VRF Product Manager

Proterial-1

Irving (TX)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Premium health coverage

401(k) with generous matching

Financial planning resources

Ample paid time off

Parental leave

Life and disability protection

Job summary

Bosch in Irving, TX is seeking a VRF Product Manager to drive product strategy across AME, coordinating with engineering, procurement, and commercial teams to strengthen portfolio competitiveness and market success.

You will bridge development and market execution, ensuring regulatory alignment and timely launches while collaborating with regional teams to balance cost, features, and application needs. This role demands leadership in cross-functional, global contexts.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, HVAC) or related field.
5+ years of experience in HVAC, product management, engineering, or related technical-commercial roles.
Experience with VRF systems (mini VRF, air to air and air to water VRF).
Solid understanding of HVAC fundamentals, including system design, applications, and performance drivers.
Experience with product lifecycle management (launches, updates, phase-outs).
Working knowledge of regional regulatory requirements (e.g., energy efficiency, refrigerants, safety standards)

Responsibilities

Support the VRF Systems segment across AME, contributing to product strategy, portfolio execution, and business performance (Includes Mini VRF and three phase VRF).
Drive portfolio management and product competitiveness, identifying gaps, opportunities, and optimization actions across multiple segments.
Coordinate end-to-end product lifecycle activities, ensuring timely launches, product updates, and phase-outs in line with quality, safety, and regulatory standards.
Collaborate with engineering and global teams to adapt global platforms to regional market needs, balancing cost, features, and application requirements.
Act as a key interface between product development and commercial teams, ensuring alignment with customer expectations and installer needs.
Support development of product roadmaps and business cases, contributing to prioritization of features, platforms, and investments.
Partner with sales and channel teams to strengthen go-to-market strategies, including positioning, product training, and value proposition development.
Monitor market trends, competitor activities, and regulatory changes, translating insights into actionable product and portfolio recommendations.
Contribute to pricing strategies and product positioning, ensuring competitiveness across residential and professional segments.
Support agile ways of working and speed-to-market initiatives, improving responsiveness to evolving market and customer needs.
Help drive transformation toward a more product-oriented and customer-centric approach, strengthening alignment across functions and regions.

Skills

HVAC fundamentals

Product lifecycle management

Regulatory requirements

Analytical and problem-solving skills

Communication and stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, HVAC) or related field

Master’s degree in Engineering, Business, or MBA

Job description

At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our outstanding Bosch teams around the world. Their creativity is the key to innovation through connected living, mobility, or industry.

Reinvent yourself: At Bosch, you will evolve.
Discover new directions: At Bosch, you will find your place.
Celebrate success: At Bosch, we celebrate you.
Shape tomorrow: At Bosch, you change lives.

Job Description

The VRF Product Manager is responsible for supporting the single phase and three phase VRF Systems segment across the AME region, with accountability for product strategy execution, portfolio management, and cross-functional coordination. This role works closely with engineering, procurement, and commercial teams to drive portfolio competitiveness, product readiness, and market success.

The position serves as a key link between product development and market execution, ensuring alignment with customer needs, regulatory requirements, and global platform strategies.

Key Responsibilities

Support theVRF Systems segment across AME, contributing to product strategy, portfolio execution, and business performance
(Includes Mini VRF andthree phase VRF)

Driveportfolio management and product competitiveness, identifying gaps, opportunities, and optimization actions across multiple segments

Coordinateend-to-end product lifecycle activities, ensuring timely launches, product updates, and phase-outs in line with quality, safety, and regulatory standards

Collaborate with engineering and global teams to adapt global platforms to regional market needs, balancing cost, features, and application requirements

Act as akey interface between product development and commercial teams, ensuring alignment with customer expectations, installer needs, and competitive positioning

Support development ofproduct roadmaps and business cases, contributing to prioritization of features, platforms, and investments

Partner with sales and channel teams to strengthengo-to-market strategies, including positioning, product training, and value proposition development

Monitormarket trends, competitor activities, and regulatory changes, translating insights into actionable product and portfolio recommendations

Contribute topricing strategies and product positioning, ensuring competitiveness across residential and professional segments

Supportagile ways of working and speed-to-market initiatives, improving responsiveness to evolving market and customer needs

Help drive transformation toward a moreproduct-oriented and customer-centric approach, strengthening alignment across functions and regions

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree inEngineering (Mechanical, Electrical, HVAC) or related field
5+ years of experience in HVAC, product management, engineering, or related technical-commercial roles
Experience with VRFsystems(mini VRF, air to air and air to water VRF)
Solid understanding ofHVAC fundamentals, including system design, applications, and performance drivers
Experience withproduct lifecycle management(launches, updates, phase-outs)
Working knowledge ofregional regulatory requirements(e.g., energy efficiency, refrigerants, safety standards)

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree inEngineering, Business, or MBA
7+ years of experience in product management or segment management within HVAC
Direct experience withVRF and ductless systems, inverter technologies, or light commercial applications
Knowledge oflow-GWP refrigerants (e.g.,R454B andR32)and evolving environmental regulations
Experience supportingproduct strategy, roadmap development, and portfolio optimization
Exposure topricing, positioning, and go-to-market strategy development
Familiarity withglobal platform adaptation/localizationfor regional markets
Experience working closely withOEMs, suppliers, or manufacturing teams
Understanding ofchannel dynamics(distribution, contractors, applied sales, key accounts)
Experience withdigital/connected HVAC solutions(IoT, controls, smart systems)
Ability to translatecustomer and installer insightsinto product requirements
Demonstrated ability to supportagile or fast-paced product development environments
Experience working incross-functional teams(engineering, sales, marketing, operations)
Familiarity withproduct lifecycle management(launches, updates, phase-outs)
Working knowledge ofregional regulatory requirements(e.g., energy efficiency, refrigerants, safety standards)
Stronganalytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret market and product data
Effectivecommunication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to work in amatrixed, global organization

Additional Information

*Bosch adheres to Federal, State, and Local laws regarding drug-testing. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Candidates who have been offered the position must pass both screenings before their start date.

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