Product owner security

• Apeldoorn
• BauWatch Group
• 25 augustus 2026

Gelderland

Functieomschrijving

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 Product Owner Security you’ll be end-to-end responsible for our two product lines Scout & Flex, which are PIR-based motion detection based products. Scout & Flex are part of the sensing layer of BauWatch’s connected platform - the data they generate is what makes real-time threat detection, predictive insights, and cross-product integration possible. Scout & Flex combined are contributing >10m euros in sales per annum already and are expected to more than 5x. In addition, we plan to build out the PIR sensor portfolio further.

This role requires regular face-to-face customer interaction and intense customer focus, strong commercial instinct, and an ability to prioritize. You’ll work closely alongside your peers, the Head of Physical Products & IoT, and the Head of Digital Products & Customer Experience. Together you’ll ensure our physical and digital products work seamlessly to deliver on our vision.

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

• Set product strategy for your product lines. Balance innovation with what customers need & sustaining engineering.
• Drive success of Flex & Scout product lines, define and lead development of succession products and drive their commercial success.
• Implement & manage the product P&Ls. Revenue targets, margins, pricing strategy, business cases - the full commercial picture.
• Build product lifecycle management processes with department lines and for your specific product lines. Discovery, development, launch, optimization, end-of-life.
• Partner with Product Owners and leaders to ensure physical and digital products integrate seamlessly and deliver the full customer experience.
• Drive new (physical) product launches across 11 countries. Work with Product Marketing, Sales, Ops, and Engineering to get products to market and make them successful.
• Push the team on modern practices. AI tools, improve & implement processes, creative problem-solving. Question how we do things and make it better.

• High-growth experience. You’ve been through 30%+ annual growth at meaningful scale.
• Outstanding communication & stakeholder management skills. Ability to lead without direct-line authority across a matrix organization and stakeholder groups (Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Ops, Customers).
• Deep customer focus. Customer centricity isn’t a buzzword, but you usually start discovery processes by spending time with customers understanding their challenges (e.g. through shadowing, on-site interviews, calls)
• Commercial acumen & solid Product P&L understanding. You know, how to sell products internally & externally (customers). You’re familiar with managing product profitability.
• 4+ years as Product Manager / Owner, preferably with 2+ years of hardware / IoT exposure. You know how to capture and translate business requirements into technical requirements. You are comfortable with agile & scrum, but you are not dogmatic about it.
• Past international exposure and fluent in English (C1/C2-level), additional languages are a plus. You’ll be working across countries and need to communicate clearly.

Your personal traits:

• Positive energy. You get excited about hard problems.
• 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.
• Working with smart, driven people who care about getting things done.
• 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

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.