Digital Product Owner

IMI plc 

We are a global specialist engineering company that creates breakthrough solutions. We are curious and like to solve problems, partnering with our customers to solve the demands of today and prepare for the challenges of tomorrow. We embrace innovation and care about outcomes that are good for business, everyday life and making a better world – creating lasting impact for everyone. 

We design, build and service highly engineered products in fluid and motion control applications. We focus on five market sectors: Industrial Automation, Process Automation, Climate Control, Life Science and Fluid Control, and Transport. 

Climate Control offers hydraulic solutions for water-based heating and cooling systems to achieve a perfect indoor climate with minimal energy consumption. Our leading brands have been used in over 100,000 building projects worldwide and offer products and solutions in three key areas: Pressure maintenance and water quality, regulation, control and actuators, and thermostatic control

Role Overview

We are currently seeking a dynamic individual located in Switzerland to work with our engineering units in Belgium, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland as a Digital Product Owner. Our specialized teams focus on electronic and software development for hydronic circuits within heating and air-conditioning systems.
In this role, your first primary responsibility will be to actively contribute to the development of our connected hydronic range.

Key Responsibilities

• You join the team to work on the development of the embedded web apps and mobile apps for configuration of our industrial connected devices. The objective is to bring the easiness of consumer products to professionals while ensuring a strong reliability.


• You will be an be an integral part of the electronics and software team located in Belgium and will work closely with the mechanical R&D team located in Slovenia.


• You translate product roadmap into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria.


• You modelize hydronic systems to run simulations of new features prior to the implementation.


• You prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders.


• You develop detailed product feature specifications and ensure they are clearly understood by the development team.


• You refine the product functional design based on an intimate knowledge of the customers, technology and hydronics. You actively work with the mechanical R&D team to ensure seamless mechatronic integration.


• You actively mitigate roadblocks impacting successful team completion of release/sprint goals.


• You document the implementations and actively participate to the knowledge transfer in the team.


• You keep a constant technological watch to propose pertinent and innovative evolutions.

What We Are Looking For

• Master’s degree in mechanical or control and automation engineering required.


• Background in product development with a good overall vision of embedded electronics and software.


• Balance of digital knowledge, hydronic expertise and business value around feature/functions.


• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire team and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment.


• Willing to mingle with teammates working on all parts of the digital ecosystem (embedded software, cloud, iOS/Android, industrial communication protocols).


• High degree of organization, individual initiative, and personal accountability.


• Good knowledge and practice with Agile processes and principles, Git, embedded software development, cloud and databases.


• Good practical knowledge of English is a must; proficiency in French is a plus.


• Motivated, eager to learn, flexible and collaborative.


• Ability to travel to R&D offices in Belgium, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland (and manufacturing in Poland

What We Offer

• A rich, various and motivating function in an advanced professional environment with strong responsibility on the assigned missions.


• A highly collaborative work in a dynamic team of 20 passionate experts.


• The possibility to bring your know-how to the service of a growing division that is part of the international engineering group IMI.

Health & Safety

The physical demands described within the Key Duties & Responsibilities section of this job description are required to perform the essential functions of this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities.  Please contact your local HR representative to discuss the specific Work Conditions and Physical Requirements of this role.  

Health, Safety, and Environmental Duties – At IMI we are all personally committed to protecting our people, minimizing our impact to the environment, the communities we operate in and our company. All members of our workforce have the duty to ensure the health, safety and welfare of themselves, others, and the environment. Every employee is expected to follow all HSE operating procedures, also to challenge any observed behaviors or unsafe acts.

Code of Ethics

IMI requires the highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, particularly with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and the authorities. In accordance with the IMI Way: Our Code of Responsible Business.

Changes to This Job Description

IMI may amend this job description in whole or part at any time.

IMI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, or veteran