Get the chrome extension Sr. Product Manager-Battery Cabinet Solutions
ZincFive
The Sr. Product Manager – Battery Cabinet Solutions is responsible for the commercial lifecycle of UPS battery cabinet solutions designed for hyperscale, colocation, and Neocloud data centers, artificial intelligence (AI)/High-Performance Computing (HPC) environments, and related critical power markets. This role owns and executes the product roadmap from concept through end-of-life, drives product line financial performance and ensures solution competitiveness in global markets. This role engages directly with customers, UPS OEMs, and channel partners, serving as a sales support resource, and spearheading cross-functional alignment around the battery cabinet solutions and associated monitoring and accessory products. The position reports to the Director of Product Management and may be worked remotely from home, or at ZincFive headquarters located in Tualatin, Oregon.
Sr. Product Manager – Battery Cabinet Solutions Job Duties:
- Conduct market research and competitive analyses; bring the voice of the customer to the organization; generate product strategy as well as working with the applications engineering team to develop product concepts and MRDs (Market Requirement Documents) for roadmap projects
- Develop and maintain product roadmaps through working and aligning with multiple stakeholders
- Analyze customer and market needs and business challenges, including evolving UPS architectures and AI/HPC load profiles, and recommend future product direction to business management
- Partner with cross-functional teams including sales, marketing, applications engineering, program management, R&D, engineering, and customers to translate business opportunities into MRDs
- Work closely with the team to ensure that product requirements are understood and communicated to stakeholders for final approval prior to execution
- Support program management to ensure on-time delivery of specific milestones and prevent project scope creep
- Partner with all levels of sales, marketing, and engineering staff on technology and industry related issues specifically around UPS battery cabinet solutions, UPS compatibility and integration, and nickel-zinc battery technology
- Apply in-depth skills and broad knowledge of the business to address complex problems and non-standard situations
- Quickly adapt to fluid situations and keep focused on delivering on goals and commitments
- Support the ZincFive product lifecycle management process for all product management and marketing deliverables in each phase gate
- Strive to understand others’ opinions and build agreement among team members; utilize others’ ideas and suggestions to shape solutions rather than open-ended conversations
- Act as the product evangelist to build awareness and understanding through conferences, industry events, and publications; participate actively in relevant industry organizations and standards bodies globally
- Support digital marketing and PR groups from a technical product perspective
- Utilize marketing skills to develop position statements; feature-advantage-benefit statements; product pricing; collateral content and business cases, and revenue targets for product lines
- Work with global UPS OEM, channel, and integration partners to qualify, integrate, and offer ZincFive battery cabinet solutions
- Develop and maintain all sales tools, sales training material, and marketing collateral for assigned products in coordination with engineering
- Create and execute sales training programs for direct sales and channel partners
- Create and execute new product launch plans as well as promotional programs for existing products in coordination with all stakeholders
- Act as the primary resource outside of the sales organization for sales support on assigned products; Coordinate timely responses to sales inquiries with other team members and organizations as needed
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, power electronics, electrochemistry, or equivalent years of experience
- 5-7+ years experience in market research, product definition, and developing competitive advantages
- 5-7+ years experience in battery and DC systems for backup in data center and related critical power markets ranging from kW to MW power levels, including UPS battery cabinets and battery packs
- UPS and power electronics knowledge and product management experience
- Experience with various battery chemistries (e.g., VRLA, lithium-ion, nickel-zinc) and their application in UPS backup systems
- Experience writing product specifications including product concepts, Marketing Requirements Documents, and data sheets
- Experience in technical product management involving senior level stakeholders
- Strong presentation skills to create and present to diverse audiences including technical and executive levels
- Experience managing relationships with internal stakeholders and external customers
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite and MS Project and various software applications
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills
- Detail oriented and organized
- Ability to travel as needed, up to 10-20% domestic and internationally
Preferred Experience/Skills:
- Advanced degree, MS in Engineering or MBA
- Experience with UPS OEM products and battery cabinet integration, including UPS compatibility qualification
- Knowledge of safety standards and certifications for stationary battery systems (e.g., UL 1973, UL 9540A, IEC 62040)
- Battery monitoring system (BMS) and control logic experience
- Experience supporting full product life cycles
Key Competencies:
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Organizational and time management
- Excellent communication skills – verbal, written and presentation
- Good judgment and solid decision making
- Teamwork and collaboration
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:
- Work involves sitting, standing, occasional walking, and lifting up to 30 pounds
- Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment when required
- Requires the ability to travel by air, car, train, or bus
- Manufacturing, warehouse, lab, and office environments
- Must be able to maintain a level state of alertness while performing this job
Salary offers will depend on factors that include the location you work from, your level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and comparison to other employees already in this role.
