Sr Product Manager EDR

Aspen Technology, Inc.; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspen Technology, Inc. is seeking an experienced Product Manager to lead the strategy and evolution of the Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR) product.

You will define the roadmap at the intersection of thermodynamic modeling and software development, integrating with Aspen Plus/HYSYS workflows and delivering a superior user experience. You will own the product lifecycle, drive growth through new capabilities, and collaborate with internal teams and customers to ensure market-leading solutions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• MBA is a plus.
• 10+ years of enterprise software product management experience.
• Strong understanding of process engineering, heat transfer, thermodynamics, or equipment design.
• Experience developing product strategies, business cases, and growth plans for enterprise software products.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across functions and organizational levels.
• Product Management experience within industrial software, engineering software or process industries.
• Knowledge of Agile product development methodologies.
• Hands-on experience using Aspen EDR, HTRI, and/or other process simulation and heat exchanger rating tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for the product, backed by financial assessment such as a business case.
• Monitor industry trends, competitive developments, and customer requirements.
• Drive Agile roadmap for the product lifecycle (ideation to execution) with clear positioning, pricing, differentiation, and value points.
• Align product vision with Performance Engineering and AspenTech objectives.
• Build strong relationships with customers and strategic partners and serve as a thought leader for process simulation solutions.
• Drive growth through adoption, new markets, and new capabilities, collaborating with R&D and other teams.

Skills

Product management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Communication

Enterprise software

Cross-functional collaboration

Influence across functions

Process engineering knowledge

Hands-on with EDR/HTRI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering

MBA

Tools

Aspen EDR

HTRI

Process simulation tools

Job description

The driving force behind our success has always been the people of AspenTech. What drives us, is our aspiration, our desire and ambition to keep pushing the envelope, overcoming any hurdle, challenging the status quo to continually find a better way. You will experience these qualities of passion, pride and aspiration in many ways — from a rich set of career development programs to support of community service projects to social events that foster fun and relationship building across our global community.

The Role Aspen Technology, a business unit inside Emerson Corporation, is a leading industrial software company, serving over 3,000 customers with over $1 billion in annual revenue, more than 60 locations worldwide, and nearly 4,000 employees. AspenTech solutions address complex environments where it is critical to optimize the asset design, operation and maintenance lifecycle. Through AspenTech’s unique combination of deep domain expertise and award‑winning innovative software suites, customers in asset‑intensive industries can improve their operational excellence while achieving sustainability goals.

The AspenTech Performance Engineering Solution provides a market leading integrated suite of products to optimize the performance of process industry assets across the CAPEX and OPEX cycles and is powered by flagship process modeling products with a proven track record of value creation over several decades. Aspen Exchanger Design & Rating (EDR) is a comprehensive heat exchanger modeling and design suite that helps process engineers and equipment manufacturers optimize thermal equipment performance across the asset lifecycle. It delivers customer value through improved engineering productivity, reduced project risk, and lower CAPEX/OPEX via accurate, integrated equipment design and analysis.

Your Impact

We are seeking an experienced and highly analytical Product Manager to lead the strategy and evolution of our Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating (EDR). In this role, you will define the roadmap for industry‑leading equipment design software used by process engineers and equipment manufacturers globally. You will work at the intersection of complex thermodynamic modeling and modern software development, ensuring our heat exchanger and equipment design solutions integrate seamlessly with broader process simulation workflows (such as Aspen Plus and Aspen HYSYS) while delivering exceptional user experience.

Product Vision, Strategy, and Sharp Execution

• Define and execute the product strategy and roadmap for the product, backed by financial assessment such as a business case
• Responsible for Agile roadmap for the product lifecycle (ideation and formation through execution), specifying the positioning, pricing, differentiation, competitive strategy, and definable value and proof points
• Aligns the product vision and strategy to overall Performance Engineering and AspenTech objectives
• Monitor industry trends, competitive developments, and customer requirements

Customer Engagement and Customer Centricity

• Build strong relationships with key customers, industry leaders, and strategic partners.
• Serve as a thought leader and advocate for AspenTech process simulation solutions internally and externally.
• Champion customer‑centric product development, balancing market needs, innovation and business objectives.

Portfolio Ownership and Growth

• Drive business growth through increased customer adoption, expansion into new markets, and successful introduction of new capabilities.
• Drive innovation initiatives that strengthen competitive differentiation and market leadership, with close collaboration with R&D and other teams such as AI, UX and other product portfolios.
• Support evaluation of potential technology acquisitions and strategic partnerships that can accelerate market growth and product differentiation.
• Partner closely with Product Marketing, Sales, Services, Solution Consulting to drive growth Partner with thermal, chemical, and mechanical engineering domain experts to translate complex heat transfer and fluid flow calculation requirements into actionable software features Facilitate cross‑functional collaboration and successful outcomes.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field.
• MBA a plus.
• 10+ years of experience in enterprise software Product Management, ideally within engineering, simulation, or industrial software domains.
• Strong foundational understanding of process engineering, heat transfer, thermodynamics, or equipment design.
• Experience developing product strategies, business cases, and growth plans for enterprise software products.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across functions and organizational levels.
• Product Management experience within industrial software, engineering software or process industries.
• Knowledge of Agile product development methodologies.
• Prior hands‑on experience using Aspen EDR, HTRI, and/or other process simulation and heat exchanger rating tools.

Execution Focus: Knows how to get things done but also has the grit and resilience to drive execution. Pays close attention to detail, and monitors progress well

Outcome Orientation: This individual will be energized by a challenge and will strive to achieve significant outcomes. Demonstrated ability to successfully introduce new products/services to market that is timely, cost‑effective, and fully meets the needs of the target segment

Strategic Orientation: The successful candidate will be able to clearly identify and articulate evolving priorities for the business and frame business strategies and strategic direction for his/her area of business, underpinned by intensive market analysis, immediate customer feedback, and competitive analysis to drive solution development.

Collaborating and Influencing: The successful candidate will communicate with conviction and clarity, whether working with the senior executive team, internal organizations, or customers. He/she will have a natural inclination toward leading through collaboration and seek input and buy‑in from key players across the company. He/she will also demonstrate the personal flexibility to adapt to proven corporate philosophies and practices, as well as contribute new, innovative thinking.

#LI-RK1 AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real‑time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you’re looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head‑on with unmatched expertise, cutting‑edge AI‑powered technology and a passion to innovate.

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