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Growth Product Manager, Americas
Location: (Fortress Interlocks Americas regional office) Erlanger / Cincinnati, Kentucky
Working Pattern: Hybrid / 2-3 days in office | Must be commutable
Compensation: $90,000–$110,000 Plus Generous Package
About The Opportunity
Fortress Safety are the experts in machinery safety and interlocking, protecting people and equipment in hazardous environments since 1977. Part of Halma plc — a UK FTSE 100 company with 8,000 employees across 50 subsidiaries worldwide — we're looking for a Product Manager to drive our Product-Led Growth strategy across the Americas. Acting as the voice of the customer and market, you'll turn insight into validated, evidence-based growth opportunities that fuel sustainable, profitable revenue.
What You'll Be Doing
At Fortress, we don't just accept difference — we celebrate it. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Apply / next steps
Ready to help shape the future of machine safety across the Americas? Click Apply to submit your application — we'd love to hear from you.
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Location: (Fortress Interlocks Americas regional office) Erlanger / Cincinnati, Kentucky
Working Pattern: Hybrid / 2-3 days in office | Must be commutable
Compensation: $90,000–$110,000 Plus Generous Package
About The Opportunity
Fortress Safety are the experts in machinery safety and interlocking, protecting people and equipment in hazardous environments since 1977. Part of Halma plc — a UK FTSE 100 company with 8,000 employees across 50 subsidiaries worldwide — we're looking for a Product Manager to drive our Product-Led Growth strategy across the Americas. Acting as the voice of the customer and market, you'll turn insight into validated, evidence-based growth opportunities that fuel sustainable, profitable revenue.
What You'll Be Doing
- Lead structured Voice of Customer activity across the Americas, building deep understanding of customer applications, industry challenges, and market trends through visits, workshops, and discovery sessions.
- Monitor market, competitor, and technology developments, turning intelligence into actionable insight for the wider business.
- Build and maintain a healthy pipeline of validated growth opportunities, testing key assumptions with customers and the market before recommending investment.
- Develop clear, evidence-based business cases that support confident product investment decisions, recommending new products, partnerships, services, or capabilities.
- Support proof-of-concept and MVP activity, helping shape repeatable go-to-market approaches within target segments.
- Build and nurture trusted relationships with strategic customers, channel partners, OEMs, end users, system integrators, and industry influencers.
- Establish and run customer advisory groups and strategic engagement programmes, acting as the commercial bridge between customers and Fortress product strategy.
- Feed customer and market insight into product strategy and innovation, partnering with Engineering and Innovation to test feasibility and confirm customer value.
- Support launch planning and market adoption, then track commercial performance and feedback once new products are introduced.
- Collaborate across Sales, Engineering, Innovation, Marketing, Operations, and Technical Support, influencing investment priorities and keeping opportunities aligned to business strategy.
- Experience in Product Management, Strategic Marketing, or Application Engineering.
- Ability to engage credibly with customers and commercial stakeholders, influencing without direct authority.
- Strong commercial and analytical skills, with a track record of building business cases and investment recommendations.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- A university degree or equivalent experience gained on the job.
- Experience with structured Voice of Customer methodologies.
- Background in industrial automation, machine safety, or manufacturing technology — ideally with exposure to growth sectors such as warehouse automation or battery manufacturing.
- Experience working across global markets and cross-functional teams.
- 24 days holiday per year 9 holiday office closures
- 401(k) matching & profit-sharing potential
- Company car or car allowance (depending on grade/role; allowance subject to holding a fully comprehensive vehicle policy)
- Paid parental leave — 14 weeks fully paid
- Voluntary financial insurance coverage — life, disability, accident and illness
- Group healthcare with medical, dental & vision (family and partner options)
- WPO Employee Assistance Program
- Long service recognition
At Fortress, we don't just accept difference — we celebrate it. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all colleagues. If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.
Apply / next steps
Ready to help shape the future of machine safety across the Americas? Click Apply to submit your application — we'd love to hear from you.
#Fortress
Salary : $90,000 - $110,000