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This is a highly visible leadership position where strategy, commercial impact, innovation, and people leadership come together.\nYou will be responsible for driving portfolio growth, identifying new market opportunities, and ensuring our products continue to deliver exceptional value to customers in a rapidly evolving market. Working closely with senior stakeholders across Product, Technology, Sales/Marketing, Finance and Executive Leadership teams, you will help shape the next phase of growth for a strategically important part of our business.\nThe Role\nThe accounting market is undergoing a period of rapid transformation and growth, fuelled by cloud technologies and the emergence of AI-driven workflows, creating a uniquely exciting time to join.\nYou will oversee a portfolio of established software solutions specialising in pre-accounting, accounting/bookkeeping and ERP, including Twinfield, Basecone, and other products serving businesses and professionals across the Region West product portfolio in the Netherlands, Belgium and UK.\nAt the same time, you will lead and develop a team of experienced Product Managers, creating alignment around a shared vision and driving successful execution.\nYou will operate at the intersection of customer needs, market opportunities, technology innovation, and business objectives, ensuring the portfolio remains competitive, relevant, and positioned for long-term growth.\nWhat You'll Do\nDefine and execute the strategic vision and roadmap for the product portfolio.\nDrive sustainable growth across multiple markets and customer segments.\nIdentify new business opportunities through market, customer, and competitive insights.\nDrive the identification, prioritisation, and delivery of AI-powered product capabilities, embedding machine learning and generative AI into core workflows to improve customer value, efficiency, and differentiation\nLead portfolio investment decisions, define strategic priorities, and ensure investments deliver measurable customer and business outcomes.\nDevelop and execute go-to-market strategies in collaboration with commercial teams.\nHelp shape pricing models, market positioning, and value propositions.\nLead, coach, and develop a team of Product Managers and product leaders.\nBuild strong partnerships with stakeholders across Product, Technology, Sales, Marketing, and Executive Leadership.\nMonitor portfolio performance and ensure strategic objectives are translated into measurable business outcomes.\nYour Skills and Experience\nTo be successful in this role, you bring:\nSignificant experience in Product Management leadership roles within software or technology-driven organizations.\nProven success in managing complex, cross-geographical, product portfolios and driving business growth.\nExperience leading managers and senior product professionals.\nStrong commercial product management experience, including pricing, market positioning, portfolio growth, and value creation.\nProven experience defining product strategy for revenue-generating software products and translating market insights into growth opportunities.\nExperience operating in international and matrix organizations.\nThe ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.\nExperience working with technology-driven innovation and digital transformation initiatives.\nExposure to AI-related opportunities and emerging technologies is highly valued.\nFluency in Dutch, combined with professional working proficiency in English, both written and spoken.\nLeadership Style and Personal Qualities\nYou are a strategic product leader who combines market insight, commercial thinking, and execution to drive portfolio growth. You know how to navigate complexity, build alignment across diverse stakeholder groups, and make decisions that balance customer value, business outcomes, and long-term sustainability.\nAs a leader, you empower teams to perform at their best while providing clear direction and focus. You are comfortable influencing at senior levels, building trusted relationships across functions and geographies, and creating momentum around ambitious goals. Your communication style is engaging and authentic, enabling you to inspire confidence and bring people together around a shared vision.\nYou thrive in dynamic environments, demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, and are motivated by creating meaningful business impact through people, products, and innovation.\nWhy This Role?\nThis is a unique opportunity to lead a strategically important software portfolio with significant regional impact.\nYou will have the opportunity to influence product strategy across multiple countries, shape investment decisions, drive innovation initiatives, and contribute directly to business growth. The role offers a broad scope of responsibility, exposure to senior leadership, and the opportunity to leave a lasting mark on products used by thousands of businesses and professionals every day.\nAbout Wolters Kluwer\nWolters Kluwer is a global leader in professional information services. Professionals in the legal, business, tax, accounting, finance, audit, risk, compliance, and healthcare sectors rely on our tools and software solutions to manage their work efficiently. We have 20,000 employees across more than 40 countries.\nWhat We Offer\nAt Wolters Kluwer, you'll join a global organization that combines innovation, expertise, and purpose.\nWe offer:\nA senior leadership position with significant strategic impact.\nResponsibility for a market-leading international software portfolio.\nThe opportunity to drive growth, innovation, and AI adoption.\nLeadership of a talented and experienced product organization.\nA collaborative and international working environment.\nFlexible hybrid working arrangements.\nCompetitive compensation and benefits.\nOpportunities for professional growth and long-term career development.\nReady to Shape What's Next?\nIf you are excited by the opportunity to lead strategy, growth, and innovation across an international product portfolio, we would love to hear from you.\nApply today and help shape the future of software solutions that empower businesses and professionals across Europe.\nFeel free to reach out if you have any questions: \nOur Interview Practices\nTo maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you-not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. 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