Head of Strategic Product Development (all genders)
Indexed description
Beyond setting direction, you'll own execution — leading cross-functional initiatives, scaling our assortment innovation program, and commercially managing our monetised product portfolio. The team you'll lead is still young, so a significant part of this role is building it: shaping its structure, its processes, and the way it works with stakeholders across the business, turning it into a mature, reliable engine for product strategy in the Nordics.
What You’ll Do (The Recipe)
Strategic product roadmap — building & execution
- Own the view of what our physical product should look like, grounded both in an outside-in read of industry, competitor, and customer trends, and in a solid understanding of how our existing product and assortment are performing and what our current customers tell us through feedback
- Identify, assess, and quantify strategic opportunities to evolve the product and grow the business profitably
- Co-shape the overall product strategy in close partnership with the Product Director
- Align the roadmap tightly with Marketing, so that our big bets are jointly defined and brought to customers as a single, coherent play to drive acquisition and retention
- Anchor the roadmap with other key stakeholders, including Operations and the International Product team
- Lead the execution of cross-functional strategic initiatives.
- Own the assortment innovation program: identify and develop new concepts, seasonal and thematic offerings, and limited-time offers.
- Coordinate execution and implementation of new concepts across Menu Planning, Recipe & Ingredient Development, and Marketing
- Manage and optimise the performance of our monetised products
- Own the commercial results (average order value (AOV) and profit contribution) and operational execution of this portfolio.
- Shape and structure a still-young team so it can deliver reliably — Define clear roles, priorities and ways of working so the team can deliver reliably
- Build robust processes with key stakeholders (Marketing, Menu Planning, Operations, International Product) so cross-functional work runs smoothly rather than on an ad hoc basis.
- You bring relevant experience—typically 5–10 years—in FMCG, consumer products, management consulting or a similar field.
- You have proven experience directly managing and developing a team.
- A hands-on player-coach: as comfortable doing the strategic and analytical work yourself as you are developing and directing a team
- Genuinely curious about consumer and food trends and the competitive landscape, while equally grounded in what our existing product performance and customer feedback are telling us
- Comfortable building team structure and processes from a fairly blank slate, not just running an established machine
- Strong stakeholder management skills — able to align Product, Marketing, Operations, and international counterparts around a shared plan
- Excellent business acumen: able to identify, quantify, and business-case strategic opportunities
- Working language is English; proficiency in Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian is a plus; knowledge and understanding of Scandinavian food culture and consumers is a strong plus
What We Offer (The Toppings)
- HelloFresh Discounts – Enjoy 65% off your HelloFresh Meal Box and 40% off Factor_ subscriptions.
- Learning and Development – Make the most of a dedicated Learning & Development budget and the HelloMint mentorship program.
- Receive 25 days of paid vacation per year, + 5 days of feriefridage. Paid leave also provided for your child’s first sick day.
- Parent Benefits – Benefit from a Parental Leave policy supporting your family needs.
- Compensation and Perks – Includes a 5% company-paid pension and insurance package.
- Health – Access to Spill online therapy, available within 24 hours of request.
- Daily Comforts – Office perks include drinks and snacks, subsidized catered lunches, and breakfast every Friday.
- Fitness and Well-being – Discounts at SATS gym, plus access to sports and exercise clubs.
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