Product Specialist

nVent • Raleigh, NC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions. We’re seeking a Product Specialist to support our Smart Power product management team within our Data Solutions business, turning product and market data into insights that inform business decisions. You’ll partner closely with product, marketing, and commercial teams to ensure products are accurately enabled and go‑to‑market plans are ready to scale. This is a hands‑on role for someone who enjoys combining product knowledge, analysis, and execution to move complex portfolios forward.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s (B.A. or B.S.) degree required, preferably in marketing, business, or engineering.
• 2+ years of experience in product support, product operations, marketing, sales, or related roles.
• Strong project coordination and organizational skills, with the capacity to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously and meet committed timelines.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and the ability to perform data analysis across product portfolios, pricing structures, and demand trends, enabling informed decision‑making and improved product execution.
• Ability to travel up to 20% for meetings with customers, suppliers, and/or partners.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with data center infrastructure and/or IT networking equipment is preferred.
• Experience working with product data, pricing data, or enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, PLM, CRM), or a demonstrated ability to manage detailed product information accurately preferred.
• Electrical and/or mechanical systems aptitude gained through hands‑on experience, manufacturing exposure, or close collaboration with engineering teams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support product line strategies, roadmaps, and technology plans for data center and networking products through tactical execution, including product data maintenance, system updates, analysis, and project coordination.
• Contribute ideas and analytical input to product strategy by supporting evaluation of new product and feature concepts, opportunity sizing, revenue potential assessment, and cost analysis, in close partnership with Product Management.
• Deliver assigned product initiatives by developing analytical inputs such as quantified value propositions, competitive comparisons, and customer use‑case analysis.
• Support voice‑of‑the‑customer (VOC) efforts by gathering, synthesizing, and documenting customer and market insights that inform product plans and future opportunities.
• Support product launches and go‑to‑market readiness by maintaining accurate product, pricing, and configuration data; coordinating inputs for SIOP and pricing alignment; and ensuring products are enabled across internal systems and customer‑facing tools.
• Partner with marketing communications to complete product materials, including catalogs, launch kits, competitive alerts, sales communications, and instruction sheets.
• Serve as a product and technical subject‑matter resource for assigned products, supporting internal teams, field sales, channel partners, and customers with product knowledge and application guidance.
• Assess and improve product‑related workflows, supporting changes that increase efficiency, data accuracy, and overall customer experience.

Benefits

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day
• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work
• We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide
• Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money
• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers.
• Pay Transparency
• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.
• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.
• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level