Portfolio Strategy Manager

Daikin Applied Americas • Plymouth, MN

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025! Make your mark at the world’s largest HVAC company Daikin Applied is seeking a Portfolio Strategy Manager who will support enterprise product direction by translating rep channel, sales network, market, and customer insights into structured inputs and recommendations, with priority focus on the Product Solutions portfolio (equipment). Under moderate direction, the role supports the Product Council, assists with Strategic Product Planning, and helps maintain the enterprise product portfolio view to improve visibility and decision quality. The role also supports gap identification across Service, Systems, Advanced, and Connected Solutions, elevating insights from the rep network and sales channel to inform cross-functional discussions. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor! Location: Plymouth, MN, Hybrid What you will do:

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university in Engineering, Business, or related discipline
• 6 to 8 years years of progressive experience in portfolio/product strategy, product management, or commercial strategy
• Enterprise communication & listening: Communicates clearly; listens well; translates business, customer, and field needs into structured insights for portfolio decisions
• Written communication: Produces concise summaries; conveys technical or numerical content clearly for cross‑functional consumption.
• Analytical capability: Collects and researches data; synthesizes inputs from multiple sources; applies judgment and intuition to complement analysis
• Problem solving: Identifies issues, analyzes options, and proposes alternatives; collaborates effectively in group problem-solving environments
• Cross-functional collaboration: Works effectively across Product BUs, Sales, Engineering, Supply Chain, and Marketing; aligns stakeholders and negotiates priorities
• Influence without authority: Builds credibility, earns trust, and influences outcomes through relationships, data, and structured reasoning
• Business acumen: Understands how product, solutions, service, and digital offerings drive customer value and profitability; recognizes competitive and market dynamics
• Strategic thinking: Interprets organizational strengths/weaknesses and external changes; adapts recommendations to emerging market conditions
• Judgment: Makes timely recommendations; escalates appropriately; includes the right voices in decision paths
• Industry awareness (industrial/technical markets): Comfortable working with engineered products, technical solutions, and industrial/commercial buying processes; able to learn domain specifics quickly
• Commercial process familiarity: Understands the fundamentals of commercial project cycles, proposal/bid workflows, system applications, and technical sales motions (or learns rapidly)
• Rep network + sales channel partnership: Comfortable collaborating with indirect channels; gathers field insights and translates them into actionable portfolio inputs
• Enterprise storytelling: Connects complex product and solutions information into a clear narrative that supports alignment and decision‑making
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Nice To Haves

• 8+ years: including 4+ years of people leadership experience in Industrial/Manufacturing space
• Experience supporting portfolio planning / product council governance or similar enterprise forums.
• Experience building regional gap analyses and converting insights into requirements, prioritization inputs, and BU-ready summaries.
• Experience working directly with rep/channel organizations and sales networks to convert field feedback into structured portfolio actions.
• Familiarity with NPI and commercialization processes and how market needs translate into roadmap decisions

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain regional Product Solutions gap analyses by organizing customer, rep channel, and market feedback across equipment categories into BU‑facing requirements
• Develop and maintain regional gap analyses across Service, Systems, Advanced, and Connected Solutions by identifying customer and application‑specific needs and organizing them into structured cross‑functional requirements. (e.g., service programs, turnkey/system applications, engineered performance solutions, digital/connected offerings)
• Collect and synthesize voice‑of‑market inputs from rep channels, sales teams, regions, and verticals, maintaining a consistent intake and documentation process that informs portfolio discussions
• Support the Product Council governance system by coordinating inputs, preparing agendas and pre‑reads, documenting decisions, and tracking action items to ensure timely follow‑through
• Assist in executing the Strategic Product Planning process by gathering cross-functional inputs, supporting intake and prioritization activities, and preparing business case and roadmap alignment materials
• Support maintenance of the enterprise product portfolio view, updating portfolio transparency tools, health metrics, and prioritization summaries to facilitate cross-functional alignment
• Conduct portfolio analytics and market intelligence activities, summarizing competitive, regulatory, and market shifts to support Product Council and planning forums
• Summarize implications of mega‑trends—including electrification, decarbonization, IAQ/IEQ, and digitization—to inform product and solutions planning
• Collaborate cross‑functionally with Product BUs, Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, and Systems & Energy Modeling to support execution of approved portfolio actions
• Support enterprise‑critical strategic projects as assigned, ensuring structured coordination and timely delivery of high‑impact workstreams

Benefits

• Multiple medical insurance plan options + dental and vision insurance
• 401K retirement plan with employer contributions matching 100% of the first 3% of employee contributions and 50% on the next 2% of employee contributions
• Company provided life insurance + optional employee paid voluntary life insurance, dependent life coverage and voluntary accident coverage
• Short term and long-term disability
• 3 weeks of paid time off for new employees + 11 company paid holidays
• Vacation accrues on a monthly basis, unless applicable federal, state and local law requires a faster accrual
• Paid sick time in accordance of the federal, state and local law
• Paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees