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Product 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 from £2m 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 — including the Remlive Presence of Voltage Indicator (PoVI) and the Remlive AVT (Absence of Voltage Tester), a UL 1436-compliant, SIL3 functionally safe product engineered to integrate directly with machinery safety systems.
This is 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 (PoVI + AVT) across the full lifecycle — development, launch, growth and optimisation.
- Take the AVT 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)
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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.
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Practical understanding of low-voltage electrical systems, isolation procedures, LOTO/LOTOTO, and voltage indication/testing in industrial maintenance.
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Working knowledge of one or more of: UL 1436, NFPA 70E, IEC 61010, IEC 61243-5, EN 50110 or functional safety (IEC 61508 / SIL).
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Proven product lifecycle experience — from requirements and business case through certification, launch and commercial optimisation.
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Commercial acumen — business case development, product-level P&L, data-driven portfolio decisions.
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Experience managing distribution channels and multiple routes to market globally.
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Strong communication skills — able to translate complex technical and regulatory content for commercial audiences.
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Degree in Electrical or Electronic Engineering (or related) preferred; equivalent industry experience considered.
Nice-to-haves
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UL certification experience and working with NRTLs.
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Deeper functional safety knowledge (SIL, safety PLCs, ProfiSafe / CIP Safety).
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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
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✈️ 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, 2 - 3 days.
- 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.
