Head of Product - SLS

Formlabs•Somerville, MA

12h•$160,000 - $280,000•Onsite

About The Position

Formlabs is seeking an exceptional hardware product leader to own and grow its SLS hardware business. This role involves defining the future of the SLS product line, operating with the autonomy of a startup founder while leveraging the resources of a scaled company. The Head of Product will lead major hardware programs from concept to launch, manage a team of product managers, define roadmap strategy, and make critical decisions for the company's success in additive manufacturing. The ideal candidate has a proven track record of shipping physical products, leading significant businesses or founding hardware ventures, and possesses a strong blend of technical ability, commercial acumen, marketing skills, data proficiency, and leadership qualities such as drive, grit, and a desire to win. A background in 3D printing is not required, but familiarity with complex systems spanning materials, robotics, and software is beneficial.

Requirements

Experience building real hardware, including multiple generation products, major programs, or an entire company.
Previous experience leading a significant business or founding a hardware venture, with experience owning vision, P&L, roadmap, results, and team simultaneously.
Understanding of how roadmap strategy, technical hardware decisions, customer acquisition, and manufacturing operations must work in harmony.
Possession of a builder's mindset: creativity, ability, and willingness to do whatever it takes to make ideas real.
Proven ability to achieve results with limited resources (money, time, or people).
Comfort with ambiguity and deep ownership over outcomes.
Sharp understanding of customer value and a clear-eyed view of technical and commercial feasibility.
Ability to make challenging trade-offs to build exceptional products quickly.

Nice To Haves

Experience in 3D printing, additive manufacturing, or adjacent physical product categories.
Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical discipline.
MBA or equivalent experience owning a P&L or leading a high-growth GTM motion.
Familiarity with hardware manufacturing standards and compliance (ISO, medical, aerospace, etc.).
Strong proficiency with data: exploration, extracting signal from noise, sizing markets, and presenting findings to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

Own the full hardware product roadmap for the SLS business, from discovery through delivery, supported by customer insights and market analysis.
Lead multi-disciplinary teams across engineering, design, manufacturing, and commercial functions to ensure the shipment of exceptional products.
Make high-stakes decisions on product positioning, hardware architecture tradeoffs, and go-to-market timing, understanding the customer value behind each decision.
Represent the voice of the customer internally and the voice of the product externally.
Partner deeply with engineering leadership to pressure-test feasibility, identify issues, and find solutions.
Operate with urgency and a bias for action, taking ownership of outcomes.