Senior Portfolio Manager, Global Data Center Thermal Solutions

Socket.dev; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Three weeks paid vacation

Comprehensive benefits package

On-the-job training opportunities

Collaborative team environment

Zero Harm policy

Scheduling and management support

Employee discount programs

Job summary

Johnson Controls is seeking a Senior Portfolio Manager to own the strategy, roadmap, and launch execution for a category of GDCS products. This global, cross-functional leadership role delivers portfolio outcomes through influence across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and Program Management.

You will drive portfolio strategy, platform definition, and pricing considerations while collaborating with regional teams to optimize capacity, cost, and delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 12+ years of progressive experience in product management, product engineering, or technical commercial leadership of engineered physical equipment.
• 5+ years owning multiple product lines simultaneously, with demonstrated authority over tradeoffs and prioritization across them.
• Demonstrated ownership of a multi-year product roadmap that was funded, executed, and delivered measurable commercial results.
• Multiple engineered equipment programs taken through full NPI from concept to volume production, including at least one platform-level or architecture-defining program.
• Track record of authoring and successfully defending capital investment business cases at executive level, including NPV/IRR-based justification and capacity expansion justification for fabricated equipment.
• Deep technical fluency in heat transfer, HVAC, or refrigeration systems — sufficient to challenge engineering assumptions independently and hold credibility with consulting engineers and customer executives.
• Demonstrated success driving cross-functional outcomes in a global matrixed organization without direct authority over the contributing functions.
• Experience formally managing or developing product management or engineering professionals.
• Experience working directly with Sales to diagnose competitive losses and convert findings into product action.
• Global scope experience, including multi-region product responsibility and exposure to regional footprint and freight economics.
• Demonstrated ability to set direction and make defensible decisions under incomplete information and compressed timelines.

Responsibilities

• Own the multi-year roadmap for a category of products, sequencing investment against regional demand growth and evolving regulation.
• Define platform strategy across the portfolio to support configure-to-order delivery at scale.
• Establish clear position among products within the portfolio
• Assess competitors with particular attention to regional specialists and cost-position players.
• Partner closely with Sales and regional commercial teams to understand where the portfolio is losing, and why.
• Maintain a live view of product, feature, cost, lead-time, and documentation gaps blocking wins; drive each to closure or an explicit decision not to pursue.
• Conduct structured win/loss analysis, with attention to cost-position and lead-time losses, and feed conclusions into the roadmap.
• Drive specification influence with consulting engineers and design-build partners so GDCS platforms are positioned early in project design.
• Recommend pricing strategy and configuration-level price architecture to Finance and the P&L owners.
• Equip Sales with selection tools, application guidance, and competitive positioning for the portfolio.
• Author and defend the demand case and business cases for capacity expansion, recognizing long lead times.
• Supply the demand and product assumptions underpinning capex prioritization, working with Director, Portfolio CAPEX.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Operations on regional footprint strategy, recognizing freight and logistics economics.
• Recommend make-versus-buy and regional sourcing positions for major components.
• Ensure every product line has a credible NPI plan with defined gates and hold Product Managers accountable to them.
• Represent the portfolio in RCLP launch programs, resolving cross-product conflicts before they escape.
• Partner with Portfolio Industrialization on manufacturing readiness, test capability, and order flow definition for new product lines.
• Ensure launch material and sales enablement readiness with the Global Product Launch and Sales Enablement Manager.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Managers; set expectations, conduct reviews, and build succession depth.
• Build team capability in hardware product management fundamentals — cost engineering, supply chain economics, NPI discipline, and technical judgment under ambiguity.
• Set clear autonomy and responsiveness expectations so Product Managers operate independently within defined decision boundaries.
• Define and staff the portfolio's target structure, including justification for new roles as the portfolio expands.

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline

Job description

Build your best future with the Johnson Controls team!

As a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places, and the planet.Join a winning team that enables you to build your best future!

Our teams are uniquely positioned to support a multitude of industries across the globe. You will have the opportunity to develop yourself through meaningful work projects and learning opportunities. We strive to provide our employees with an experience focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing.

Become a member of the Johnson Controls family and thrive in an empowering company culture where your voice and ideas will be heard – your next great opportunity is just a few clicks away!

What we offer

· Competitive base salary and a comprehensive bonus program.

· Three weeks paid vacation in a calendar year/holidays/sick time/three PTO days in a calendar year.

