Services Incubation Hub Manager

Schneider Electric; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 142,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Flexible work arrangements

Paid holidays & PTO

Job summary

Schneider Electric invites experienced leaders to join the Services Incubation Hub in driving the next generation of energy services. You will own incubations end-to-end, balance priorities across a dynamic portfolio, and stay close to customers, data, and technology.

The role emphasizes AI, cloud, and hybrid architectures, with an entrepreneurial mindset and strong business sense. We value creativity, rapid learning cycles, and a customer-centric approach as you partner with startups and

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in the segment’s domain (Cloud & Service Providers, Power & Grid, Buildings, or Industries).
• Location: [to confirm] for this U.S. based role.
• Full professional English required; French an asset.
• Willingness to travel regularly for customer engagement.

Responsibilities

• Own a portfolio of incubations end to end within your segment.
• Prioritize portfolio in real time and manage multiple incubations.
• Lead customer-centric validation and translate signals into actions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to accelerate incubation progress.
• Drive creativity and resilience to overcome obstacles and defend investments.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Entrepreneurial Mindset

Technical Curiosity

Business Acumen

Customer Discovery

Resilience

Portfolio Prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in a relevant field

Job description

Job Description

Joining the Services Incubation Hub means joining the team that invents what Schneider Electric’s services business becomes next.

We are a team of builders and entrepreneurs. We take raw ideas for new energy services, ranging from AI native offers to software defined infrastructure to outcome based contracts, and turn them into proven, fundable bets, tested with real customers, backed by real evidence, ready to scale. We work like a startup inside Schneider Electric: small, senior, fast, close to customers, close to code and close to data. Our bets span Cloud and Service Providers, Power and Grid, and Buildings and Industries, the segments where ONE Services is building its next generation of offers.

Our mindset is creative and experimental. We think in prototypes, not slide decks. We validate with customers before we build at scale, and we build with AI as a native tool, not an afterthought. Every idea moves through fast learning cycles: try it, test it with real customers, learn, and move again. The bets that prove themselves get handed to our Leagues to scale across Schneider Electric’s global services business.

We are building this at a defining moment for the industry. Services are shifting from reactive maintenance to predictive and autonomous optimization, from hours of intervention to guaranteed outcomes, from cloud only architectures to hybrid and edge intelligence. Our ambition is to be the engine that gives Schneider Electric’s ONE Services strategy its next generation of offers, and to do it with the speed, creativity and technical edge of a native AI startup.

If you are energized by ambiguity, by customer truth, and by building fast with AI at the core of how you work, this is your team.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Ownership

• Own a portfolio of 4 to 7 incubations end to end within your segment, from early idea through customer validation to league handshake
• Continuously prioritize the portfolio, deciding in real time which bets to advance, pause or drop
• Juggle multiple incubations concurrently at different stages, without losing momentum on any of them

Entrepreneurial & Technical Fluency

• Bring an entrepreneurial mindset and a genuine love of technology to every bet, staying close to the tools, data and architecture behind each incubation
• Balance technical curiosity with business discipline, keeping the customer and the commercial case at the center of every technically interesting idea

Customer-Centric Validation

• Keep the customer at the center of every incubation, testing real problems with real customers before committing further investment
• Translate customer signals into decisions: what to build next, what to test, what to kill

Creative Problem-Solving & Resilience

• Meet obstacles with creativity and agility
• Fight for the ideas that deserve investment, building the evidence and the narrative needed to keep a promising bet alive

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Draw on the Hub’s transverse capabilities (prototyping and agentic ops, venture and business design, strategy and portfolio governance, community and ecosystem) to move each incubation faster
• Own the relationship with the receiving League for each incubation, preparing and leading the handshake when a bet is ready to scale

Skills & Competency

Segment & Domain Fluency

Deep understanding of the segment’s customers, market and technology (Cloud & Service Providers, Power & Grid, Buildings, or Industries).

Entrepreneurial Mindset

Comfortable building something from nothing and owning outcomes end to end.

Technical Curiosity

Genuine interest in and fluency with the technologies underpinning new services offers.

Business & Commercial Acumen

Thinks in terms of business case, customer value and monetization, not just technical feasibility.

Customer Discovery & Validation

Skilled at running structured customer conversations and translating them into decisions.

Resilience & Creative Problem-Solving

Treats obstacles as design challenges to work through, not reasons to stop.

Portfolio Prioritization

Comfortable managing several concurrent bets and making real-time prioritization calls.

Competencies & Domain Expertise

Leadership

• Ownership: Owns each bet end to end, from idea to handshake.
• Assumption Hunter: Attacks the riskiest assumption first, sequencing questions by risk.
• Advocate: Fights for ideas worth investing in, building the evidence to support them.

Collaboration & Communication

• Customer-Facing: Comfortable running structured discovery conversations with customers.
• Cross-Functional Fluency: Pulls in the right transverse support at the right time.
• League Relationship Builder: Builds trust with league leaders ahead of the handshake.

Autonomy & Growth

• Self-Direction: Drives each bet forward without waiting to be told what’s next.
• Adaptability: Juggles multiple bets at different stages without losing momentum.
• Continuous Learning: Builds new domain and technical fluency as the segment evolves.

Candidate Requirements

Background

7-10 years of experience in the segment’s domain (Cloud & Service Providers, Power & Grid, Buildings, or Industries), ideally combining commercial and technical exposure. Track record of managing multiple ambiguous initiatives concurrently.

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in a relevant technical or business field.

Location

[to confirm]

Languages

Full professional English required; French an asset.

Travel

Regular, for customer engagement.

What’s in it for me?

• Lead innovation initiatives with enterprise-wide impact and visibility
• Work directly with cutting-edge startups and emerging technologies
• Mentor founders while shaping the future of a global leader in sustainability and energy
• Join a culture that champions bold ideas, collaboration, and professional growth

Compensation and Benefits

For this U.S. based position, the expected 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.

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.

Eligibility and Hiring Information

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.

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