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Product Manager, Seating Solutions (Healthcare Hardware)
Kalogon
Other Engineering, Product
Posted on Jun 7, 2026
Kalogon, a smart seating startup based in Melbourne, seeks a Product Manager with hardware experience to focus on Seated Products in our Product organization. Our team is actively awaiting you to make decisions and create pathways for our next generation of smart seating products across medical, Air Force, and interior applications. Kalogon’s culture is deeply immersed in an empathy driven approach fostered by rapid iteration. We are ready for you to take this to the next level and grow our business.
The ideal candidate will have 5 - 7 years of experience bringing hardware based health care products from concept to market, with the ability to manage complex cross-functional initiatives and make strategic product decisions all while growing a team and delivering on our mission to eliminate the stresses of sitting and improve health through inventive seating solutions.
What You’ll Do
- Lead new product development initiatives for key product areas, taking products from initial concept through market-ready launch
- Drive next-generation updates to existing products, balancing customer needs with technical feasibility and business objectives
- Define product roadmaps and prioritize features based on market research, customer feedback, and business impact
- Make critical resource allocation decisions across multiple product lines in collaboration with leadership
- Collaborate closely with engineering and production teams to ensure technical specifications align with market requirements and manufacturing capabilities
- Focus on design for manufacture by including key stakeholders from Production & Sewing team members to engineers to Finance, and everything in-between
- Partner with sales, marketing, and business development to support go-to-market strategies and customer acquisition
- Ensure that product roadmap meets business, innovation, and brand requirements
- Coordinate with finance, sales, and executive teams on product profitability analysis, pricing strategies, and investment decisions
- Conduct regular customer visits and interviews to ensure product updates and new products truly lead the industry
- Gather and synthesize customer feedback to inform product decisions and identify new market opportunities
- Represent the company at industry events, trade shows, and customer meetings (travel ~10% of time, approximately one trip per month)
- Stay current on market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory requirements across target industries
- Socialize insights internally
Product Strategy & Development
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Customer & Market Focus
Skills & Experience Required
- 5 - 7 years of product management experience with demonstrated success bringing hardware or connected device products to market, including understanding of all key constraints
- Confidence to bring your ideas to the table while having the humility to consider the expertise of others
- Able to read the room and capably share your perspective
- Capable of deep empathy and compassion for key stakeholders, and able to discern the why behind the why
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
- Experience recruiting and mentoring team members and establishing product processes
- Willingness to travel up to 10% of time for customer visits, trade shows, and industry events
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field; MBA or MPD preferred but not required
- Startup experience preferred, with understanding of scaling challenges and limited resource management
- Familiarity with regulatory environments, particularly in medical devices or government contracting
- Experience with seating, furniture, or ergonomic products is a plus, but not essential - we are a team of diverse backgrounds, let us know how your background would contribute to novel products and approaches
Essential Experience
Personal Attributes
Preferred but not required
Export-Control Requirements
To conform to the U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about ITAR: https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/ddtc_public/ddtc_public?id=ddtc_kb_article_page&sys_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987
Details about Role
- Reports to: CEO
- Works with: Engineering, Production, Marketing, BD, Sales, Finance. Note that Kalogon has its own production facility, so you will see how what you are working on gets translated into manufacturing in real time.
- Location: In-office in Melbourne, FL with some work from home flexibility
- Equity
- 401k with matching
- 20 days off per year
- 5 all-team holidays, 3 floating holidays
Kalogon offers a competitive salary and benefits package.
Other benefits include:
Kalogon is an E-Verify employer.
People with disabilities are encouraged to apply. If you require a disability-related accommodation for your application, please email us at careers@kalogon.com.
Kalogon is the trusted leader in seated health, delivering inventive seating solutions that eliminate the stresses of sitting. Driven by clinical research, deep customer empathy and rapid product iterations, Kalogon's solutions serve anyone who sits for extended periods, across healthcare, aviation and beyond. Kalogon’s proprietary technology combines real-time sensors, adaptive surfaces and personalized control to restore circulation, protect skin integrity and reduce fatigue. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Melbourne, Fla., Kalogon manufactures all products in-house.
Our team is a blend of experienced tech industry veterans, passionate engineer, and people focused on ways to help folks stay seated and stay healthy. Learn more at www.kalogon.com.