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The Sr. Product Manager- Next-Generation Thermal Platforms will serve to serve as the business and commercial leader for a flagship, clean-sheet product development initiative. Operating at the epicenter of our rapidly expanding data center business, you will spearhead the platform lifecycle from early market ideation and Voice of Customer (VOC) discovery through complete industrialization and global commercial launch.
In this role, you will be the commercial owner working in close, strategic partnership with Design Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME), Quality, and Field Operations. If you thrive on transforming complex, unstructured customer demands into high-impact Market Requirements Documents (MRDs) and leading multi-million-dollar programs to market, this is your opportunity to shape the future of mission-critical climate solutions.
Position Location - Grand Rapids, MI (relocation assistance is available)
Key Responsibilities:
Market Insight, VOC, Crisp MRD Ownership
Partner directly with hyperscale data center operators, colocation providers, consulting engineers, and enterprise facility directors to uncover emerging operational challenges, architectural shifts, and unmet thermal management needs.
Synthesize complex, ambiguous, and rapidly evolving customer inputs into crisp, prioritized, and value-driven Market Requirements Documents (MRDs) that clearly articulate target specifications, feature trade-offs, and commercial payback models.
Own the multi-year platform vision and release cadences, ensuring short-term commercial execution aligns with long-term technological and sustainability trajectories.
Commercial Leadership in New Product Development (NPD)
Serve as the dedicated commercial and business lead for the next-generation platform, partnering hand-in-hand with the Engineering Program Lead through stage-gate governance from concept through production readiness. ·
Act as the voice of business and customer value during program development, guiding trade-off analyses between time-to-market, product cost, unit performance, and customer feature sets. ·
Own program financials, development budget tracking, margin targets, capital expenditure justifications, and projected return on investment (ROI).
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Design, AME & Field Service
Champion customer-centric design parameters—including Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), commissioning speed, and Design for Service (DFS)—during formal design milestones, partnering with Design Engineering and AME as they execute physical Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA).
Collaborate with Systems Engineering and Lab Teams to define customer-facing validation requirements and ensure unit test protocols reflect real-world mission-critical operating profiles.
·Actively participate in plant integration, pilot build reviews, and Managing Daily Improvement (MDI) cadences at the Grand Rapids facility to resolve commercial roadblocks during line setup and production ramp.
Commercialization, GTM & Lifecycle Strategy:
Partner with Marketing, Regional Sales Leaders, and Mission Critical Account…