Product Manager, Service Solutions – Hull Performance
At Hempel, we trust you to shine. If you have the drive to contribute and embrace new challenges, you’ll enjoy great opportunities with us.
We’re looking for a Product Manager, Service Solutions – Hull Performance to strengthen and grow Hempel’s global service portfolio within Marine. In this role, you will turn customer needs, market opportunities, and regulatory developments into scalable service solutions that improve vessel efficiency, hull performance, biofouling management, and operational sustainability.
You will be part of our Service Development team, working closely with colleagues across Hempel to shape the future of our Marine service offering.
What will your key responsibilities be?
- Own and in some cases develop the Marine service portfolio for hull performance, including value propositions, service content, pricing, and performance targets
- Translate customer needs, market trends, and regulatory developments into new service opportunities, creating a clear roadmap for service development
- Lead cross-functional development and implementation of new services, working closely with R&D, Digital Service Operations, Sales, Marketing, and external partners
- Create customer value through improved vessel performance, identifying challenges related to biofouling, hull condition, vessel efficiency, and operational sustainability
- Manage the service portfolio throughout its lifecycle, continuously evaluating and improving services to ensure they remain relevant, competitive, commercially viable, and scalable
Do you have the expertise to create customer value?
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, Chemistry, or a related field
- Experience in product management, service development, or commercial roles, ideally within Marine or another heavy industry with similar challenges
- Strong understanding of anti-fouling, hull performance, vessel efficiency, or biofouling management
- Strong analytical and strategic skills, with the ability to turn customer and market insights into action
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project management skills
- A customer-focused and commercially minded approach, with a passion for developing solutions that create measurable value and support sustainability
Driving the future of Hempel Services
Our Service Development team is part of Hempel Services and is responsible for developing services that complement Hempel’s coating solutions. We work across Marine and Energy & Infrastructure to understand customer challenges, identify new opportunities, and develop services that create additional customer value and support business growth.
You will join a team of 7 passionate and experienced colleagues and have the opportunity to shape a growing global service portfolio in a collaborative and international environment.
Does this sound like a match?
Please submit your application letter and CV in English via our recruitment system by clicking ‘Apply for position’ at the top right of the page.
Final deadline for applications: September 21, 2026
For further information about the job, please contact Therese Marie Østergaard Sjølin via [email protected]
Application due
2026-09-21Seniority Level
Mid-Senior levelJob Functions
Business DevelopmentIndustry
Chemicals
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Skills Required
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, Chemistry, or a related field
- Experience in product management, service development, or commercial roles
- Experience within Marine or a similar heavy industry
- Strong understanding of anti-fouling, hull performance, vessel efficiency, or biofouling management
- Strong analytical and strategic skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Project management skills
- Customer-focused and commercially minded approach
- Passion for developing measurable-value solutions that support sustainability
- Application letter and CV submitted in English
What We Do
As a world-leading supplier of trusted coating solutions, Hempel is a global company with strong values, working with customers in the decorative, marine, infrastructure and energy industries. Hempel factories, R&D centres and stock points are established in every region. Hempel’s paints and coatings protect and beautify buildings, infrastructure and other assets, and play an essential role in our customers’ businesses. They help minimise maintenance costs, improve aesthetics and increase energy efficiency. At Hempel, our purpose is to shape a brighter future with sustainable coating solutions. We firmly believe that we will succeed as a business only if we place sustainability at our heart. Not only is it the right thing to do, it will strengthen our competitive position, make ourselves more resilient and reduce our risk. Hempel was founded in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1915. It is proudly owned by the Hempel Foundation, which ensures a solid economic base for the Hempel Group and supports cultural, social, humanitarian and scientific purposes around the world
