Product Management Leader - CDU

Trane Technologies plc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K match and retirement benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

Trane Technologies plc in Dallas, TX is seeking a high-impact Product Management leader to expand the CDU product family strategy for its data center business, owning the full lifecycle and building and mentoring a PM team. You will co-develop with GPU manufacturers and work with hyperscalers to compress time-to-market and deliver scalable, modular CDU solutions.

The role reports to TBD and is based in Dallas, TX, requiring strategic thinking, technical fluency in cooling systems, and strong

Qualifications

• Direct experience with data center liquid cooling systems.
• Familiarity with hyperscaler procurement and specification processes.
• Experience owning a hardware product portfolio from concept through commercialization — including requirements definition and production launch.
• Understanding CDU system architecture: TCS/FWS loop design, pump sizing, redundancy, DCIM integration.
• Strong technical fluency in fluid systems, heat transfer, or electromechanical product design.
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Financial acumen — ability to build business cases, model pricing, and connect product decisions to P&L impact.
• Comfortable in a hands-on PM role while developing others.
• Excellent communication skills for executive and customer audiences.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end CDU product family strategy and roadmaps across deployment types and configurations.
• Define CDU portfolio architecture and agilely align with hyperscaler, colo, and enterprise needs.
• Drive modularity and scalable design principles to support long asset lifecycles (10–15 years).
• Assess build-vs-buy-vs-partner options and co-development with GPU manufacturers and OCP references.
• Lead voice-of-customer research, benchmarking, and market sizing to inform investments.

Skills

Data center cooling

Hyperscaler relationships

Hardware product portfolio

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Pricing and P&L

Job description

Be a part of our mission! As a world leader in creating comfortable, sustainable, and efficient climate solutions for buildings, homes and transportation, it's our responsibility to put the planet first. For us at Trane Technologies (https://www.tranetechnologies.com/) , and through our businesses including Trane® (http://www.trane.com/index.html) and Thermo King (http://www.thermoking.com/na/en.html) , sustainability is not just how we do business—it is our business. Do you dare to look at the world's challenges and see impactful possibilities? Do you want to contribute to making a better future? If the answer is yes, we invite you to consider joining us in boldly challenging what's possible for a sustainable world.

Learn about our benefits (http://careers.tranetechnologies.com/global/en/benefits) designed for you to Thrive at work and at home.

We boldly go.

Where is the work:

Monday to Thursday, work onsite with your colleagues. Fridays, choose your work location, balancing what your work requires.

Role Overview

We are seeking a high-impact Product Management leader to expand the CDU product family strategy for Trane Technologies’ data center business owning the system, not just the box. This role requires a leader who will co-develop alongside GPU manufacturers before chips ship, speaking the language of hyperscalers fluently and compressing time-to-market as a competitive advantage. This is a player-coach role — you will own the full product lifecycle for our CDU portfolio while building and mentoring a product management team as the business scales. You sit at the exact intersection where market intelligence, customer requirements, engineering capability, and manufacturing reality must converge — and you are the one who makes that happen.

This role reports to the TBD and is based in Dallas, TX.

What You’ll Do

CDU Product Strategy & Portfolio Roadmap

• Own the end-to-end CDU product family strategy — assessing existing product performance against competitor landscape, identifying gaps across cooling capacity tiers (from sub-100kW to multi-megawatt), and building a prioritized roadmap to fill them
• Define the Trane Technologies CDU portfolio architecture across deployment types (in-rack, in-row, end-of-row, perimeter) and heat exchanger configurations (liquid-to-liquid, liquid-to-air), aligned to hyperscaler, colo, and enterprise customer segments
• Drive modularity and scalability as core design principles — enabling customers to deploy incrementally and upgrade CDUs and servers while keeping facility TCS loop infrastructure in place for 10-15 years
• Evaluate build vs. buy vs. partner options for filling portfolio gaps, including co-development relationships with GPU manufacturers (NVIDIA, AMD) and OCP reference architecture participation
• Conduct voice-of-customer research, competitive benchmarking, and market sizing to inform go/no-go investment decisions; translate ML/AI workload trends into CDU infrastructure product requirements

