Senior Manager Product Lifecycle Manager

At Sonova, we envision a world where everyone can enjoy the delight of hearing. This vision inspires us and fuels our commitment to developing innovative solutions that improve hearing health and human connection - from personal audio devices and wireless communication systems to hearing aids and cochlear implants. We're dedicated to providing outstanding customer experiences through our global audiological care services, ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to engage fully with the world around them.

Guided by a culture of continuous improvement that fosters resilience and self-motivation, our team is united by a shared commitment to excellence and a deep sense of pride in our work, each of us playing a vital role in creating meaningful change,

Here you'll find a diverse range of opportunities that span both consumer and medical solutions and the freedom to shape your career while making an impact on the lives of others. Join us in our mission to create a more connected world, where every voice is heard and every story matters.

Staefa, Switzerland

The Senior Product Lifecycle Manager acts as the global expert for lifecycle forecasting, analytics, and scenario planning. The role leads cross-functional alignment across Demand Planning, Product Management, Supply Chain, Finance, and regional commercial teams to ensure accurate forecasts, smooth product transitions, and effective portfolio planning.

This position owns lifecycle forecasting frameworks and drives continuous improvement of planning processes at global scale.

More about the role

• Lead translation of launch business cases into global demand forecasts, including modelling demand curves, cannibalization, and forecast scenarios.

• Validate and align lifecycle assumptions and demand scenarios with regional commercial teams, ensuring fact-based decision-making at global level.

• Partner with Product Management to define portfolio transitions, including phase-out roadmaps, ramp-down forecasts, and SKU rationalization.

• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Finance, Service, and Master Data to secure product availability, manage transition risk, and minimize obsolescence.

• Monitor and analyze launch and phase-out volumes against forecast, and coordinate with Demand and Supply Planning on adjustment needs.

• Provide data-driven insights on lifecycle performance, product profitability, and demand trends to support portfolio optimization.

• Own lifecycle forecasting standards and process governance, ensuring consistent usage, best practices, and clear documentation across global teams.

More about you

• 8–10+ years in lifecycle management, forecasting, demand planning, or business analytics.

• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross-functional projects at global scale.

• Strong analytical modelling capabilities and clear data communication skills.

• Autonomous, structured, anticipates risks, and drives alignment in complex environments.

• Excellent verbal and written communication, strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

• Experience with SAP APO / IBP and BI tools, experience in hearing care/medtech/consumer electronics is desired.

• Further education in lifecycle forecasting/management is desired.

More about what we offer

As one of the world's leading hearing care providers headquartered in Switzerland, we're committed to building an inclusive culture. We want to create an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work, through our flexible hybrid working model. We offer a wide range of competence development opportunities for both your professional and personal growth, and there are exceptional opportunities for advancement through individual development plans.

Please send in your application via our recruitment system, this allows us to manage your personal data in a safe way as well as ensuring your application is reviewed in a structured and efficient way.

Please note that we are reviewing applications on regular basis.

We look forward to hear more about you

We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate's ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.