Product Manager - Electrical Safety

## Product Manager - Electrical SafetyApplyremote type: Hybrid workinglocations: Wolverhampton: Fortress Wolverhamptontime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 4 Days Agojob requisition id: JR26\_ At Fortress our purpose is to “save lives by providing the best safety solutions”. Our culture fosters creativity, innovation, and continuous improvement. Our employees are encouraged to develop and learn new skills to reach their maximum potential. We believe diversity is an asset, we don’t just accept difference, we celebrate and genuinely value it for the benefit it brings to our culture, our employees, our products, and the local communities in which we are based. We care about the environment, and we are on the way to becoming carbon neutral. We take an active role in supporting our local community, charities, and partner with schools.For more information visit : Manager – Electrical Safety** Wolverhampton, UK (Hybrid – 2-3 days) | £55,000 – £65,000 + Bonus | Fortress Safety, a Halma plc company**Own a real, engineered product line that keeps people safe around live machinery — and scale it to a multi-million-pound global business.**If you're a Product Manager who loves hardware you can hold in your hand, standards you can quote from memory, and customers you can visit on the shop floor — read on.Or if you’re an experienced Technical Sales Engineers, Application Engineers, Technical Marketing Managers and Product Specialists looking to move into Product Management for the first time this might be something for you.This is a **physical product** role, not a software one.**About Fortress Safety** Since 1977, we've been the experts in machinery safety and interlocking, protecting people and equipment in hazardous environments worldwide. From our Wolverhampton HQ, we support customers across the USA, Europe, Australia, China and India. We're proudly part of **Halma plc**, a FTSE 100 group of 50+ purpose-driven businesses and 8,000+ people building a safer, cleaner, healthier future.**The Role** You'll take full ownership of our **Remlive** electrical safety portfolio. This is a genuine product ownership: roadmap, go-to-market, commercial performance, and P&L — all yours. You'll work at the intersection of electrical safety standards, engineered product development, and global commercial execution. You’ll become the recognised expert on customer problems through regular engagement with maintenance teams, engineering leaders, OEMs, integrators and channel partners worldwide.**What you'll be doing*** **Own the Remlive portfolio** across the full lifecycle — development, launch, growth and optimisation.* **Take new products to market** — product requirements, business case, competitive positioning, and go-to-market plan.* **Familiarity with the standards** — we work with UL 1436, NFPA 70E, IEC 61010, IEC 61243-5, EN 50110, IEC 61508 / SIL — so with a working knowledge of some, and the ability to translate them into winning product requirements.* **Run structured Voice of Customer** with end users, channel partners and industry stakeholders across every region.* **Own the 3-year electrical safety product roadmap**, aligned to Fortress and Halma strategic priorities.* **Own competitive intelligence** — grow and understand the broader market — with battlecards and clear positioning.* **Partner cross-functionally** with Engineering, Safety Services, Application & Technical Support, Marketing and Sales.* **Support commercial growth** through webinars, tradeshows, site visits and partner training.**What we're looking for (must-haves)*** **5+ years** in Product Management, Technical Marketing or Technical Sales within a **technical B2B, physical/engineered product** environment — ideally electrical safety, power distribution, industrial controls, LV switchgear, industrial automation or similar.* Practical understanding of **low-voltage electrical systems**, isolation procedures, **LOTO/LOTOTO**, and voltage indication/testing in industrial maintenance.* Working knowledge of one or more of: **UL 1436, NFPA 70E, IEC 61010, IEC 61243-5, EN 50110** or **functional safety (IEC 61508 / SIL)**.* Proven **product lifecycle** experience — from requirements and business case through certification, launch and commercial optimisation.* **Commercial acumen** — business case development, product-level P&L, data-driven portfolio decisions.* Experience managing **distribution channels** and multiple routes to market globally.* Strong communication skills — able to translate complex technical and regulatory content for commercial audiences.* Degree in **Electrical or Electronic Engineering** (or related) preferred; equivalent industry experience considered.**Nice-to-haves*** **UL certification** experience and working with NRTLs.* Deeper functional safety knowledge (SIL, safety PLCs, ProfiSafe / CIP Safety).* Familiarity with the **machinery safety or industrial interlocking** market.**How you'll show up (the behaviours that thrive here)** Planning & organising • Motivation & inspiring results • Collaboration & communication • Leadership & delivering together • Commercial acumen & resourcefulness • Customer focus • Agility & handling change • Continuous improvement & innovation • Analysis & decision making.**What's in it for you?*** **£50,000 – £65,000** base salary* **Company Bonus Scheme*** **25 days holiday** + bank holidays* **Pension** – employer contribution up to **10.5%*** **Annual Halma share vesting scheme*** Airport parking discounts* Eyecare* Bike to work scheme* Long service recognition* Life assurance cover* The chance to grow a strategically important product line and progress within a **FTSE 100 family of 50+ companies**.**Practicalities*** **Location:** Fortress Interlocks, Wolverhampton (WV4 6FB) — must be commutable.* **Working pattern:** Hybrid, 3–4 days in the office.* **Contract:** Permanent, full-time.* **Reports to:** Head of Product Management.**Inclusion & Belonging** At Fortress, we don't just accept difference — we celebrate it. We're committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone and welcome applications from all backgrounds. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know.**Ready to own a product that genuinely keeps people safe?** **Hit Apply** and send us your CV. We review every application personally. #J-18808-Ljbffr