Circuit Breakers Product Owner

Schneider Electric; Raleigh, Cedar Rapids, Nashville (NC, IA, TN); On-site; USD 142,000 - 214,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Product Owner for Miniature Circuit Breakers in the Power Products division in the United States. You will own the lifecycle, performance, and continuity of the MCB portfolio, coordinating with manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, and marketing to ensure availability, profitability, and customer satisfaction.

You will prioritize maintenance, drive continuous improvements, ensure safety compliance, and maintain accurate product information while

Qualifications

• Experience owning lifecycle management of an established product portfolio.
• Ability to coordinate across manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, sales, and marketing.
• Strong business judgment balancing customer needs, cost, quality, and profitability.
• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business, Finance, or related field; MBA a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own lifecycle management of the existing MCB portfolio.
• Monitor portfolio health, performance, quality trends, and profitability.
• Prioritize lifecycle and maintenance activities based on impact and resources.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, marketing, and commercial teams.
• Coordinate product adaptations and continuous improvements.
• Support product quality and customer satisfaction with timely responses.

Skills

Lifecycle management

Product portfolio management

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer focus

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business, Finance, or related field

MBA (preferred)

Job description

Schneider Electric has a meaningful opportunity available for a Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCB) Product Owner in our Power Products division. You will work for a company consistently rated by Fortune as one of the "Great Places to Work", by Glassdoor as "Best Places To Work" and by TIME as the #1 "Most Sustainable Company in the World".

This opportunity for a Product Owner in Miniature Circuit Breakers is responsible for the lifecycle management, performance, and continuity of a large and established product portfolio, working closely with other MCB Product Owners and the League Leaders.

The Product Owner will play an important role in ensuring our existing offers continue to meet customer needs while maintaining product availability, quality, compliance, competitiveness, and profitability throughout the product lifecycle.

What do you get to do in this position?

• Own lifecycle management of the existing MCB portfolio, ensuring products continue to meet customer, business, quality, regulatory, and operational requirements.
• Maintain the health and performance of the portfolio by monitoring product performance, customer needs, quality trends, supply continuity, profitability, and evolving market requirements.
• Prioritize lifecycle and maintenance activities based on customer impact, business value, product risk, urgency, and available resources.
• Partner closely with manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, commercial, and marketing teams to ensure reliable product availability and timely resolution of product-related needs.
• Coordinate product adaptations and continuous improvements that enhance product performance, manufacturability, quality, cost position, customer experience, or long-term sustainability.
• Support product quality and customer satisfaction by ensuring product and application questions are addressed effectively and recurring opportunities for improvement are identified and acted upon.
• Ensure ongoing product compliance with applicable safety standards, certifications, regulations, sustainability requirements, and internal requirements.
• Support product and component transitions to maintain continuity for customers and minimize business disruption throughout the product lifecycle.
• Maintain accurate product information and documentation, including technical specifications, product attributes, ratings, application information, and other customer-facing product content.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and strengthen the existing portfolio, including product rationalization, cost improvement, standardization, and other lifecycle improvements.
• Bring customer, market, and competitive insights into lifecycle decisions to ensure existing products remain relevant and competitive as market requirements evolve.
• Maintain a clear lifecycle backlog and operating cadence, providing visibility to priorities, actions, risks, and progress across the existing portfolio.

What success looks like:

Success in this role means maintaining a healthy, reliable, and competitive MCB portfolio that consistently supports our customers and business. The Product Owner will help ensure strong product availability, timely lifecycle decisions, effective cross-functional coordination, continued compliance and quality, and ongoing improvement of the existing offer.

Qualifications

We know skills and competencies show up in many different ways and can be based on your life experience. If you do not necessarily meet all the requirements that are listed, we still encourage you to apply for the position.

This job might be for you if:

• You enjoy owning and improving an established product portfolio and understand how product decisions affect customers, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and commercial performance.
• You can effectively prioritize a broad range of activities and maintain focus on the issues that have the greatest customer and business impact.
• You are comfortable working across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, sales, and marketing organizations.
• You have strong business judgment and can balance customer needs, technical considerations, cost, quality, availability, and profitability.
• You are proactive, organized, and effective at driving activities to closure through cross-functional teams.
• You have strong technical aptitude and an interest in understanding product applications and customer needs.
• Knowledge of Miniature Circuit Breakers or electrical distribution products is preferred.
• You have 5+ years of relevant experience, ideally including Product Management, Offer Management, Engineering, Operations, Quality, or related experience.
• You have a four-year college degree in Marketing, Engineering, Business, Finance, or a related field; an MBA is a plus

At Schneider, we believe that every employee is a talent who deserves equal opportunities. This means you matter. Every individual needs to feel valued, supported, and treated fairly to do their best work.

Our Total Rewards is our way of saying: "We see you. We value you". It’s more than just pay and benefits- it’s a meaningful investment in you. It is designed for you to perform, grow, feel safe, and elevate your potential to shine as an impact maker.

For this U.S. based position, the expected total pay range is USD 142,400 - USD 213,600 per year. This pay range includes base pay and short-term incentives. The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our pay ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the pay range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

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Our Total Rewards package outlines all the benefits and support you’ll enjoy as part of the Schneider Electric team:

• Care for Yourself and Your Family. We ensure you feel secure with benefits that help you and your family thrive: medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks, flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, well-being programs, 12 holidays per year, and 15 days of paid time off per year.
• Invest and Plan Your Future. We help you plan and invest for the future with competitive pay and programs including base salary, incentives, company share ownership, and 401(k) with match.
• Grow Your Skills and Career. We support development through performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms like Coursera.
• Team Up in the Workplace. We encourage collaboration, recognition, sharing your voice, and an inclusive workplace.
• Support Your Community. We make a difference through volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.

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