Senior Manager Market and Business Insights

Your mission

As pioneers in innovation and sustainability, and a global leader in the load-handling industry, Hiab is ambitious to expand our success story, inspiring and shaping our industry. The world in which we operate with our class-leading products, intelligent services, electrification, and innovative digital solutions, is constantly changing.

Together, we keep everyday life moving to build a better tomorrow

We are looking for a highly motivated and insightful Senior Manager Market and Business Insights to join the global Hiab Strategy team, reporting directly to the VP Strategy. In this newly created role, you will own and improve the way Hiab generates and applies market insights in combination with business intelligence. Your work will include rethinking and shaping our processes and tools for market sizing, trends, industry metrics, competitive intelligence, and business insights.

You will collaborate closely with the central Strategy team members, Division Strategists, Finance, and our Leadership Team. You will play a key role in enabling transparency and fact-based decision making at the highest levels of Hiab, ensuring that strategy and resource allocation are grounded in solid insights. Your work will influence senior stakeholders across the business and set the foundation for profitable growth.

Key responsibilities

• Developing a sustainable strategy and roadmap for Market and Business Insights
• Analyzing Hiab’s business, markets, and competitors on a regular basis, including financial performance, macroeconomics, industry dynamics, customers, competitors, and regulation
• Developing and owning tools, systems, and approaches for market insights, competitive intelligence, and business development
• Preparing market and competitive review insights, presentations and visualizations for the Leadership Team and Board of Directors
• Delivering the annual Market Insights presentation for the Leadership Team to kick off Hiab’s Strategy Clock
• Leading the annual Business Portfolio Analysis together with Finance, supporting resource allocation and strategic focus
• Supporting the Leadership Team with ad-hoc market and competitive intelligence requests
• Defining growth strategies for market areas, segments, and businesses with fact-based analysis and implications
• Identifying and evaluating new growth opportunities, such as organic expansion, partnerships, alliances, or acquisitions
• Facilitating interviews and discussions with external experts, customers, and business partners to gain insights and validate opportunities
• Developing regular reporting and dashboards to support strategy and executive decision-making.

What we are looking for

• University degree (e.g., Master’s in Business, Economics, Engineering, or related)
• Around 5–12 years experience in an analytical role, e.g., corporate market insights, business analytics, equity research, consulting, banking, or a similar area
• Preferably experience in relevant industries
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a structured and fact-based way of working
• Solid understanding of value chains, growth drivers, profitability, and business success
• Pragmatic decision-making and business-minded thinking, with financial skills
• Experience in project management and cross-functional collaboration
• Good storylining and executive communication skills, including the ability to craft compelling presentations
• Proficiency with digital analysis and visualization tools (e.g., spreadsheets, dashboards, BI tools)
• Results-oriented, proactive, and self-driven with a fast and pragmatic way of working
• Engaging and communicative style, with cultural awareness and an international mindset
• Ability to lead initiatives cross-organizationally and deliver impact in a matrix organization
• Fluent in English.

What we offer

We offer you the opportunity to put your skills and knowledge to work in a high-impact role, directly supporting Hiab’s Leadership Team on business-critical topics. You will be part of a collaborative and ambitious global Strategy team, with colleagues in Helsinki and Amsterdam, and across our Divisions internationally. With us, you will shape how Hiab uses market insights to define its strategy, identify growth opportunities, and make fact-based decisions.

Hiab is an ambitious organization with lots of opportunities. Joining now means shaping a newly created role in a newly independent company where you can leave a mark on how market insights are built and used. You will have the opportunity to learn and develop yourself professionally, and have fun while doing it.

Ready to apply?

If you are excited about this opportunity, please submit your application and CV!  In your cover letter, please describe your interest in this position and your relevant experience and skills.