Head of Strategic Product Development (all genders)
HelloFresh
København, Capital RegionDenmark, DenmarkProduct Development
Posted 2 weeks ago · via Greenhouse
Job Description
<p><strong>The Role (What’s in the Box)</strong></p>
<p><strong>Our Nordic Product team shapes the meals, assortment and new concepts that customers experience every week across Denmark, Sweden and Norway.</strong> </p>
<p>As Head of Strategic Product Development, you will shape and drive HelloFresh Nordics' physical product vision in close partnership with the Product Director. You'll balance two lenses: an <strong>outside-in view</strong>, tracking how our industry and competitors are evolving and how customer tastes and needs are shifting more broadly, and an <strong>inside-out view</strong>, grounded in how our own product and assortment are actually performing and what our existing customers are telling us. Bringing these together, you'll build a roadmap in close partnership with Marketing, so our biggest product bets and go-to-market efforts move as one.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<h3><strong>What You’ll Do (The Recipe)</strong></h3>
<p><strong>Strategic product roadmap — building & execution</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>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</li>
<li>Identify, assess, and quantify strategic opportunities to evolve the product and grow the business profitably</li>
<li>Co-shape the overall product strategy in close partnership with the Product Director</li>
<li>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</li>
<li>Anchor the roadmap with other key stakeholders, including Operations and the International Product team</li>
<li>Lead the execution of cross-functional strategic initiatives. </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Assortment innovation strategy & execution</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Own the assortment innovation program: identify and develop new concepts, seasonal and thematic offerings, and limited-time offers. </li>
<li>Coordinate execution and implementation of new concepts across Menu Planning, Recipe & Ingredient Development, and Marketing</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Monetised product — commercial & operational ownership</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Manage and optimise the performance of our monetised products</li>
<li>Own the commercial results (<strong>average order value (AOV</strong><strong>)</strong> and profit contribution) and operational execution of this portfolio. </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Team building & ways of working</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>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 </li>
<li>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. </li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>What You’ll Bring (Your Ingredients)</strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>You bring relevant experience—typically 5–10 years—in FMCG, consumer products, management consulting or a similar field. </li>
<li>You have proven experience directly managing and developing a team.</li>
<li>A hands-on player-coach: as comfortable doing the strategic and analytical work yourself as you are developing and directing a team</li>
<li>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</li>
<li>Comfortable building team structure and processes from a fairly blank slate, not just running an established machine</li>
<li>Strong stakeholder management skills — able to align Product, Marketing, Operations, and international counterparts around a shared plan</li>
<li>Excellent business acumen: able to identify, quantify, and business-case strategic opportunities</li>
<li>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</li>
</ul>
<h3><strong>Team & Location</strong></h3>
<p>You'll report directly to the Product Director, Nordics, and lead a team of 2 Product Managers and 1 Senior Product Strategy Manager. The role covers Denmark, Sweden and Norway and is based in our Copenhagen office.</p>
<h3><strong>What We Offer (The Toppings)<br></strong></h3>
<ul>
<li>HelloFresh Discounts – Enjoy 65% off your HelloFresh Meal Box and 40% off Factor_ subscriptions.</li>
<li>Learning and Development – Make the most of a dedicated Learning & Development budget and the HelloMint mentorship program.</li>
<li>Receive 25 days of paid vacation per year, + 5 days of <em>feriefridage</em>. Paid leave also provided for your child’s first sick day.</li>
<li>Parent Benefits – Benefit from a Parental Leave policy supporting your family needs.</li>
<li>Compensation and Perks – Includes a 5% company-paid pension and insurance package.</li>
<li>Health – Access to Spill online therapy, available within 24 hours of request.</li>
<li>Daily Comforts – Office perks include drinks and snacks, subsidized catered lunches, and breakfast every Friday.</li>
<li>Fitness and Well-being – Discounts at SATS gym, plus access to sports and exercise clubs.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Are you the missing ingredient?</strong><strong><br></strong>If this sounds like a tasty opportunity, we’d be excited to hear from you. We aim to review your profile and respond within 5 business days.</p>
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