Product Strategy Director - Chillers

Daikin Applied Americas • Staunton, VA

10d • Remote

About The Position

Join the world's largest HVAC company, named by Forbes as one of America's Best-In-State Employers 2025! Daikin Applied is seeking a Product Management and Marketing Director - Chillers. The Product Management and Marketing Director will lead the strategy, vision, and execution for air and water cooled chiller portfolio by guiding teams, defining roadmaps, driving launches, and ensuring alignment with business goals through deep market/customer understanding and cross-functional collaboration with engineering, sales, and marketing to achieve revenue and profitability targets. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor! Location: Remote What you will do: Product Vision & Strategy: Develop and champion the overall chiller product vision, strategic direction, and long-term roadmap, aligning it with company objectives. Team Leadership: Recruit, train, manage, and mentor product managers and marketing teams, fostering a data-driven, high-performance culture. Market & Customer Expertise: Deeply understand market trends, competitive landscapes, and customer needs to identify opportunities and define differentiated and innovative products. Go-to-Market (GTM) Execution: Oversee product launches, positioning, messaging, and sales enablement, working with marketing to drive adoption and revenue. Performance Management: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for product effectiveness, revenue generation, profitability, and market success. Develop and manage department operating budgets to support operational, promotional, and successful product launches. Develop and recommend product positioning, packaging, and pricing strategy to produce the highest possible long-term market share Establish and maintain relationships with industry influencers and key community and strategic partners

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent experience
• HVAC product and/or Chiller experience
• 10+ years of Product Management experience
• 6+ years of people leadership experience
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Nice To Haves

• 12+ years of relevant experience
• Both air- and water-cooled chiller experience

Responsibilities

• Develop and champion the overall chiller product vision, strategic direction, and long-term roadmap, aligning it with company objectives.
• Recruit, train, manage, and mentor product managers and marketing teams, fostering a data-driven, high-performance culture.
• Deeply understand market trends, competitive landscapes, and customer needs to identify opportunities and define differentiated and innovative products.
• Oversee product launches, positioning, messaging, and sales enablement, working with marketing to drive adoption and revenue.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for product effectiveness, revenue generation, profitability, and market success.
• Develop and manage department operating budgets to support operational, promotional, and successful product launches.
• Develop and recommend product positioning, packaging, and pricing strategy to produce the highest possible long-term market share
• Establish and maintain relationships with industry influencers and key community and strategic partners

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 with the federal, state, and local law
• Paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement after 6 months of continuous service
• The typical annual base salary for this position ranges from $142,600-$243,600 + 30% bonus in Virginia.

What This Job Offers

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