Product Manager - Americas

Join Fortress:
Global Leaders in Machinery Safety & Interlocking

At Fortress, we save lives by providing world-class machinery safety and interlocking solutions. Since 1977, our innovative products have protected workers worldwide, preventing access to hazardous machine areas and ensuring safety procedures are followed.

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 Physical Product-Led (
Not IT / AI / Tech Products
) 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.

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…