Product Marketing Manager - AI

If you are a Product Marketing professional looking for an opportunity to grow your career, Emerson Power and Water Solutions (PWS) has an excellent opportunity!  As the Product Marketing Manager - AI, where you will promote AI applications on the Ovation Intelligence Framework. This role plays a pivotal part in achieving value across our power and water customer base by increasing adoption, improving control systems, and developing outstanding, revenue-generating solutions. You will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of AI applications -- from conceptualization through market adoption -- ensuring they tackle real-world customer challenges and drive long-term recurring revenue. This position can be located in our Charlotte, NC, Cranberry Township, PA, St. Louis, MO, or Tinley Park, IL office. 

At Emerson Power & Water Solutions, we help customers in the world’s most critical industries address the challenges of modern life. As an industry-leading controls automation company, we drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, and more sustainable! Emerson’s five decades of power and water expertise embedded within the Ovation™ distributed control system (DCS) forms a reliable and innovative platform that evolves with rapidly changing technology to help improve plant reliability.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

AI & Application Strategy

• Recommend a comprehensive product roadmap for AI‑powered applications that advances customer value and aligns with Emerson’s strategic vision.
• Identify customer challenges and integrate emerging technologies to define high‑value use cases in areas such as renewables integration and process optimization.

New Product Development 

• Develop business plans and product requirements informed by market research and customer feedback.
•  Ensure AI and software‑based applications are designed around specific customer needs, driving adoption and continuous improvement.
• Create marketing collateral, release communications, and training materials for new product launches.

Application Commercialization

• Lead a cross‑functional team to build and execute Go‑to‑Market plans, ensuring strong product‑market fit and customer value.
• Run new product introduction programs that support early adoption and benchmark‑level performance.
• Collaborate with Sales, Software Development, and Customer Success teams to convert pilots into long‑term subscriptions and contribute to ARR growth.
• Support technical selling through customer presentations that connect product capability with operational value.
• Provide global support for new product and application releases, empowering world‑area teams to expand their sales funnel.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Build strong internal partnerships with Development, Sales, and Project teams to foster alignment and accelerate innovation.
• Engage customers, utilities, and industry groups to gather insights, define product direction, and promote thought leadership.
• Work closely with Marketing to develop plans that increase market awareness and demand generation.
• Serve as a key voice for the product’s value proposition and differentiation, synthesizing input across internal and external stakeholders.

Who You Are:
You build strong partnerships and maintain long-lasting relationships with key accounts. You leverage customer insights to guide the development of innovative offerings. You are a visionary who can articulate credible pictures of possibilities and future opportunities. You adapt your communication style to meet the needs of diverse audiences and foster collaboration across teams.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience, including experience in process engineering, marketing, or business development
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with AI applications and solutions.
• Ability to interpret market dynamics, customer feedback, and emerging technology trends.
• Ability to travel up to 20-30%.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States. Sponsorship will not be provided for this position.

Preferred Qualification