Head of Product Operations & Strategic Portfolio Management

Job Description

Fugro is the world's leading Geo-data specialist, supporting clients in designing, building, and operating their assets safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Operating at the intersection of geospatial intelligence, advanced engineering, and Geo‑data innovation, Fugro delivers critical insights across the energy, infrastructure, and water markets. 

As our product portfolio grows in scale and complexity, we are seeking a senior leader to elevate product operations, portfolio governance, and AI enablement across the organisation. 

About the Role 

Fugro's product portfolio spans multiple Product Families, from geo-data acquisition assets to subsurface modelling to asset integrity and geo-data processing. As the scale and complexity of this portfolio grows, so does the need for the following capabilities to work in concert: effective, lightweight product and engineering operations and clear, disciplined portfolio governance to enable strategic investment decisions. 

As Head of Product Operations & Strategic Portfolio Management, you will be a force multiplier for Fugro’s product organisation, evangelising systems, processes & insights. You will create insights that give Global Business Line leaders, Product Family Directors, and Technology Leaders the evidence they need to make confident, well-informed decisions. You will guide AI enablement of product operations. 

Your role 

• You define consistent product operating rhythms across all product families; 

• You create visibility and consistency on product roadmaps and OKRs across global teams; 

• You create insights on product metrics such as time-to-market, impact, usage, growth, and predictability; 

• You evangelise product development tools, best practices, and templates to reduce friction and improve consistency; 

• You develop an AI enablement roadmap and guide AI adoption throughout the product development lifecycle; 

• You track and share internal AI-assisted product development case studies to build organisational confidence; 

• You build and maintain a portfolio-wide view across all product and solution offerings; 

• You design and run structured, evidence-based investment decision frameworks; 

• You lead quarterly and bi-annual portfolio reviews with business line leaders and guide prioritisation and investment; 

• You track portfolio-level metrics including revenue mix, lifecycle stage distribution, strategic alignment, and return on investment. 

Your track record 

• You bring significant experience in Product Management, Product Operations, or a related field; 

• You have proven experience building or improving product investment or portfolio management processes in a complex organisation; 

• You are strongly data-driven and comfortable defining insights and building dashboards; 

• You influence effectively within a complex, matrixed global organisation; 

• You communicate with exceptional structure, translating complexity into clear executive narratives; 

• You have working knowledge of AI tools in a product or delivery context (e.g., LLM-assisted research, AI-powered prototyping, automated testing frameworks); 

• You demonstrate strong financial literacy, including business cases, ROI modelling, and scenario analysis; 

• You ideally have experience across diverse domains such as hardware engineering, embedded systems, and software. 

What Fugro offers 

• A competitive salary; 

• A company car or a mobility allowance; 

• A bonus, the allocation of which is determined based on carefully established guidelines within Fugro; 

• 29 holidays per year based on full-time employment (of which 4 are appointed by Fugro management) and the possibility to purchase 12 additional days; 

• Extensive career & training opportunities both nationally and internationally; 

• Flexible working hours and the ability to work from home in accordance with your manager and corporate policies; 

• Modern pension scheme; 

• Collective health insurance; 

• Possibility to register with our corporate fitness plan; 

• Coaching options through our EAP (Employee Assistance Program). 

Are you interested? 

Please visit our Company Page to find out more on what it is like to work at Fugro. 

If you have any further questions, please contact Umit Nesar, Corporate Recruiter, tel. +31 (0)6 -81 41 07 68 

After you have applied  

• You will receive an automated confirmation-email of the receipt of your application; 

• When we see a match, we will invite you for the first interview within a couple of days. Of course, you will also receive a message if we will not invite you;   

• After a successful first round, you will be invited for the second round; 

• If we are both still positive after the second interview, we will make you an offer and with that we hope to welcome you at Fugro!

Disclaimer for recruitment agencies:

Fugro does not accept any unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies. Acquisition to Fugro Recruitment or any Fugro employee is not appreciated.