Head of Product – ROAMES & PaaS

Job Description

Fugro is seeking a Head of Product to lead one of its most strategically important digital platform businesses. Based in Nootdorp, the Netherlands, this is a high-impact role for a product leader who wants to scale a proven platform into a global commercial success. 

This is not a feature-driven product role. This is a role for a leader who can turn a strong platform into a scaled, global business, within the realities of how Fugro operates.

ROAMES is already a mature, revenue-generating platform used by major power utilities. PaaS has strong technical foundations and clear market relevance. The challenge is not building the product. The challenge is scaling it commercially. 

You will lead one unified product group across ROAMES and PaaS, with a dual mandate: 

• Protect and grow ROAMES, a mature digital platform with an established client base 

• Scale PaaS, Fugro’s next-generation processing platform and future growth engine 

This role sits at the intersection of product, commercial, and delivery. Your accountability is to ensure strong platform capability translates into repeatable, scalable business growth. A core part of this role is owning the full product lifecycle through adoption and outcomes. The global product support team will report into you, meaning you will lead Customer Success as part of the product system, not as a separate function. 

Regular international travel is a required part of this role.

Your Role

• Lead product strategy — own the product vision, value proposition, and multi‑year roadmap for ROAMES and PaaS, ensuring disciplined Idea‑to‑Value governance from discovery through adoption;

• Build a high‑performing product organisation — lead and develop product managers and product support teams, foster a culture of accountability and execution, and align product, engineering, commercial, operations, and support teams to operate as one system;

• Scale existing revenue — grow on top of proven project‑based revenue rather than replace it, working within real‑world constraints such as client‑owned data, regional delivery models, and varying commercial structures and market maturity. Success depends on adapting to reality, not applying generic SaaS frameworks;

• Own customer success — drive onboarding, usage, expansion, and retention while reducing friction in onboarding, data‑processing workflows, and product usage. Translate customer feedback, support signals, and delivery challenges into actionable product improvements;

• Drive commercial outcomes — lead pricing, packaging, and go‑to‑market execution; partner with sales and regional teams to scale adoption globally; and deliver measurable adoption, ROI, and scalable growth;

• Make strategic decisions — translate customer and delivery friction into structured product improvements and make confident make/buy/partner decisions aligned with long‑term strategy.

Your trackrecord

• Experience in geospatial, infrastructure, or utilities is beneficial. You demonstrate a strong ability to build deep domain understanding quickly, including: customer workflows, data ownership and operational constraints, commercial and delivery realities in asset-intensive industries;

• You have led complex B2B platforms and built&developed high-performing teams  with direct commercial accountability. You have owned owned pricing, packaging, and revenue growth outcomes, not just roadmap delivery;

• You have scaled products across regions through repeatable go-to-market models. Working closely with sales to drive adoption and expansion. In addition, demonstrates strong customer and market insight, supported by active discovery and validated learning;

• You have a strong commercial product mindset, not just technical or delivery focus. With the ability to translate complexity into simple, sellable propositions;

• You possess a strong leadership presence grounded in deep client intimacy, curiosity, and thorough preparation, combined with humility and an exceptional ability to align teams. 

What Fugro offers

• Based on your relevant experience, the salary ranges from €6.700 to €9.020. This amount is part of our salary range, with opportunities for growth within the role;

• 29 holidays per year based on a fulltime employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility to purchase 12 additional days;   

• The opportunity to work from home in accordance with your manager and corporate policies; 

• The possibility of setting up an ergonomic home office, including requesting equipment such as hardware or basic office furniture; 

• Work-from-home allowance of EUR 2,35 net per day, where applicable; 

• Commuting allowance, with mileage reimbursement for car travel (10-30 km one-way) and an additional EUR 0,10 per km for employees who walk or cycle to work; 

• Modern pension scheme; 

• Discounts on supplementary health insurance packages through Fugro’s partner providers; 

• Free parking in our on-site parking garage, with ample parking facilities and electric vehicle charging stations available; 

• A bicycle leasing scheme with a company contribution; 

• Possibility to register with our corporate fitness plan and access to the gym at Fugro’s headquarters, including participation in group fitness classes; 

• Coaching and support through our EAP (Employee Assistance Program). 

Are you interested?

For further information, please contact Dominique Wesenbeek, Talent Acquisition Partner, tel. +31 (0)6 - 38599556.

After you have applied 

• You will receive an automated confirmation email confirming receipt of your application; 

• Our Talent Acquisition team (TA) will carefully review your application. If your profile matches the requirements of the role, we will contact you to discuss the next steps; 

• Depending on the position, the selection process may include one or more interviews and/or assessments; 

• Throughout the process, we will keep you informed about the progress; 

• If, at the end of the process, there is a mutual interest from both sides, our TA team will guide you through the offer and onboarding process.  

• We look forward to welcoming you to Fugro! 

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.