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>&nbsp;</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 &amp; 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.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Assortment innovation strategy &amp; execution</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own the assortment innovation program: identify and develop new concepts, seasonal and thematic offerings, and limited-time offers.&nbsp;</li> <li>Coordinate execution and implementation of new concepts across Menu Planning, Recipe &amp; Ingredient Development, and Marketing</li> </ul> <p><strong>Monetised product — commercial &amp; 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.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Team building &amp; 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&nbsp;</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.&nbsp;</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.&nbsp;</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 &amp; 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 &amp; Development budget and the HelloMint mentorship program.</li> <li>Receive 25 days of paid vacation per year, + 5 days of&nbsp;<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> <h3><strong>&nbsp;</strong></h3> <p><br><br></p>
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