Product Manager - Battery Energy Storage System; BESS

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The Product Manager for the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is a highly visible and critical role that collaborates across teams and leadership to drive growth and profitability by gathering and analyzing voice-of-the-customer (VOC), developing a compelling product roadmap, and launching new offerings into the market. This role requires strong collaboration with Product Marketing, Sales, Engineering, Manufacturing and Service to execute new offering programs.

The ideal candidate will be able to speak, read, write, and interpret technical information, analyze data to identify patterns and provide insights for product improvements and strategy, and demonstrate strong communication skills while leading cross-functional teams. They will have a strong attention to detail and the ability to capture and organize information for product development, effectively prioritize tasks and features based on business value and customer needs, and communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.

This role will report directly to the Director of Product Management.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Technology, Business, or Marketing. Advanced degree in Engineering, Technology or MBA preferred.

Experience:

7+ years of experience in product engineering, electrical/mechanical engineering, or product management of a manufactured, physical technical product.

• Technical understanding of the distributed energy resource, battery energy, microgrids, and/or data center market.
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams.
• Must be able to speak, read, write, and interpret technical information.

Travel:
Up to 15%

Work Schedule:

This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday
- Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.

• Drives the Product Development Process (PDP) by conducting research, gathering customer needs, defining product features and requirements to help drive the development and launch of products that align with FTI’s long range model.
• Leads end-to-end strategy and operational product roadmap for a physical, technical product or product portfolio.
• Conducts focused market research to identify needs in the market, including required product capabilities, market trends, market size and market pricing.
• Creates and manages Product Requirements Documents (PRD) for each product in development to effectively communicate the requirements to all other parties involved in the development process.
• Plans and executes product launch strategies, develop product messaging, positioning and value propositions, in collaboration with product marketing.
• Analyzes product costs and margins to identify areas for cost savings and growth as well as develop pricing strategies to ensure profitability.
• Monitors product performance, Voice-of-the-customer (VOC) feedback, and sales data to identify areas for adjustments to go to market strategy.
• Build relationships with customers, suppliers, and industry organizations to stay up to date on industry trends and developments.
• Build relationships with internal partners, engineering, project management, supply chain, and strategic marketing to drive the product development process to develop new products or improve existing products.
• Support the sales team with training, sales support tools, product demonstration, and customer interaction, as necessary.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

The job description and responsibilities described are intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee s ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and…