Product Management Applications Director

Aspen Technology; Medina; On-site; SAR 737,000 - 923,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Saudi Arabia seeks a Product Management Applications Director to drive product strategy and execution for advanced application suites in the utility sector. The ideal candidate has over 8 years of experience in product management, leadership skills, and a background in electric utilities. This role offers competitive compensation, including a salary range of $196,800 - $246,000 and various benefits. Join us to make a significant impact in the energy sector.

Benefits

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Paid time off

Charitable giveback day

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management, business marketing, or technical experience, preferably in electric utilities.
• 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Experience presenting to electric utility staff and at industry events.

Responsibilities

• Direct management of Product Managers for applications.
• Develop content and participate in trade shows and events.
• Analyze customer requirements to design product strategy.
• Collaborate with Product Managers and engineers for improvements.

Skills

Product management

Market research

Leadership

Organizational skills

Customer relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field

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

The Product Management Applications Director is a key strategic role at Digital Grid Management (DGM) responsible for driving product strategy and execution for DGM’s advanced application suites, encompassing the applications that span the utility network from generation (GMS), transmission (EMS), through the distribution (ADMS & DERMS) down to the meter. This leader is responsible for supporting global sales and marketing initiatives, engaging with strategic customers, and developing industry relationships. The Product Management Applications Director will work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders to drive successful product and sales strategies to meet dynamically changing industry needs.

Your Impact

• Direct manager for Product Managers for individual applications.
• Support industry engagement strategy by developing content and participating in key trade shows, special events and conferences.
• Manage internal business initiatives to drive efficiency, scalability, and success in a growing and dynamic industry.
• Analyze customer requirements and design product strategy and direction based on overarching industry needs.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and contractors and educate them on DGM’s product suites.
• Monitor competitive landscape and identify trends.
• Gain in-depth knowledge in specific areas and manage complex situations and critical projects.
• Collaborate with other Product Managers, Development Leads, Product Engineers and Subject Matter Expert teams across the various Product Suites to drive continuous improvements.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field.
• 8+ years of product management, business marketing and/or technical experience, preferably within the electric utilities industry.
• 5+ years people leadership experience.
• Experience in performing market research and technical analysis to define customer product needs.
• Ability to travel up to 20%.
• Experience conducting presentations to electric utility staff and industry events.
• 5+ years Utility and/or Power industry experience.
• Excellent prioritization and organizational skills.
• Ability to learn the products with interest in the product portfolio.

This role is a valuable leader in our Digital Grid Management team at AspenTech. Learn more about the team here: Together We Build the Utility of the Future | Digital Grid Management | AspenTech

The salary range for this role is $196,800.00 - $246,000.00. This range represents what we in good faith believe is the range possible for base compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on several factors. This range may be modified in the future. This role is also eligible for bonus or variable incentive pay. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, charitable giveback day, medical/dental/vision insurance, and retirement benefits to eligible employees.