In addition, the successful candidate for this position will become eligible for a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k, paid sick time, paid time off for vacation, paid holidays, paid community service days, professional/personal learning program, and applicable state/federal paid family leave.
ZincFive is committed to employing a diverse workforce. As an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status. We maintain a safe workplace and perform pre-employment testing. ZincFive is a participant in E-Verify and receives employment authorization of new hires through Social Security and the Department of Homeland Security databases.
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Product Manager- Fire Products
Seek Thermal, Inc
SUMMARY
Under the general supervision of the Vice President of Product & Marketing, the Product Manager, Fire Products will own product strategy, roadmap planning, lifecycle management, and cross-functional execution for Seek Thermal products serving the fire market. This role translates firefighter, department, channel, and market needs into differentiated product requirements and business priorities, partnering closely with Engineering, Design, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Quality, Customer Service, and Finance from concept through launch and sustaining activities
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Own the product strategy and roadmap for Seek Thermal fire products, balancing customer needs, market opportunities, competitive dynamics, technical capabilities, cost, and business objectives.
- Conduct market assessments and identify opportunities for new products, product innovation, and enhancements across hardware, software, accessories, and the overall user experience.
- Build a deep understanding of firefighters, fire departments, distributors, and other fire-market stakeholders through voice-of-customer research, field observation, surveys, prototype evaluations, field testing, and ongoing customer engagement.
- Define target users, use cases, value propositions, features, performance requirements, user experience, and packaging in partnership with cross-functional teams.
- Drive product planning documentation, including business cases, ROI analyses, MRDs, PRDs, competitive analyses, and launch recommendations.
- Partner with Engineering and Design to translate market and user needs into clear product requirements, make informed feature/cost/schedule tradeoffs, and maintain alignment throughout development.
- Lead cross-functional product execution for new product development and sustaining initiatives, helping teams deliver to agreed scope, schedule, quality, and cost targets.
- Prioritize product requirements and development work across multiple projects and lifecycle stages based on customer impact, strategic value, technical risk, and business priorities.
- Monitor competitive fire-market offerings, technology trends, customer feedback, field performance, and market changes; use insights to inform roadmap and product decisions.
- Act as the voice of the customer and market in product decisions and work with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Customer Service to understand and prioritize field issues and sustaining improvements.
- Collaborate with Sales and Marketing to develop go-to-market strategies, product messaging, training, sales tools, launch plans, and demand-generation activities for fire products.
- Support launches and post-launch performance by defining success metrics, tracking business and product performance, gathering market feedback, and recommending corrective actions or follow-on investments.
- Engage directly with customers, channel partners, and the sales team to support product discussions, demonstrations, field evaluations, and market-development activities.
- Maintain effective communication with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders regarding roadmap priorities, product decisions, risks, tradeoffs, schedules, and performance.
- Approximately 20-25% travel may be required for customer visits, field research, industry events, product testing, and internal collaboration.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES
- Product management experience with physical products, preferably technically complex hardware/software products or professional-use electronics.
- Success managing products through the full lifecycle, from market discovery and definition through development, launch, sustaining, and end-of-life.
- Strong customer orientation and ability to convert user needs, behaviors, workflows, and motivations into actionable requirements.
- Strong strategic thinking, market analysis, organization, planning, and attention to detail.
- Ability to understand technical tradeoffs and risks and work effectively with engineering counterparts.
- Ability to develop product and go-to-market strategies and communicate recommendations to technical, commercial, and executive audiences.
