The Product Manager I will own a product line, segment, or family globally within Johnson Controls’ Global Chiller LOB. This role aligns product line activities to LOB strategy, coordinates input from Regional Product Directors, and drives water cooled centrifugal chiller growth through end-to-end lifecycle management and measurable performance.
Role Overview
In this position, you will act as the product champion for water cooled centrifugal chillers, supporting product vision, lifecycle planning, and roadmap execution. You will optimize product line performance using realized margins and market share as key measures, while ensuring the product line meets assigned market requirements through ongoing monitoring and communications.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent the product line across the Global Chiller LOB and coordinate regular feedback from the Regional Product Directors.
- Lead global product line activities in alignment with LOB strategies.
- Provide leadership in product line management.
- Maintain continuous monitoring and communication with Regional Product Directors to ensure the product line meets assigned market requirements.
- Optimize product line performance globally using realized margins and market share.
- Lead growth, strategy, and product lifecycle management for water cooled centrifugal chillers.
- Maintain and update product roadmaps and product lifecycle curves, including setting engineering project priorities.
- Launch new products based on voice of customer, strategic pricing, market trends, and regulations, delivering key metrics including on-growth, on-budget, and on-time.
- Develop product vision and business cases for new products or enhancements, supporting capital appropriation requests as part of long-range planning.
- Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify trends, opportunities, and threats in the water cooled centrifugal chiller space.
- Track product performance and determine actions based on actual results versus plan.
- Enable sales and service through improved sales tools and product literature.
- Work closely with engineering and application engineering for custom quotes.
- Represent Johnson Controls in industry associations and events, partnering with marketing and government relations teams to provide thought leadership.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of BAS or HVAC related experience in product or program management, marketing, or sales.
- MBA highly desired.
- Demonstrable business management skills within a product management environment and strong technical fluency related to the identified products, including field and business practices.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint, along with Internet software and email.
- Ability to travel 20% to 30% of the time.
Technologies
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- E-mail
Compensation and Location
Location: New Freedom, PA (hybrid)
Salary range: USD 115,000 - 160,000 per year. Salary will be determined based on education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, internal equity, and alignment with market data.
Benefits
- Competitive bonus plan accounting for individual, group, and corporate performance
- Competitive benefits package
