market research, standards, application scenarios, and competitor intelligence. Define the product portfolio and positioning by system type, controller capacity, detector type, and regional versions, while managing the full lifecycle including NPI, iteration, phase-out, and backward compatibility.
- Establish a unified demand pool, convert market needs into MRD/PRD, and lead project initiation with feasibility, cost, certification, and ROI assessment for approval
- Collaborate closely with domestic R&D on requirement baselines, milestone tracking, stage reviews, and real-scenario validation, including standard fire tests and environmental testing
- Drive certification planning and execution (EN 54/CPR, UL/FM, LPCB/VdS, ISO 7240, and local approvals), ensuring certificates are obtained before launch and maintained thereafter
- Coordinate with domestic factories on mass-production readiness, cost and margin tracking, supply risk, and certification-related factory audits
- Support go-to-market activities, including launch planning, pricing and channel recommendations, sales enablement, training, and key bid support
- Close the loop on field issues through root-cause analysis and corrective actions, escalate life-safety risks, and maintain a product issue library to feed continuous improvement
- Contribute to building product management processes, templates, and review mechanisms as a product line lead within the Overseas Product & Data Department
About you
- Bachelor's degree or above in electronics, automation, communications, electrical engineering, fire protection engineering, safety engineering, or a related science/engineering field
- 5+ years of hardware product management experience, including 3+ years in fire alarm or fire electronic systems, with independent ownership of a product line or full-cycle leadership of at least 2 products from initiation and certification to mass production and launch
- 3+ years of overseas market product or business experience, familiar with distributor, fire engineering contractor, system integrator, and consultant-driven project-based sales models