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Product Advisor

Product Advisor - Manoeuvring Controls 

An exciting opportunity has arisen as Product Advisor. In this role, you will be a part of the Manoeuvring Controls department delivering technical knowledge and advice to the development and sales teams. 

We are looking for highly motivated Product Advisor for manoeuvring controls product range K-Thrust 720 and MCON. 

 

About the role 

As a Product Advisor, you will combine technical understanding, business insight, and customer focus to help create solutions that deliver real impact in the maritime industry. You’ll act as the key link between our customers, development teams, and commercial functions – ensuring that our products meet real-world needs and deliver measurable value. 

You will take ownership of one or more projects and product activities, both internally and externally. The role includes some travel for customer visits, field support, and conferences. If you are passionate about quality, collaboration, and operational excellence – we would love to hear from you! We will review applications on an ongoing basis. 

 

You will work closely with 

  • Cross-functional development teams 

  • Customers and end-users 

  • Sales and marketing 

 

Typical task responsibility: 

  • Assist sales, delivery and support teams with technical questions 

  • Work on product roadmaps and release plans 

  • Conduct customer research to understand their needs and pain points 

  • Identify trends and make recommendations 

  • Communicate with stakeholders 

  • Becoming a trusted point of contact for KM on all product-related matters 

 

Key accountabilities 

  • Translate customer and stakeholder needs into product design and implementation 

  • Define, prioritize and follow up product development and maintenance. 

  • Provide technical sales assistance to our sales organization 

  • Provide technical assistance to delivery organisation and customer support 

  • Assist in pilot deliveries 

 

Qualifications and experience 

  • Higher technical and administrative education or relevant maritime system experience 

  • Strong collaborative mindset. Able to act as an integrator in the organisation 

  • Ambitious, self driven and able to execute on set plans. 

  • Experience with product strategy and roadmaps 

  • Knowledge of Life Cycle Management

This employment may require security clearance by the Norwegian National Security Authority.  For more information visit www.nsm.no. 

 

 

You are able to 

  • develop a high-reaching, but realistic business vision and translate it into a workable strategy 

  • act on own initiative, make things happen and accept responsibility for the results 

  • build a useful network of contacts and relationships and utilize it to achieve set goals 

  • use a methodical and systematic approach, plan ahead, define clear priorities and allocate resources effectively 

  • demonstrate specialist knowledge and expertise in own area 

  • produce fresh and imaginative ideas and solutions 

 

What we can offer 

  • An exciting and important position working for the world-leading supplier of maritime solutions 

  • International work environment and multidisciplinary team collaboration 

  • Professional development and career opportunities 

  • Personal development and career opportunities 

  • Competitive pay and benefits 

  • We offer flexible working hours and the option to work remote or from home office 

 

Work location 
Horten, Kongsberg, Ålesund 

Point of contact 
Ørjan Sti, Technical Product Manager +47 97108026 

For over 200 years, KONGSBERG has made solutions that enable people around the world to deliver extreme performance under extreme conditions. Today we are a world leader in several areas within maritime operations, defence, aerospace, and oil and gas industry. Our strength is to put together centers of expertise around products, technologies and market needs. 

Kongsberg Maritime, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, is a global marine technology company, providing innovative and reliable technology solutions for all marine industry sectors including: merchant, offshore, subsea and naval. Headquartered in Kongsberg, Norway, the company has manufacturing, sales and service facilities in 34 countries. Kongsberg Maritime is part of KONGSBERG, an international, knowledge-based group delivering high-technology systems and solutions to clients within the oil and gas industry, merchant marine, defence and aerospace 

Our Integrated Solutions Division is responsible for product and technology development, supply chain operations and project delivery for all Kongsberg's Automation, Bridge Systems and Electro products and solutions. Since the development of the first Dynamic Positioning system in the 1970's, Kongsberg Maritime has always been in the forefront of developing leading Automation and Bridge Systems, and the Integrated Solutions division is responsible for maintaining and further developing that substantial legacy. 

At Kongsberg, we believe in tackling challenging problems and delivering extreme performance for extreme conditions.  We do that through excellent products and services developed for delivering the greatest benefits to our customers. 

WORLD CLASS – through people, technology and dedication