Head of Product Portfolio Planning & Launch Management

Step into a strategic leadership role where your expertise in portfolio planning and launch management will shape the future of our product offering. If you have a passion for securing growth through a strong and balanced cross-category product portfolio leading a team and ensuring successful product launches this could be your next career move.

Meet your future team

You will lead a dedicated team of four senior professionals who are responsible for defining and executing our global product portfolio planning and launch management processes. The team collaborates closely with the product category teams local markets global and regional marketing and commercial stakeholders to ensure our overall portfolio is strongly rooted in customer and market insights has a strong strategic fit and delivers financial impact. As leader you will set the direction lead and develop the team aligned with the strategy and ensure alignment with organisational priorities.

What we offer

In this role you will have the opportunity to influence the direction of our overall product portfolio and ensure alignment with the VELUX strategy and overall business objectives. You will work on high-impact projects which strengthen our overall pipeline drive revenue and support growth in key markets while developing and empowering your team.

More specifically your tasks will be to:

• Lead and develop a team of four senior professionals within portfolio planning and launch management.
• Drive the annual product portfolio planning cycle engaging with markets and regional teams as well as product category teams to identify products for inclusion
• Secure portfolio oversight and continuously assess strategic fit and financial performance to ensure the cross-category portfolio supports overall growth objectives balances investments versus impact and delivers on business cases.
• Work closely with the product category teams and sales to secure a robust pipeline across categories markets and regions.
• Secure a market back approach to product portfolio planning and a portfolio rooted in customer insights and customer situations.
• Support the product category teams to deliver on activities and strategic projects that require deep strategy and insight capabilities
• Secure product launch excellence and product training. Oversee launch management processes and coordination of product launch packages in close collaboration with the responsible product category teams.
• Be the primary point of contact for marketing teams when it comes to ensuring seamless communication and execution across product categories (i.e. product catalogues).

What you will bring

You are an experienced leader with a strong strategic mindset and the ability to manage complex processes across multiple stakeholders. You combine marketing knowledge with solid business acumen financial and analytical skills and you have a proven ability to lead and develop high-performing teams.

Moreover we expect that you:

• Have solid experience in product portfolio management marketing strategy or business development.
• Possess strong numerical and analytical skills with proven ability to evaluate business cases and revenue drivers.
• Bring experience from a strategic function within a corporate environment and/or a consulting background.
• Have prior experience in leading teams and fostering collaboration.
• Are comfortable working in a global matrix organisation and engaging with senior stakeholders.
• Have excellent communication and influencing skills.

Ready to apply

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at where you can read more about working at our company and what to expect of our recruitment process.
We look forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We are conducting interviews on an ongoing basis until we have the right match.

All inquiries will be treated confidentially.

About VELUX

In the VELUX Group we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the roof window category we enable those who live work and play under the roof to transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.

The VELUX Group is an international family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we create real impact by reinvesting in society our employees and planet through our foundations. With 20 production companies in 12 countries and sales companies in 37 countries our products are widely available. We employ around 12000 people and our company is headquartered in Denmark. Alongside the rest of our values courage and mutual respect define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At VELUX Residential we believe in fostering a diverse workplace for everyone to thrive develop and perform at their best and where you feel welcome respected and valued. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for all - whether you are applying for a role or already a part of VELUX Residential. That means we recruit hire train and promote people based on their skills and potential without regard to race colour religion sex age neurodiversity disability protected veteran status national origin sexual orientation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
We value diversity and strive to ensure that our employment decisions are fair and inclusive focusing only on what truly matters: your qualifications and how you can contribute to our shared mission and success