Job Description Summary
Become part of a winning team and help to deliver the Green Energy transition.
The MiCOM Protection Product Manager drives the overall business strategy for the MiCOM protection relays portfolio in GE Vernova's Grid Automation business. You will be responsible for the full product life cycle, from the market analysis until the end of life of a product, for the development and the performance of the products, and for understanding the market trends and the customer requirements.
The Product Manager will also be responsible for defining the specifications and the business case, ensuring the development of the necessary functionalities, on time, at the right cost, and supporting the product through its entire life.
The product manager role works closely with Grid Automation customers, commercial, R&D, industrialisation, and technical support teams, to ensure the development of the products and to deliver the expected return on investment.
Job Description
Roles and Responsibilities
- Develops and manages the product roadmap with inputs from offer management, sales, engineering, and customer success along with customer requests and commitments as well as other industry trends
- Develops, maintains, refreshes, and communicates the prioritization of the product roadmap
- Leads the Voice of Customer activities for core and new markets, accumulate market knowledge of key targeted sub-segments, identify attractive Use Cases with critical customer values and related competitive offerings
- Ensures alignment and coordination of product roadmap with emerging industry themes and concepts (cybersecurity, digitalization, artificial intelligence/machine learning)
- Coordinates between sales and R&D on development schedules and needs to ensure customer commitments are delivered
- Responsible for the development and the performance of the product line; understanding the market trends and the customer requirements, defining the specifications and the business case, ensuring the development of the necessary functionalities, on time, at the right cost, and supporting the product through its entire life
- Develops Product Requirements Document and associated business cases to support introduction, completion, and launch of new NPI programs
- Manages the Product Launch of new products, modules, and releases into the marketplace.
- Supports development of marketing collaterals working with technical writing team for brochure, press release, advertising, tradeshow, and customer testimonial content.
- Develop and execute a portfolio strategy, including hardware and software product lifecycle management, multigenerational product plans, market segmentation & positioning, go to market strategy and pricing to acquire new customers and grow the installed base
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
- Excellent experience in the technologies and applications in substation automation
- Ability and willingness to travel 25% of the time.
- English (written/spoken) is mandatory for the position.
Desired Characteristics
- Good knowledge of Power System and Substation Control & Protection Applications for the electric utility segment
- Utility and Industry Grid Automation markets knowledge
- Excellent written/oral communication and interpersonal skills, customer focused, enthusiastic.
- Preference for Master's in Business Administration, MBA, with a focus in marketing or strategy.
- Significant experience in electric utility industry related sales, or R&D, or marketing or product management.
- Demonstrated strategic awareness combined with tactical implementation capability. Strong analytical skills with ability to identify and explain critical issues.
- Must be able to handle multiple projects simultaneously within stringent time constraints, requires discretion and independent judgment, and the ability to maintain a good working relationship with all co-workers, stakeholders and clients
Additional Information
Relocation Assistance Provided: No
- This is a remote position
