Portfolio Development and Launch Manager

Danfoss; United States; On-site; USD 84,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Paid vacation

Pension plans

Personal insurance

Job summary

Danfoss seeks a Portfolio Development and Launch Manager to shape the Brazed Heat Exchanger portfolio and lead strategy from insights to market-ready products. You will integrate customer needs with technical capabilities and drive global launch excellence across regions.

You will collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product Management, R&D, and Strategy teams to ensure our portfolio stays competitive and sustainable, delivering value to OEMs and end users worldwide.

Qualifications

• Experience with brazed heat exchangers and their heating/cooling applications.
• Strong ability to pair technical product knowledge with commercial decisions.
• 5–7+ years developing product portfolio strategies, roadmaps and launch plans.
• Proven track record influencing stakeholders across functions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute portfolio strategies and roadmaps to drive profitable growth and customer value.
• Lead new product launch activities ensuring effective positioning and market adoption.
• Translate customer and market insights into innovative product concepts and opportunities.
• Collaborate across Sales, Marketing, Product Management, R&D and Strategy to align priorities.

Skills

Brazed heat exchangers

Technical product understanding

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Job description

Portfolio Development and Launch Manager

Req ID: 51773 | Job Location: Kamnik, SI, Ljubljana-Sentvid, SI | Employment Type: Full Time | Segment: Danfoss Climate Solutions Segment | Job Category: Marketing & Communication | Work Location Type: On-site | Job Experience Level: Mid-Senior level

The Impact You'll Make

As a Portfolio Development and Launch Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Brazed Heat Exchanger portfolio. You will help define the right solutions for our customers, ensuring our products address market needs while supporting sustainable business growth.

You will be at the center of strategy, innovation, and execution, translating customer insights into competitive product offerings that create value for OEMs, partners, and end users worldwide. Your work will directly influence how our portfolio evolves and succeeds in the market.

This is a highly visible global role where you will connect market opportunities with product strategy, helping Danfoss deliver innovative solutions that support a more efficient and sustainable future.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Develop and execute product portfolio strategies and roadmaps that drive profitable growth and maximize customer value.
• Lead new product launch activities, ensuring products are effectively positioned, successfully introduced, and adopted in target markets.
• Gather and translate customer and market insights into innovative product concepts, portfolio improvements, and business opportunities.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product Management, R&D, and Strategy teams to align priorities and deliver impactful outcomes.
• Drive regional portfolio development initiatives, launch performance tracking, and strategic planning to strengthen market competitiveness.

What We're Looking For

• Strong knowledge of brazed heat exchangers and their applications within the heating and cooling industry.
• Ability to combine technical product understanding with commercial and customer-focused decision making.
• At least 5- 7 years of experience developing product portfolio strategies, roadmaps, and product launch plans.
• Proven ability to work effectively across functions, influence stakeholders, and build strong professional relationships.
• A customer-first mindset with the ability to identify market needs and convert them into valuable business opportunities.
• Fluency in English is required.

What You'll Get from Us

• We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
• You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
• We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
• You’ll receive benefits like, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

Our Commitment to Transparency

Salary ranges listed reflect only primary location and currency. For local salary ranges and specific benefits in your preferred hiring location, please ask your Talent Acquisition representative for more information.

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Any benefits listed do not promise or guarantee any particular benefit or specific action. They may depend on country or contract specifics and are subject to change at any time without prior notice.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in areas such as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, marine, and on- and off-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for data centers, renewable energy, energy storage, heat recovery, as well as contribute to district energy solutions for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned and employs over 39,000 people. We create long-term value for our customers in more than 100 countries with a global footprint of around 100 factories.