Senior Principal Product Manager

 Requisition #: 14622 

 

Our Mission: Powering Innovation That Drives Human Advancement  

 

When visionary companies need to know how their world-changing ideas will perform, they close the gap between design and reality with Ansys simulation. For more than 50 years, Ansys software has enabled innovators across industries to push boundaries by using the predictive power of simulation. From sustainable transportation to advanced semiconductors, from satellite systems to life-saving medical devices, the next great leaps in human advancement will be powered by Ansys. 

 

Innovate With Ansys, Power Your Career.  

 

Summary / Role Purpose

​The Senior Principal Product Manager is a principal advisor with technical and business expertise across business units that enables the role to provide counsel and guidance directly to top management on matters of significant business impact. With the expertise and knowledge to influence cross-BU roadmaps and go-to-market strategies, the individual is a thought leader across multiple disciplines and is recognized internally as the de facto expert for the most complex technical and business issues.

 

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads product initiatives across various physics/disciplines across multiple business units focusing on offerings in battery, healthcare and electronics reliability
• Technology evangelist, providing deep use case knowledge to the Product Development team, spanning business and design processes
• Engages with critical customers for planning, roadmap, and deployment of solutions
• Responsible for preparing updates to executive and senior leadership team on product deliverables, strategy and key financial metrics
• Provides thought leadership in technical public forums: Conferences, Field Events, Executive round tables, etc.
• Recognized internally and externally as an Industry expert
• Partners with ACE and sales to drive business
• Expected to contribute to ALT

 

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or closely related field with 12 of combined experience in engineering, computer aided engineering (CAE) simulations, pre-sales support, sales, or customer engagement, or master’s degree with 10 years of experience, or PhD plus 8 years of experience
• Experience providing counsel and guidance to top management on significant technical matters that require coordination between business units
• Recognized internally as the de facto expert for the most complex problems in relevant subject matter areas 

 

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

• Advanced degree in business, science or engineering, 20+ years of combined experience in engineering, CAE simulations, or technical sales
• Experience providing expert counsel and advice to the board on strategic decisions that have company-wide impact and industry-wide authority
• Ability to lead a major department/multiple departments across a function
• Experience in medical industry – working with companies and providers in this space
• Experience in electronics reliability space

 

At Ansys, we know that changing the world takes vision, skill, and each other. We fuel new ideas, build relationships, and help each other realize our greatest potential. We are ONE Ansys. We operate on three key components: the commitments to our stakeholders, the behaviors of how we work together, and the actions of how we deliver results. Together as ONE Ansys, we are powering innovation that drives human advancement. 

  

Our Commitments: 

• Amaze with innovative products and solutions
• Make our customers incredibly successful
• Act with integrity
• Ensure employees thrive and shareholders prosper

 

Our Values: 

• Adaptability: Be open, welcome what's next
• Courage: Be courageous, move forward passionately
• Generosity: Be generous, share, listen, serve
• Authenticity: Be you, make us stronger

 

Our Actions: 

• We commit to audacious goals
• We work seamlessly as a team
• We demonstrate mastery
• We deliver outstanding results

 

INCLUSION IS AT OUR CORE 
We believe diverse thinking leads to better outcomes. We are committed to creating and nurturing a workplace that fuels this by welcoming people, no matter their background, identity, or experience, to a workplace where they are valued and where diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging thrive. 

 
WELCOME WHAT’S NEXT IN YOUR CAREER AT ANSYS 

At Ansys, you will find yourself among the sharpest minds and most visionary leaders across the globe. Collectively we strive