Product Development Manager
Role Overview
The Product Development Manager leads a team of Technical Project Leads and Product Engineers responsible for executing New Product Development & Introduction (NPDI) programs and providing technical customer support for products within Vertiv’s Power Switching & Distribution business.
This role is accountable for the technical output, development velocity, and issue-closure discipline of the team which directly impacts quality and time-to-market execution for the product portfolio.
In addition to day-to-day team leadership, the Product Development Manager serves as a strategic partner to the Director of Engineering and Product Line leadership, aligning engineering execution with the multi-year product roadmap, new product development and introduction (NPDI) milestones, and ongoing product support. Operating in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, this leader collaborates closely with Product Management, Procurement, Quality, Operations, PMO, and Service organizations to deliver power switching and distributions solutions for critical infrastructure applications.
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Responsibilities
- Product Development & Project Execution
- Oversee the technical execution of new product development (NPD) projects from requirements definition through design, validation, industrialization, and market launch.
- Ensure Technical Project Leads drive requirements development, work breakdown, and Agile-based task planning with appropriate rigor and cross-functional alignment.
- Drive cross-discipline trade-off decisions and technical problem resolution across complex power systems.
- Translate detailed technical plans into simplified summaries for executive tracking and decision-making.
- Product Documentation & Issue Resolution
- Ensure the team creates and maintains high-quality technical documentation including specifications, user manuals, submittal drawings, application notes, and design records.
- Drive structured root cause analysis and corrective action for field and factory issues, holding the team accountable for decisive closure—not indefinite analysis.
- Coordinate across engineering, manufacturing, quality, procurement, and field service to eliminate repeat failures and improve product reliability.
- Talent & Organization Development
- Directly manage a team of Product Engineers and Technical Project Leads / Engineers, providing clear goals, accountability structures, performance management, and workload prioritization.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
- Attract, develop, and retain top engineering talent aligned with Vertiv's High-Performance Culture objectives.
- Cross-Functional Partnership & Process Improvement
- Collaborate with operations, supply chain, quality, and manufacturing engineering to ensure seamless design-to-production transitions.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives, best practices, and DMAIC methodologies, including Pugh analysis, Design of Experiment, design and application FMEA, process capability study and root cause analysis.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline; Electrical Engineering is preferred
- 10+ years of progressive engineering experience, including 3+ years in a people leadership or management role.
- Demonstrated experience managing engineers across product development and product sustainment functions.
- Experience managing geographically distributed engineering teams, including international development centers.
- Track record of delivering products on time, on budget, and meeting performance specifications.
- Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to summarize technical data and program status for executive and non-technical audiences.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies in a hardware product environment.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, PowerBI), Smartsheet, and other business applications.
- Excellent communications skills – written & verbal.
- Up to 10% Travel
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Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline; Electrical Engineering is preferred
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