This role is designed for a strategic builder, integrator, and intrapreneur—someone who will shape market positioning, drive portfolio competitiveness, and influence long‑term business success.
As a member of the GPQSS Management Team, you will own the long‑term profitable growth and strategic positioning of a diverse portfolio spanning grid connections, power electronics, e‑mobility, BESS, hydrogen, and emerging edge‑driven solutions. You will manage offerings across their full lifecycle to ensure alignment with market needs, business strategy, and financial targets. The location of this role is flexible within Europe and will be determined in later stages.
Lead the GPQSS Product & Solution Management team and its full portfolio (Grid‑eXpand, e‑STATCOM, STATCOM, SVC Light®, SFC Rail, BESS, Energy Hubs, Power Quality, digital add‑ons), ensuring lifecycle excellence and alignment with organizational strategy.
Drive global market intelligence—monitor trends, competitors, and regulatory shifts—and translate insights into portfolio strategy, innovation priorities, and segment‑specific value propositions.
Shape and execute the portfolio roadmap, including new developments, enhancements, cost and complexity reductions, and phase‑out decisions to maximize competitiveness and profitability.
Prioritize and govern the development pipeline, ensuring robust business cases, financial alignment, and strong cross‑functional coordination.
Oversee product development with Engineering, R&D;, SCM, and Operations,



ensuring market‑driven requirement definitions, CapEx planning, timelines, and stage‑gate approvals.
Build and deploy product management systems, tools, and documentation (e.g., configurators, training, lifecycle management) to empower global commercial and operational teams.
Serve as the key interface between the market and internal functions, ensuring accurate volume forecasting and enabling capacity planning across supply chain, engineering, and operations.
support early‑stage M&A; evaluations, venture partnerships, incubation concepts, and intrapreneurial innovation initiatives.
Embed a culture of safety, integrity, transparency, and collaborative leadership across all product management activities.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Power Systems, Business, or related fields; MBA/post‑graduate in Strategy or Marketing preferred.
~15+ years’ experience in product management, portfolio leadership, or system‑level roles in energy, grid, power electronics, or related technologies.
~ Deep expertise in grid technologies, power electronics, inverter‑based resources, control systems, and industrial hardware/software development.
~ Highly collaborative, agile, and innovation‑driven professional with strong communication skills, passion for sustainability, and fluency in English.

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