Head of Digital Product Management

vaisalaoyj; Helsinki; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaisala in Helsinki, Finland seeks a Head of Digital Product Management to establish and lead a new digital product function. The role combines hands-on delivery with strategic leadership, connecting business leadership with development teams to create real business value.

You will define what digital product management means at Vaisala, shape roadmaps, and grow the function by recruiting and coaching managers while delivering measurable outcomes.

Qualifications

• Extensive digital product management experience, including leading product managers.
• Proven ability to turn business needs into software delivering measurable value.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience working with designers and engineers in cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead Vaisala's Digital Product Management function from day one.
• Define product strategy and roadmaps aligned with business priorities.
• Coordinate launches and measure adoption and business impact.
• Hire and coach product managers to scale the function.

Skills

Digital product management

Leadership experience

Ship digital products

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

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Head of Digital Product Management

Location: Helsinki, FI

We are looking for a Head of Digital Product Management to join Vaisala in Finland. Digital product management doesn’t exist as a function at Vaisala yet, and we’re hiring the person who will set it up. You’ll start hands‑on, prove the value in practice and then build the team, with a seat at the table between business leadership and our development teams.

Vaisala is a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence helping industries, nations, people, and the planet to thrive. From predicting hurricanes to optimizing renewable energy production, our technology is used where it matters the most – from data centers, windfarms and laboratories to airports, the Arctic and even the surface of Mars. For a second year running, Vaisala got recognized in TIME Magazine’s World’s Best Companies in Sustainable Growth 2026 study. Our team of close to 2,500 experts and 62 nationalities around the world is committed to taking every measure for the planet. Driven by our shared purpose, curiosity, and pioneering spirit, we stay ahead and make a difference. At Vaisala, you don’t have to fit in to belong.

• Build a function from day one. You’ll define what digital product management means at Vaisala, how it works with the business and engineering, and how it grows.
• See your work in use. Your impact is measured by how widely what we ship is adopted and the business value it creates.
• Work across the whole business. You’ll represent all our business areas and work closely with business leaders, design and engineering.

What’s your role?

You will build and lead our Digital Product Management function, which sits in the business organization and represents all our business areas. Your main purpose is to turn business needs into software that creates real business value. You’ll start with Vaisala’s service business line, owning a first product area yourself, and grow the function once the value is proven. In this role you will be working in close co‑operation with business leaders, design, engineering and the Head of Platform. You will report to the Chief Platform Officer.

• Work with business leaders to find the smallest delivery that creates real value, and decide what to build first, what can wait and what not to build at all
• Together with design and engineering, break deliveries into clear development items with acceptance criteria the teams can pick up right away
• Own the product strategy and roadmaps, guided by customer insight, data and market understanding, and keep each team aligned with business priorities and with the other teams
• Prepare the materials that secure funding for development, and work with the Head of Platform to staff the work and keep the intake of new ideas moving
• Keep the business up to date on what’s being built, what comes next and why, through regular progress updates and demos
• Coordinate launches and internal readiness, and track adoption and business value after launch
• Grow the team by hiring experienced product managers and coaching in‑house talent into product roles
• Set the standard for discovery, prioritization, product briefs and outcome measurement, including how AI can improve both our products and the way we build them

What will you bring?

• Extensive digital product management experience, including several years leading product managers
• A track record of shipping digital products that customers adopted and that created clear business value
• A proven ability to cut large business ideas into small, valuable first deliveries and ship them quickly
• Hands‑on experience working with designers and engineers in cross‑functional teams to turn scope into buildable development items
• The seniority to set up a new function without an existing playbook, and the willingness to work hands‑on as a product manager while doing it
• Experience turning business strategy into funded roadmaps with senior stakeholders, and balancing the priorities of several business areas fairly
• Experience hiring product managers and coaching people from other backgrounds into product roles
• Strong skills in customer research, problem framing and prioritization, and the influence to win support for a new way of working
• Experience setting up or scaling a product management function, working in B2B or industrial technology, or with internal platforms, data products or customer‑facing digital services is a plus
• Fluency in English
• Curiosity and a growth mindset to explore, learn, and apply AI tools in your daily work. We expect everyone at Vaisala to actively discover how AI can enhance their work.

For additional information please contact the hiring manager, Simo Moilanen, Chief Platform Officer, [e-mail]. Please note that applications sent via email cannot be processed due to privacy reasons.