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Platform Science is seeking a strategic, visionary Head of Product Development to lead the European Mobility product organization. Reporting to the General Manager of Europe Mobility, you will take full ownership of product strategy, portfolio roadmap, and execution across 8 European countries.
You will manage and mentor a multi-regional team of 16 people, including Senior Product Managers, Product Owners, UI/UX designers, and Technical Writers. Your responsibilities span four core areas:
**Leadership & Team Growth:** Build, coach, and retain a high-performing distributed team across multiple European hubs. Cultivate a collaborative, psychologically safe environment that emphasizes continuous learning. Guide your team on backlog health, stakeholder alignment, market validation, OKR setting, and customer discovery best practices. Structure teams effectively to balance core maintenance, strategic growth initiatives, and regional localization.
**Product & Portfolio Strategy:** Define and execute the multi-year product strategy for Mobility solutions across European markets, aligning product goals with broader business unit growth targets. Own the European product roadmap, balancing short-term technical enhancements with long-term technological standards and market opportunities. Oversee end-to-end product lifecycles—from market analysis and requirement definition to go-to-market enablement and deprecation.
**Executive Leadership & Commercial Alignment:** Serve as an active contributor to the executive leadership team running the Europe Mobility business, influencing commercial strategy, operational direction, and regional expansion. Manage the product portfolio budget, monitor product KPIs, forecast revenue impacts, and ensure product financial health. Partner with Engineering, Go-To-Market (Sales & Marketing), Customer Support, and Operations to ensure complete operational readiness for product releases.
**Market & Customer Focus:** Act as an executive sponsor for key regional customers, partners, and enterprise accounts across Europe, integrating feedback into product decisions. Monitor fleet management, telematics, and logistics technology trends across target countries to anticipate threats and capture market share.
The role oversees a solution portfolio that integrates SaaS platforms, telematics hardware, telco interfaces, and market-specific fleet management capabilities.
**Requirements:**
- 8+ years in product management with a strong track record of leading, mentoring, and developing teams of Product Managers and Product Owners in a B2B environment
- Prior experience in the transportation industry, telematics, fleet management, logistics, mobility software, or multi-layered SaaS/hardware environments (highly required)
- Proven experience serving on leadership teams, setting multi-country roadmaps, managing product budgets, and driving business metrics/OKRs
- Deep understanding of software architecture, SaaS models, web/mobile applications, hardware integration, and telco constraints
- Exceptional cross-cultural communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills across international cross-functional teams
- Master's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent practical experience
- Fluency in English (mandatory); good understanding of Dutch and/or French (strong advantage)
