Head of Product - Safety Solutions

The Company:

Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality, and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications.

Our technologies are shaping the production and people-related ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous — ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

Hexagon’s Mining division solves surface and underground mine challenges with proven technologies for planning, operations, and safety.

Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 24,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 5.5bn USD. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

Purpose of Position:

The Head of Product for Safety Solutions oversees Hexagon's largest and fastest-growing portfolio. This leadership role is responsible for guiding the product management team and driving the vision, strategy, product introduction, and lifecycle management for Hexagon’s safety solutions portfolio.

This position will be a key driver for the expansion of market-leading safety solutions for mining operations, supporting Hexagon’s vision for safer, more productive autonomous mining. The portfolio is crucial in strengthening Hexagon's partnerships with customers, as their safety solution needs continue to grow and evolve in both open-pit and underground mining.

The role requires extensive experience in bringing products to market and a solid understanding of industrial safety requirements and the importance of safety culture in mining. The team, comprising product managers, product specialists, product designers, and product marketing professionals, will be led to ensure high-quality product introductions, adoption, and market growth.

Major Areas of Responsibility:

Product Vision and Strategy: Define and communicate the portfolio vision and strategy aligned with the broader vision for the company and overall business objectives.

Product Team Leadership: Lead and develop a high-performing product management team, fostering and coaching on the key principles of a product led organization. Providing guidance and experience for best practices for successful product management.

Market Analysis & Product Market Fit: For all products in the portfolio, ensure product managers are up to date with market dynamics, customer needs and competitor landscape as a foundation for product strategy and identifying opportunities and threats. Additionally, identify gaps in safety portfolio where additional products/solutions or partnership opportunities exist.

Product Commercials & Pricing: Ownership of product revenue and cost forecasts in line with portfolio strategy and market adoption. Ability to consider and manage various commercial scenarios including alternative pricing models, product costs and other portfolio strategy impacts

Product Roadmap Development: Ensure outcome driven product roadmaps with direct line of sight to business results. Ensure understanding and consideration of product risks associated to customer value, viability, usability and feasibility to deliver.

Product Introduction: Manage a considered and customer centric approach to product introduction in line with needs of a sales and support organization split across four regions (APAC, EMEA, LATAM, USA/Canada)

Product Go to Market: Ensure product management has tangible and impactful go to market product strategy and execution for both new and existing product lines

Cross-functional Leadership: Establish high-trust working relationships to support collaboration with leadership and other key functions needed for product goals to be achieved

Stakeholder Management: Engage with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and internal teams, to gather feedback and ensure alignment.

Performance Monitoring: Track product performance using targeted business results and key metrics and analytics to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement.

Knowledge and Experience - Required:

• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams
• Extensive experience in product management and having led team of product managers
• Ideally has a strong understanding / experience of industrial safety requirements and importance of safety culture in mining
• Proven experience in bringing products to market successfully, driving revenue growth for an organisation that sells solutions industrial customers
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with a passion for innovation and continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities, with the ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred or equivalent experience

Travel:

• Up to 50% travel required - domestic and international

Hexagon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against any job applicant based on protected characteristics.