· Comprehensive benefits package including 401K, medical, dental, and vision care - Available day one.

· Extensive product and on the job/cross training opportunities

· Encouraging and collaborative team environment

· Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy

· Providing Scheduling and management support.

· JCI Employee discount programs (The Loop by Perk Spot)

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The Senior Portfolio Manager owns the strategy, roadmap, and launch execution for a category of GDCS products.

This is a global, cross-functional portfolio leadership role.

The Senior Portfolio Manager delivers portfolio outcomes through influence across Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Sales, Marketing, and Program Management rather than direct functional ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy and Roadmap

• Own the multi-year roadmap for a category of products, sequencing investment against regional demand growth and evolving regulation.

• Define platform strategy across the portfolio to support configure-to-order delivery at scale.

• Establish clear position among products within the portfolio

• Assess competitors with particular attention to regional specialists and cost-position players.

Commercial and Customer Support

• Partner closely with Sales and regional commercial teams to understand where the portfolio is losing, and why.

• Maintain a live view of product, feature, cost, lead-time, and documentation gaps blocking wins; drive each to closure or an explicit decision not to pursue.

• Conduct structured win/loss analysis, with attention to cost-position and lead-time losses, and feed conclusions into the roadmap.

• Drive specification influence with consulting engineers and design-build partners so GDCS platforms are positioned early in project design.

• Recommend pricing strategy and configuration-level price architecture to Finance and the P&L owners.

• Equip Sales with selection tools, application guidance, and competitive positioning for the portfolio.

Capacity, Capital, and Supply

• Author and defend the demand case and business cases for capacity expansion, recognizing the long lead time between decision and available capacity.

• Supply the demand and product assumptions underpinning capex prioritization, working closely with the Director, Portfolio CAPEX.

• Partner with Supply Chain and Operations on regional footprint strategy, recognizing that freight and logistics economics materially shape competitiveness in large, fabricated equipment.

• Recommend make-versus-buy and regional sourcing positions for major components.

New Product Introduction and Launch

• Ensure every product line has a credible NPI plan with defined gates and hold Product Managers accountable to them.

• Represent the portfolio in RCLP launch programs, resolving cross-product conflicts before they escape.

• Partner with Portfolio Industrialization on manufacturing readiness, test capability, and order flow definition for new product lines.

• Ensure launch material and sales enablement readiness with the Global Product Launch and Sales Enablement Manager.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Product Managers; set expectations, conduct reviews, and build succession depth.

• Build team capability in hardware product management fundamentals — cost engineering, supply chain economics, NPI discipline, and technical judgment under ambiguity.

• Set clear autonomy and responsiveness expectations so Product Managers operate independently within defined decision boundaries.

• Define and staff the portfolio's target structure, including justification for new roles as the portfolio expands.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical discipline.

• 12+ years of progressive experience in product management, product engineering, or technical commercial leadership of engineered physical equipment.

• 5+ years owning multiple product lines simultaneously, with demonstrated authority over tradeoffs and prioritization across them.

• Demonstrated ownership of a multi-year product roadmap that was funded, executed, and delivered measurable commercial results.

• Multiple engineered equipment programs taken through full NPI from concept to volume production, including at least one platform-level or architecture-defining program.

• Track record of authoring and successfully defending capital investment business cases at executive level, including NPV/IRR-based justification and capacity expansion justification for fabricated equipment.

• Deep technical fluency in heat transfer, HVAC, or refrigeration systems — sufficient to challenge engineering assumptions independently and hold credibility with consulting engineers and customer executives.

• Demonstrated success driving cross-functional outcomes in a global matrixed organization without direct authority over the contributing functions.

• Experience formally managing or developing product management or engineering professionals.

• Experience working directly with Sales to diagnose competitive losses and convert findings into product action.

• Global scope experience, including multi-region product responsibility and exposure to regional footprint and freight economics.

• Demonstrated ability to set direction and make defensible decisions under incomplete information and compressed timelines.

Preferred

• Data center market experience, including hyperscale and colocation procurement models.

• Experience with specification influence through consulting engineers and design-build channels.

• Experience leading an engineer-to-order to configure-to-order business model transition.

• Experience scaling manufacturing capacity for large, fabricated equipment across multiple regions.

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $130,000.00 – 190,000.00 USD Annual. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. This position includes a competitive benefits package.

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