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Job Title: Battery Product Manager

Job Code: SM-MK-01 TBD

1. Owner of the development strategy for the product range in responsibility.
2. Ensure that product ranges are available for sale and delivery within agreed performance, technical risk, and cost, supporting growth, profitability, and quality objectives.
3. Define, manage, and develop the product roadmap for the complete product range.
4. Own responsibility for product cost management within the segment.
5. Lead and coordinate activities involving site teams to support the product roadmap, including R&D, sustaining, procurement, and industrial strategies.
6. Monitor and ensure product performance and competitiveness throughout all phases from development to operations.
7. Support pre-tendering activities by confirming product solutions, supporting tenders, and participating in validation.
8. Act as main interface for the RS Platform for responsible products.
9. Serve as the technical referent for battery components and subsystems.

Structure: RSC Components Platform / Compo Family: Traction

Reports to: Green Traction Director

Other reporting lines: None

• Compo Family Drives Team, Traction Product Managers, RS Platform Team, RS Engineering on Sites
• Development site teams (Engineering, Industrial, Procurement, etc.)
• Procurement Commodity Managers
• Innovation and Research

• Battery subsystem and component suppliers
• Academic institutions
• Certification bodies
• Key industry players

1. Coordinate product roadmaps aligned with component-level targets, focusing on performance, competitiveness, and cost.
2. Maintain product portfolio competitiveness in terms of technology and costs.
3. Ensure product validation, homologation, and compliance with evolving norms and regulations.
4. Identify market gaps and develop strategies to address them.
5. Align product strategies with the RS Platform.
6. Define product requirements for tenders and applications, including variability and gaps, and validate tenders.
7. Support project teams in maintaining product strategy during tendering phases.
8. Manage collaboration across teams involved in product development and support.
9. Keep product documentation current.
10. Manage PAB & PRB for new R&D programs.
11. Represent Alstom in standard committees and academia for battery components and subsystems.
12. Support projects with battery component and subsystem problem solving and risk management.

• Master's degree in engineering or equivalent, with experience.
• Fluent in English.

Desirable: Degree in battery design.

• At least 5 years in engineering or subsystem management, with strong knowledge of battery components and subsystems.
• Understanding of traction/vehicle design.

Desirable: Knowledge of internal processes (tenders, projects, engineering, etc.), traction/motor technology, and heavy-duty standards.

• Ability to work in multicultural, multi-skilled environments.
• Leadership and team management skills.
• Strong communication and persuasion skills.
• Coordination skills, team spirit, and readiness to travel.
• Expertise in batteries.

We welcome your application if you are up for the challenge and share our commitment to diversity and inclusion.