Senior Product Manager

Job Description SummaryThe relentless optimism that creates breakthrough innovation is what fuels GE Vernova to deliver the energy technologies the world needs. Join us in shaping the future of electrical grid monitoring that will be pivotal to delivering the Energy Of Change. We are seeking a Senior Product Manager to join the Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D) portfolio within our Grid Automation business. The role demands a dynamic blend of technical acumen, creativity, collaboration, and strategic leadership to develop, launch, evolve, and sustain innovative products and systems that address emerging customer challenges and drive mutual success.

Job Description

Roles & Responsibilities:

 

·         Vision and Strategy: Define a clear vision and strategy for assigned products, ensuring alignment with business objectives and market trends.

·         Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate product vision, progress, and outcomes to internal stakeholders and executive leadership to foster transparency and collaboration.

·         Market Research & Customer Engagement: Conduct thorough market research and competitive analysis to identify new trends, unmet customer needs, and opportunities for innovation. Understand customer pain points, needs and desired outcomes through structured research and targeted engagement. Collaborate with customer and internal stakeholders to validate, prioritize and explore solutions.

·         Innovation Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams (engineering, design, marketing) to brainstorm, prototype, and iterate on innovative solutions, with a focus on speed and concept validation.

·         Product Lifecycle Management & Development: Manage the entire product lifecycle, from concept and ideation through development, testing, launch, and post-launch performance monitoring. Translate market insights and customer needs into product roadmaps, requirements, specifications, and user stories. Track product performance post-launch, integrating insights and customer feedback into future development cycles.

·         Quality and Competitiveness: Enhance the quality, technical, and cost competitiveness of your product portfolio. Continuously analyze competitive offerings and market dynamics to drive product innovation and updates.

·         Sales Collaboration: Work with global sales teams to establish and maintain key customer relationships, develop go-to-market strategies, and facilitate product awareness and training.

·         Partnership Building: Cultivate relationships with key industry partners and vendors.

 

Qualifications/Experience:

·       Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or college in Engineering, Business, or similar disciplines.

·       Demonstrable experience as a Product Manager developing and growing B2B relationships for Hardware and Firmware products/solutions.

·       Strategic thinker with high motivation, innovation, and customer-centric approach.

·       Knowledge and experience utilizing structured product innovation methodologies such as “Lean Startup”, “Design Thinking”, or similar.

·       Knowledge and experience utilizing product development methodologies such as “Waterfall”, “Agile”, etc

 

Desired Characteristics:

·       Knowledge and experience of business efficiency and quality improvement methodologies (Lean, SixSigma, etc).

·       Experience working within the area of utility/industrial monitoring solutions, or a similar B2B engineered solutions environment.

·       Proficient in data-driven decision-making, capable of navigating ambiguity to develop and communicate product strategies that maximize customer value and minimize waste.

·       Effective at interfacing with and influencing all organizational levels, both internally and with customers.

·       Strong oral and written communication skills in English.

·       Proven ability to build strong cross-functional relationships and align stakeholders around common goals.

·       Willingness and ability to travel as required.

Additional Information

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