Product Manager, Data Center Hydronic Systems
About The Position
The Product Manager, Data Center Hydronic Systems, leads a strategic and growing segment of the North America Data Center business unit portfolio. The role identifies market trends, customer needs, portfolio gaps, and competitive conditions to shape new offerings through engineering development and production, and manages sourced-product relationships that augment internal capabilities. The position helps define product strategy and leads cross-functional teams, lifecycle management, multigenerational product planning, new product development, commercialization, customer research, supplier relationships, and go-to-market strategy. It is accountable for meeting or exceeding revenue growth targets, maintaining or growing market share, and expanding margin. The Product Manager leads a Product Growth Team responsible for the Hydronic Solutions segment, develops the product line strategy, long-range plan, P&L, and annual operating plan, and balances short- and long-term performance. The role also develops channel capability and strategy, manages daily product-line and supplier needs, and pursues profitable growth. It collaborates across product portfolios and with market research, engineering, and strategic suppliers to define customer requirements, support business cases and new product development, and commercialize new products and enhancements. The role is virtual and requires 25% travel for customer engagement and team meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, marketing, business, or equivalent.
- At least 5 years of experience in product management, new product development, or strategic marketing.
- Strong financial literacy and technical proficiency.
- Strong planning, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and strong interpersonal skills.
- Comfort presenting technical or commercial topics to audiences of all sizes.
- Ability to work independently as a self-starter without day-to-day oversight.
- Attention to detail while maintaining a broader perspective.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse cultures and mindsets in a global organization, including teammates in different time zones and regions.
- Customer-service focus and attention to quality.
- Ability to travel 25% for customer engagement and team meetings.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of liquid cooling, heat rejection, HVAC systems, data centers, and IT equipment.
Responsibilities
- Help define product strategy for the North America Data Center hydronic systems portfolio.
- Lead a Product Growth Team managing the Hydronic Solutions segment of Trane’s portfolio.
- Monitor the evolving data center ecosystem and explore new technologies.
- Participate in Make-versus-Buy evaluations and potential M&A, acquisition, and partnership opportunities.
- Lead product line strategy, long-range planning, P&L, and the annual operating plan.
- Manage tradeoffs between short- and long-term product line performance, including revenue, margin, and market share.
- Develop and execute channel strategy to mature channel capability, expand market coverage, and improve closure rates.
- Manage day-to-day product line and strategic supplier needs, identifying and delivering profitable growth opportunities.
- Develop and execute a multigenerational product plan that aligns positioning, pricing, cost, margins, and customer value with equipment strategy.
- Align product line strategy with peer portfolio roadmaps and broader system, services, and contracting initiatives.
- Work with market research to understand customer needs and define Critical to Quality specifications for products and associated systems.
- Initiate and support business cases for new product development programs that execute elements of the multigenerational product plan.
- Create and execute marketing and commercialization plans for new product offerings and existing product enhancements with strategic suppliers.
- Lead cross-functional teams, lifecycle management, customer research, supplier relationships, and go-to-market strategy.
- Travel 25% for customer engagement and team meetings.
Benefits
- Health insurance and holistic wellness programs with incentives, effective on day one for the employee and family.
- Fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
- Up to 15 vacation days, paid holidays, and sick leave.
- Additional options supporting volunteer and parental leave.
- 401(k) match.
- Educational and training opportunities through company programs.
- Tuition assistance and student debt support.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
