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

• 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.

What you'll bring

• 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.

Nice to have

• 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.

What we offer

• 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

Inclusion & accommodations

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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