Product Manager - Data Centers

Johnson Controls is developing the next generation of smart and connected by making buildings more intelligent. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and ultimately, more sustainable.

What you will do

Manage the end-to-end lifecycle and business results of a global data center chiller product line.  Grow product revenue and profit margin by leading development and launch of new products and sales tools and manage the financial health of the product line by controlling costs, quality, supply chains and manufacturing sources.  Do new product introductions and enhancing sustaining products excite you? Join us as a Product Manager – Data Centers, where you can make an impact on data center customers and our business. This is a hybrid position located in New Freedom, PA near the Baltimore/Washington, Philadelphia metro areas. 

How you will do it

• Develop key relationships with regional business, sales channel partners, and customers, gather VOC, and deliver solutions that meet the needs of data center customer.

• Apply strategic thinking to develop and manage product road maps and business plans.  Perform competitive benchmarking to inform decision making.  Prioritize projects and initiatives to advance the strategic business plan. 

• Lead the completion of key projects/programs to launch new products to global markets. 

• Perform analysis on product performance, cost, pricing and features. Support the implementation of pricing strategies that align with business objectives.

• Build a strong understanding of the product requirements, regulations and value propositions for the markets and industrial segments in which the products are sold. 

What you will need
Required

• Bachelor’s degree required in business, marketing, or engineering.

• 3+ years’ experience, 1-3 years of product/service/offering experience. 

• Demonstrate qualities to deliver results in a business that manufactures and sells complex, custom-engineered HVAC, heavy-machinery or industrial equipment products. 

• Possess an understanding of how chillers and HVAC systems operate and how cost and performance is optimized.

• Experience with how to work well with and provide direction and leadership to highly-educated engineering teams.

• Experience with how to work well with Sales and business leadership:  present analysis of product performance, cost, pricing, competitive benchmarking, and market trends to influence strategic business decisions.

• Strong experience using software tools to analyze large amounts of data and create reports.

Preferred

• Experience in a role in HVAC / chiller product development, engineering, product management, marketing.

• Demonstrate an understanding of current market trends in the HVAC industry.

• Experience interfacing with customers, gathering voice of customer and managing complex customer issues.

• Understand business processes, capital expenditures, financial budgeting and key financial indicators (i.e., .ROI, IRR, NPV). 

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally a few times a year for 1-2 weeks at a time.

Johnson Controls International plc. is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any other characteristic protected by law. To view more information about your equal opportunity and non-discrimination rights as a candidate, visit EEO is the Law. If you are an individual with a disability and you require an accommodation during the application process, please visit here.