Global Sr. Product Manager
The Global Sr. Product Manager will be responsible for driving growth and profitability of Vertiv's Single-Phase UPS offerings by identifying market requirements, prioritizing development activities, launching new offerings, and managing the offering portfolio. This position will be based onsite at Vertiv's Delaware, OH office location.
Responsibilities :
- Gain deep insight into customer needs and desired outcomes through extensive customer, channel and market research.
- Convert insights into innovative product strategies, product roadmaps, and detailed market requirements.
- Prepare Business Cases to justify investments into new product development and demonstrate return on the investment.
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to bring new products to market in the shortest time possible.
- Be an expert on markets, industries, channels, and competitive product lines.
- Own the product lifecycle for assigned products from introduction and obsolescence.
- Develop product collateral, web pages, sales enablement tools, and sales training material.
Competencies for Success :
Agility : the acumen to handle complex situations and multiple responsibilities simultaneously managing long term projects with the urgency of immediate demands on the operations.Analytical Rigor : Ability to bring structure to ill-defined problems and intellectual leadership to problem solving; synthesize insights from analysis and ensure credible, actionable recommendations.Communications Skills : Ability to develop rapport and credibility across the organization, promote ideas persuasively; ability to manage situations including senior leaders and external groups.Strategic Thinking : Evaluating trends, developing long-term implications, and recommending pragmatic strategies for continuous improvement and new opportunities.Customer Focus : Work well with sales teams and customers to understand opportunities and latent needs to drive opportunities for innovation and differentiation.Requirements :
Bachelor's Degree in business, engineering or related field. MBA preferred.10+ years of experience in product management, technical product marketing, strategic planning, or directly related experience.Experience working with international teams.Participation in global calls outside of normal working hours.Excellent presentation and written communication skills.Ability to quickly develop cross-functional relationships to achieve business objectives.Experience with 1-phase UPS systems is preferred.Approximately 15% domestic / international travel is required.The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
Our Core Principals : Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.
Our Strategic Priorities :
Customer FocusOperational ExcellenceHigh-Performance CultureInnovationFinancial StrengthOur Behaviors : 
Own ItAct With UrgencyFoster a Customer-First MindsetThink Big and ExecuteLead by ExampleDrive Continuous ImprovementLearn and Seek Out DevelopmentAbout Vertiv
Vertiv is a $8.0 billion global critical infrastructure and data center technology company. We ensure customers' vital applications run continuously by bringing together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services.