Product Owner Acces Software

BauWatch Nederland; Apeldoorn; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

One-year contract

25 vacation days

Pension scheme

Training & education

Job summary

BauWatch Nederland is seeking a Product Owner for the BauWatch CheckIn and Worker App to own the Worker side of our unified platform, connecting on-site workers to site managers with seamless, compliant, data-driven access.

You will define the roadmap, drive commercial success, integrate with hardware like turnstiles, and shadow users on site to translate real needs into a digital product that scales across 11 countries.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a Product Manager/Owner in SaaS, mobile apps, or digital platforms.
• Strong customer discovery and hypothesis-driven decision making.
• Experience translating business needs into technical requirements for digital-physical ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Define the Worker App and CheckIn roadmap and unify fragmented tools.
• Drive commercial success by shaping features that contribute to EBITDA.
• Bridge physical hardware and digital software for a cohesive customer experience.
• Manage full product lifecycle from discovery to launch and optimization across 11 countries.
• Shadow on-site users to translate challenges into a concrete digital roadmap.
• Implement AI tools and agile processes to improve delivery velocity.

Skills

Product management

SaaS

Customer focus

English fluency

AI tools

Tools

CRM systems

Job description

BauWatch is Europe’s #1 in temporary security solutions, growing 30% YoY. We’re in 11 countries, 44,000+ projects completed, and we’re moving fast.

Our vision: “Zero incidence, faster delivery - through connected site intelligence that protects by design.”

We combine ruggedized monitoring towers, sensors, access control solutions, intelligent edge devices, fleet management, and 24/7 remote monitoring into a connected system. Construction and temporary sites are among the most dangerous work environments - we're building the intelligence to catch security and safety threats before they become incidents.

As the Product Owner for BauWatch CheckIn and the Worker App, you own the "Worker" side of our unified platform. You are responsible for the digital experience that connects workers on the ground to corporate site managers, ensuring that access control is seamless, compliant, and data-driven. You aren't just building an app; you are transforming how the construction industry manages its workforce and site safety through digital-first thinking that respects hardware reality.

This isn't a maintenance role. We're scaling aggressively and need someone who can handle the full scope from gathering and translating business requirements, to supporting and owning the commercial success of the product lines.

What you’ll do

• Own the Worker Platform Strategy: Define the roadmap for the Worker App and CheckIn solutions, transitioning from fragmented tools MyBW, BauWatch CheckIn and "Worker" to a unified platform (e.g. integrating CheckIn reporting into MyBW)
• Drive Commercial Success: Manage the product features to contribute directly to EBITDA through value-added services, ensuring our digital offerings make our physical access hardware ten times more valuable.
• Bridge Physical and Digital: Partner closely with the Head of Physical Products & IoT to ensure the Worker App integrates seamlessly with hardware like turnstiles and mobile nodes for a cohesive customer experience.
• Master the Product Lifecycle: Handle the full scope from gathering business requirements through discovery and development to launch and optimization across 11 countries.
• Champion the User: Spend time on-site shadowing and interviewing workers and site managers to understand their challenges and translate them into a concrete digital roadmap.
• Push Modern Practices: Implement AI tools and agile processes to improve delivery velocity and shipping cycles.

What we are looking for

Requirements:

• Intense customer focus & hypothesis driven approach: Your product discovery always starts with customer problems and validating hypothesis directly on-site with end-customers.
• Commercial Acumen: You understand product P&Ls and know that a feature is only "good" if it solves a problem that customers are willing to pay for. You are used to developing, validating and presenting business cases for new feature / product development.
• High-Growth Experience: You have scaled products in environments growing at 30%+ YoY and know how to build structure without killing speed.
• 4+ years as a Product Manager/Owner: Proven track record in SaaS, mobile apps, or digital platforms.
• Technical Integration Skills: Experience capturing and translating business requirements into technical requirements for complex digital-physical ecosystems.

Your personal traits:

• Outstanding Communicator: Strong ability to translate "tech-speak" into "business-value" for stakeholders ranging from directors to workers on site. Fluent in English (C1/C2-level).
• Bias for action over perfect plans. Still attention for detail.
• Making the team better, not just getting your own work done
• Comfort with ambiguity and changing fast when needed.
• Ready to go deep - this is a hands‑on, high‑ownership role (fulltime)

What you can expect from BauWatch

• Fast‑paced environment where every day is different.
• Real impact. Construction sites are dangerous. We're building the intelligence to prevent incidents before they happen - both security and safety incidents.
• You’ll shape how we scale. At BauWatch, you’ll get to build products & processes for a company growing fast.
• Real Impact: We are building intelligence to prevent accidents on dangerous construction sites.
• Shape the Future: You will help define how we scale our digital platform for a company growing at a massive scale.
• Smart Peers: Work with driven people who care about getting things done in a fast-paced environment.
• Career path within a growing company

What do we offer:

• Consistent with Dutch market practice, a one-year contract with the mutual intent to convert into permanent role thereafter
• Everything you need to be succesful
• 25 vacation days (option to buy more)
• The opportunity to grow your role and responsibilities hand-in-hand with BauWatch’s growth
• Investment in your development through training and education
• Participation in our pension scheme

Who are we

Europe’s leading provider of tech-driven mobile security solutions, rapidly growing at 30% year-over-year with over 15 years of experience and presence in 11 countries in Europe. With innovative solutions and state-of-the-art technology, we support our customers in securing their construction sites, wind- & solar farms and other projects. At BauWatch, our customers come first, we believe in team work, we improve everyday, we take ownership and we compete with integrity to drive our growth. We are an informal company with a flat structure – the perfect environment to make an impact.

Are you interested?