Cross-Functional Product Leadership

• Drive stage-gate reviews and ensure product development milestones are met on time and within budget across the full CDU NPI lifecycle, working in close collaboration with engineering and manufacturing leaders
• Translate customer and market requirements into detailed product requirements that engineering and manufacturing can execute against, with clarity on performance specs, reliability targets, cost constraints and design for manufacturing priorities – engaging manufacturing engineering upstream
• Partner with supply chain on component sourcing strategy, make-vs-buy decisions and supplier qualification for critical CDU subsystems
• Develop product positioning, pricing strategy and customer-facing technical content in partnership with sales and marketing; define go-to-market approach

Customer & Hyperscaler Engagement

• Serve as the primary commercial-technical interface for Trane Technologies’ most strategic CDU customer relationships, including hyperscalers, colocation providers, and AI infrastructure integrators
• Develop fluency in hyperscaler procurement and specification processes — including how customers build CDU requirements from ASHRAE TC 9.9 standards, OCP Project Deschutes specifications, and chip vendor thermal roadmaps
• Engage directly with GPU manufacturers (NVIDIA, AMD) and OCP working groups to co-develop or validate CDU reference architectures ahead of next-generation chip releases
• Rapidly prototype commercial and product experiments — pre-validated solution bundles, modular deployment kits, cooling-as-a-service models — learning and scaling what works

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a growing product management team; model strong PM craft including voice-of-customer discipline, data-driven roadmap decisions, and cross-functional influence without authority
• Define team operating cadence, tools, and processes to support a scaling CDU product portfolio; build PM talent as the business expands

What We’re Looking For

• Direct experience with data center liquid cooling systems — CDUs, rear-door heat exchangers (RDHx), immersion cooling, or direct-to-chip cold plate technology
• Familiarity with hyperscaler procurement and specification processes; existing relationships with AWS, Google, Microsoft, Meta, or Oracle infrastructure teams
• Demonstrated experience owning a hardware product portfolio from concept through commercialization — including requirements definition, PGT or cross-functional engineering collaboration, and production launch
• Understanding of CDU system architecture: TCS/FWS loop design, pump sizing, redundancy (N+1), leak detection, BMS/DCIM integration, and controls
• Strong technical fluency in fluid systems, heat transfer, or electromechanical product design — enough to earn credibility with engineering teams, engage meaningfully with hyperscaler infrastructure architects, and co-develop with GPU manufacturers
• Experience influencing cross-functional teams without direct authority across engineering, operations, and commercial functions
• Financial acumen — ability to build business cases, model pricing, and connect product decisions to P&L impact
• Comfortable in a player-coach role: willing to do hands‑on PM work while developing others
• Excellent communication skills — able to synthesize complex technical and market information for executive and customer audiences

Annual Base Salary Range or Hourly Base Pay Range:

0.00 - 0.00

Compensation Type:

Salary

Incentive Eligible:

No

Sales Commission Eligible:

No

Disclaimer

We strive to provide competitive compensation for this position, tailored to a variety of factors. The actual compensation will depend on elements such as seniority, merit, geographic location, education, experience, travel requirements, and union designation. Our compensation range is generally based on the national average for the country. Additionally, benefits may vary depending on the region, business alignment, union involvement, and employee status.

Thrive at work and at home:

• Benefits kick in on DAY ONE for you and your family, including health insurance and holistic wellness programs that include generous incentives – WE DARE TO CARE!
• Family building benefits include fertility coverage and adoption/surrogacy assistance.
• 401K match up to 6%, plus an additional 2% core contribution = up to 8% company contribution.
• Paid time off includes 15 vacation days, 9 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, sick leave, and additional options to support volunteer and parental leave.
• Educational and training opportunities through company programs along with tuition assistance and student debt support.

Disclaimer: Benefit offerings may vary depending on Collective Barraging Agreements and local/state regulations.

Safety Sensitive Role:

No

The company designates certain roles as Safety Sensitive. Safety Sensitive roles may require that you pass additional drug screening.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.