Product Development Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 7, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 8, 2026. Alstom scores A on the Alion truth index.
Req ID:515974
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Could you be our future full time Product Development Manager based in Stockholm?
Your future role
Take on a central role in managing program development activities, ensuring delivery of system and product items in line with Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD) commitments.
You will organize, coordinate, and lead engineering activities across the program lifecycle, acting as the technical interface for stakeholders while ensuring consistency, performance, and continuous improvement.
We’ll look to you for:
- Organizing the program development process and driving continuous improvement
- Preparing, sharing, and maintaining the Engineering Management Plan (EMP) with the program core and support teams
- Reviewing engineering plans to ensure alignment and consistency with the EMP
- Participating in reviews
- Capturing return of experience and driving continuous improvement actions
- Leading program development activities to deliver program items according to QCD commitments
- Ensuring the product/system reaches committed performance levels
- Driving design-to-cost initiatives to reduce deployment and unit costs
- Ensuring and validating engineering decision-making with program stakeholders
- Supporting other departments (Safety, Cybersecurity, RAM, Industrialization) and ensuring cross-functional alignment
- Organizing and leading internal and external Change Control Boards (CCBs)
- Supporting the Program Manager on engineering cost and planning
All about you
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
- Degree in Engineering, preferably embedded systems.
- Previous working experience leading global teams.
- Previous working experience in planning agile product development process.
- Previous working experience in configuration and change management.
- Experience in development of embedded software and hardware.
- Knowledge about cyber security standards is a plus.
- Ability to work transversally with engineering teams
- Good communication and problem solving mindset.
- Fluent in English. Swedish is an advantage.
Things you’ll enjoy
Join us on a life-long transformative journey - the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:
- Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
- Work with new security standards for railway industry
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- Utilise our agile working environment
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
- Progress towards senior roles.
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
Important to note
As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63 countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.