Product Manager II - Controls

AAON, Inc.•Kansas City, MO

About The Position

The Product Manager II - Controls supports the strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle management of connected controls, embedded systems, cloud-enabled platforms, and digital services for AAON’s HVAC product portfolio. The role gathers market and customer input, develops requirements and business cases, and coordinates product initiatives from discovery through launch and ongoing improvement. It calls for practical knowledge of HVAC controls and connected products, sound product judgment, and the ability to translate customer and business needs into well-defined solutions. Working with product leadership and cross-functional teams, the Product Manager II plans, prioritizes, and executes initiatives for controls, IoT, and cloud-based solutions. The role manages defined products, features, or workstreams and supports product vision, customer requirements, business cases, release priorities, and stakeholder alignment. Solutions may include equipment controls, supervisory control systems, edge devices, connectivity, telemetry, remote monitoring, analytics, mobile or web applications, and cloud services. The role also contributes to commercialization and product performance tracking, and collaborates across technical and commercial functions. Work is primarily in an office setting, with regular interaction with engineering labs, controls development environments, manufacturing areas, customer-facing teams, and external technology partners. Occasional travel may support research, beta programs, field validation, customer visits, launches, or industry events.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, product management, business, or a related technical field.
Relevant experience in product management, product ownership, engineering, technical marketing, or a related area.
Practical understanding of HVAC systems, controls architectures, building automation concepts, equipment communication, and connected-device ecosystems.
Working knowledge of IoT platforms, cloud services, edge devices, telemetry, APIs, data analytics, dashboards, mobile or web applications, and SaaS business models.
Ability to translate customer needs and technical constraints into clear requirements, priorities, and measurable outcomes.
Experience supporting products through discovery, business case development, roadmap planning, development, launch, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement.
Sound commercial judgment and ability to contribute to market assessments, competitive positioning, pricing analysis, adoption planning, and profitability reviews.
Familiarity with cybersecurity, data privacy, reliability, scalability, interoperability, and support considerations for connected products and cloud-based services.
Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills for technical, customer, and cross-functional audiences.
Strong analytical, organizational, and prioritization skills, including the ability to manage multiple assigned initiatives.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and product management tools such as roadmap, backlog, requirements, analytics, or product lifecycle management systems.
Ability to collaborate across functions, influence without direct authority, and escalate risks or trade-offs appropriately.
Critical thinking, structured problem-solving, and planning skills; ability to evaluate hardware, software, controls, cloud, customer experience, and business considerations.
Comfort working with some ambiguity, balancing priorities, analyzing trade-offs, and coordinating with product leadership and cross-functional teams.
Ability to sit, stand, or work at a computer for extended periods in an office, lab, or manufacturing environment.
Ability to interact with equipment, controls panels, engineering labs, and production floor environments as needed.

Nice To Haves

An engineering degree is preferred.
Experience preferably in HVAC, building automation, industrial controls, IoT, enterprise software, SaaS, cloud platforms, or connected-device environments.
Occasional travel to customer sites, trade shows, industry events, manufacturing facilities, or technology partners may be required.

Responsibilities

Maintain assigned portions of the product roadmap in partnership with product leadership and controls engineering.
Gather and translate customer, contractor, service, sales, and internal stakeholder needs into product requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and recommended priorities.
Coordinate cross-functional work with controls engineering, embedded software, cloud software, hardware, cybersecurity, UX, manufacturing, service, marketing, and sales teams.
Research customer problems, competitive offerings, and market trends related to connected HVAC systems, remote monitoring, diagnostics, analytics, predictive maintenance, and energy optimization.
Develop requirements for device onboarding, provisioning, connectivity, telemetry, alarms, dashboards, APIs, user roles, data access, reliability, and support workflows.
Partner with engineering teams to address security, interoperability, manufacturability, serviceability, and platform considerations for assigned products and features.
Monitor emerging technologies, customer adoption trends, regulatory developments, cybersecurity expectations, and industry standards relevant to connected HVAC solutions.
Support commercialization activities, including product positioning, pricing analysis, launch readiness, sales enablement, training content, and customer communications.
Track and report product metrics such as adoption, activation, uptime, feature usage, customer satisfaction, service impact, revenue contribution, and profitability.
Coordinate product initiatives from discovery through launch and ongoing improvement.
Support product vision, customer requirements, business cases, release priorities, and stakeholder alignment for assigned products, features, or workstreams.