Product Manager

At a Glance

Legrand has an exciting opportunity for a Product Manager to join the Data Center Power & Control Division in Reno, NV. We're seeking a technical product manager with data center and power expertise for intelligent Power solutions. This person will have the opportunity to lead the life cycle management of the Power product line, solve market problems, create value, and help delight customers with solutions to their data center power distribution and measurement requirements. This role will focus on OCP (Open Compute Project) power-related products and solutions within the data center market. They will also work across business units to help ensure a successful product direction and launch for our overall OCP product solutions.

What Will You Do?

This individual will be responsible for continued growth as a profitable power business. The technical product manager serves as the product subject matter expert, defining and delivering a product roadmap, researching market needs, defining market requirements, performing competitive analysis, and understanding and leveraging technology trends. Ongoing interactions with customers, including customer demonstrations, and presentations at industry events are considered essential in understanding customers’ pain points. Together with an experienced Engineering team, this knowledge must be transformed into clear requirements and a product strategy to ultimately win in the marketplace.

• Further duties include:
• Assess technology and impact on the roadmap to drive value-focused innovation and technical leadership in the market.
• Identify market opportunities based on the competitive landscape.
• Support product marketing and product launch activities including product presentations, training materials, marketing requirement materials, and other documents related to product training and launch. Establish, enhance, or distinguish product placement within the competitive arena.
• Develop business plans and product positioning in the marketplace including pricing strategies, product specifications, catalogs, data-sheets, training aids, web presence, and promotional events.
• Participate in overall product strategy, research and development requirements, development, and manufacturing coordination for new and emerging products.
• Gain knowledge and technical expertise in PDU accessories like sensors, door lock handles, and other peripheral devices.
• Support the FW engineering team by providing customer input and feedback related to feature requests and other FW updates and changes.
• Coordinate technical product development, estimates of potential profits, and release to production.
• Provide technical expertise and training to other departments including sales people, sales engineers, customer support team, and external partners and customers in support of product development and product launch.
• Collaborate with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

Education:

• BS in electrical engineering or similar; MBA a plus.

Experience:

• A minimum of 3-5 years of experience in the data center market.
• Experience with Power Distribution and Network installations.

Skills/Knowledge/Abilities:

• Global competitive knowledge/experience.
• Product line strategist.
• Capacity to work both independently and in a team.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organization and planning skills.
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proven excellence in researching, organizing, writing, and presenting technical information.
• High aspiration and desire to contribute to the team’s success.
• Desire to work with and delight customers.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Willingness to travel.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and data center power installations.
• Experience with power sales and distribution channels.

About Legrand

Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures. Our comprehensive offering of solutions for residential, commercial, and data center markets makes us a benchmark for customers worldwide. We harness technological and societal trends with lasting impacts on buildings with the purpose of improving life by transforming the spaces where people live, work, and meet with electrical and digital infrastructures and connected solutions that are simple, innovative, and sustainable. Legrand is a global, publicly traded company listed on the Euronext (Legrand SA EPA: LR). For more information, visit www.legrandgroup.com/en

About Legrand North and Central America

Legrand, North & Central America (LNCA) is a leader in the AV, Lighting & Controls, Electrical, and Data Center markets. LNCA offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, as well as distinctive benefits like a high employer 401K match, paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay, short-term and long-term disability benefit plans, above-benchmark paid maternity and parental leave, bonus opportunities in accordance with the Company’s incentive plans, paid time off to volunteer, and an active/growing Employee Resource Group network. For more information, visit legrand.us 

About Legrand’s Data Center Power and Control Division

The industry-leading brands of Approved Networks, Ortronics, Raritan, Server Technology, and Starline empower Legrand’s Data, Power & Control to produce innovative solutions for data centers, building networks, and facility infrastructures. Our division designs, manufactures, and markets world-class products for a more productive and sustainable future. The exceptional reliability of our technologies results from decades of proven performance and a dedication to research and development. 

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