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Copeland Senior Product Manager HVAC in Oberforstbach, Germany

About Us

We are a global climate technologies company engineered for sustainability. We create sustainable and efficient residential, commercial and industrial spaces through HVACR technologies. We protect temperature-sensitive goods throughout the cold chain. And we bring comfort to people globally. Best-in-class engineering, design and manufacturing combined with category-leading brands in compression, controls, software and monitoring solutions result in next-generation climate technology that is built for the needs of the world ahead. 

Whether you are someone looking for a career change, a professional, an undergraduate student exploring your first opportunity, or recent graduate, we have opportunities that will allow you to innovate, be challenged and make an impact. Join our team and start your journey today!

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager for our electronics business in the HVAC market. HVAC requires reliable products and solutions that minimize costs and maximize the comfort and efficiency or work and living spaces. In this role, you will be responsible for driving this portfolio to achieve the sales and profit plan. You are the expert in the user, the jobs that they are trying to accomplish, and the problems they face. Reporting to the Director of Product Management, the Senior Product Manager works with sales, solutions, service delivery, marketing, and engineering teams to build a growing network of happy, referenceable customers for our solutions.

Responsibilities:

  • Vision, strategy, and portfolio management:

  • Owns product strategy for HVAC electronics;

  • Owns product roadmap for dedicated HVAC electronics;

  • Owns the product portfolio and life-cycle management;

  • Ensures, in collaboration with the Product management team, that Electronics and software portfolio roadmaps are aligned;

  • Collaborates with other verticals to align roadmaps.

  • Supports product discovery and experimentation for HVAC applications:

  • Develop insights about the user interaction and technical functionalities with the product and eco-system;

  • Develop skills to understand deep knowledge of the data that enables us to understand product and user behavior, measure progress, prove if ideas work and inform decisions;

  • Identifies riskiest assumptions and key questions we must get answered and means for tracking those within the product team;

  • Support development and governance of running experiments to get answers to key questions and address riskiest assumptions.

  • Lead and support key industry initiatives supporting product and technology development:

  • Works with key industry functions and committees as SME to drive Copeland visibility and influence with Copeland objectives in mind.

  • Product requirements and prioritization of development work:

  • Ensure new product or feature development is aligned with business strategy and goals;

  • Overall responsible for signing off product and detailed feature requirements;

  • Develops business cases for new products and product enhancements working with cross-functional team to refine product concept, evaluate its feasibility and communicate to key stakeholders;

  • Prioritizes the work across the portfolio (new customer features, products improvements, bugs, maintenance, and cost optimization);

  • Make balanced judgments when faced with costs, timing, and resource tradeoffs;

  • Consulted in technical and business decisions. Understands what is being built and the tradeoffs;

  • Know the shared dependencies and seeks to minimize them through decoupling;

  • Know the impact of decisions on the ecosystem performance.

  • Customer acquisition and go-to-market support:

  • Oversees the framework and requirements for product training of service/sales and other key go-to-market functions;

  • Represents product in engagements with, OEMs, integrators and third parties and can speak to technical specifications;

  • Oversees the development of product leaflets and marketing material.

  • Deep knowledge of the industry:

  • Understand relevant market and category trends to include disruptive technologies and legislative, agency and regulatory impacts;

  • Monitor competitive activity and assess competitive product and technology strategies;

  • Conducts market environment research as needed.

Re qu ir e d q ua li f i c a t i on s a n d e xpe ri en c e :

• Bachelor’s deg r ee in Electronics, Mechatronics En g i n e eri ng or a related field;

• +3 years Product management e x p er i ence preferably in the HVACR industry;

• Experti s e a n d k n o w l ed g e o f ele c tr o n ic c o n tr ol s;

• Experti s e a n d k n o w l ed g e o f HVACR c o m p on ents, ap p licati o n s and s y s te m s is required ;

• C u st o m e r - o rie n t ed, inter p ers o n al a n d e x e cution skills;

• F lu ent in En g lish, Italian and 3rd language are a plus.

Our Commitment to Our People

Across the globe, we are united by a singular Purpose: Sustainability is no small ambition. That’s why everything we do is geared toward a sustainable future—for our generation and all those to come. Through groundbreaking innovations, HVACR technology and cold chain solutions, we are reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency in spaces of all sizes, from residential to commercial to industrial.

Our employees are our greatest strength. We believe that our culture of passion, openness, and collaboration empowers us to work toward the same goal - to make the world a better place. We invest in the end-to-end development of our people, beginning at onboarding and through senior leadership, so they can thrive personally and professionally.

Flexible and competitive benefits plans offer the right options to meet your individual/family needs. We provide employees with flexible time off plans, including parental leav, vacation and holiday leave.

Together, we have the opportunity – and the power – to continue to revolutionize the technology behind air conditioning, heating and refrigeration, and cultivate a better future. Learn more about us and how you can join our team!

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Copeland, we believe having a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment is critical to our success. We are committed to creating a culture where every employee feels welcomed, heard, respected, and valued for their experiences, ideas, perspectives and expertise. Ultimately, our diverse and inclusive culture is the key to driving industry-leading innovation, better serving our customers and making a positive impact in the communities where we live. 

Equal Opportunity Employer

Copeland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or disability. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

Work Authorization

Copeland will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the Country in which they apply. This is not a position for which sponsorship or work authorization will be provided.

No calls or agency requests please.

With $5B of global revenue, Copeland is a leading provider of compression products, electronics, software, and solutions across many applications within Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVACR), where macro and regulatory trends towards environmental sustainability, leads to changes in HVACR technology. Other products include other heating applications, food service and retail, transportation, and healthcare/life sciences. This new business also has a solution portfolio that manages, monitors, and controls refrigeration units in the commercial setting, as well as software solutions that measure and monitor temperature conditions of refrigerated goods in transit, where there is a greater emphasis on energy management/sustainability solutions globally.

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