- Strong analytical and financial acumen, including business cases, ROI, cost tradeoffs, dashboards, and performance metrics.
- Ability to lead through influence and collaborate across Engineering, Design, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Quality, Customer Service, and Finance.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, Marketing, Product Management, or a related technical field; technical degree preferred.
- 5+ years of product management or closely related product development experience; hardware and integrated software experience strongly preferred.
- Experience in thermal imaging, fire service products, public safety, rugged professional equipment, or adjacent markets is preferred.
- Proven product launch experience; global manufacturing, supply chain, or procurement experience is preferred.
Why Join Seek Thermal?
You'll join a high-performing, collaborative accounting team where you'll have the opportunity to build a broad accounting skill set while learning from experienced team members.
Our team values accuracy, accountability, continuous improvement, and working together to get things done well. We encourage people to ask questions, bring forward ideas, and understand the why behind their work.
As Seek Thermal grows, we want this role to grow with it. Our goal is to provide the mentorship, experience, and increasing responsibility needed to develop into a well-rounded accounting professional.
Join Seek Thermal – See the Unseen. Shape What’s Next.
At Seek Thermal, we’re changing the way the world sees heat. Our innovative thermal imaging technology brings visibility to the unseen, empowering professionals and consumers to measure, detect, and visualize heat — transforming how people work, protect, and explore.
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Senior Product Manager
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Job Title: Senior Product Manager
Location: Remote, United States (New England or New York preferred), approximately 50% travel
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: $185,000+ Salary plus annual bonus
Company Introduction
This role is with a photonics manufacturer headquartered in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, with additional operations in Massachusetts and New York. The company designs and manufactures light measurement systems, integrating spheres, reflectance materials, optical calibration solutions, specialty light sources, and custom precision optical systems used across aerospace and defense, remote sensing, semiconductor, automotive, LED and lighting, medical device, image sensor, and industrial photonic markets worldwide.
The company is in an active growth phase, expanding its portfolio and its reach into high-growth application markets. Product management is central to that growth: deciding where to invest, how to position a highly technical portfolio, and how to equip the sales team to win.
Role Overview
The Senior Product Manager owns one of the company's photonics, light measurement, or remote sensing product lines end to end, from product planning and roadmap through launch, growth, and phase out. This role translates market and application insight into differentiated solutions, prioritized product investments, and repeatable commercial growth across assigned markets.
The products are highly technical and complex, and clearly articulating their value in each application space is the heart of the job. You will identify where customers need to generate, control, measure, or calibrate light, understand the technical and business problems involved, and determine where the company can deliver differentiated value. You will assess and refine the product portfolio, define product line and go-to-market strategy, and communicate what the portfolio does to the sales team in clear, credible application language.
The ideal candidate is an experienced hardware product manager who has done this at a company with established product management processes, and who can make complex technology easy to understand for customers and sales teams. The role can be performed remotely, but much of what the company does is better shown than said, so expect frequent visits to company sites in New Hampshire and Massachusetts as well as customer visits, for approximately 50% travel overall.
Core Responsibilities
- Own the strategy, roadmap, and full lifecycle of an assigned product line, from concept and launch through phase out
- Assess the product portfolio, define product line and go-to-market strategy, and refine the portfolio to optimize revenue, profit, and inventory
- Prioritize application opportunities based on market attractiveness, customer pain, capability fit, differentiation, repeatability, revenue and profit potential, and time to revenue
- Map assigned markets and value chains to identify where the company can participate and win
- Conduct regular voice-of-customer interviews with users, customers, distributors, and sales teams to understand applications, requirements, and unmet needs
- Translate technical needs into customer business outcomes such as cost, yield, throughput, quality, and repeatability
- Gather and prioritize product requirements and partner with engineering to define and deliver new products
- Build concise commercial and technical playbooks for priority applications, including target accounts, buying influencers, discovery questions, and proof points
- Assess competing solutions and alternative customer methods to establish the company's right to win, and recommend gaps to close through development or partnerships
- Support pricing, positioning, and sales activity with datasheets, presentations, white papers, and webinars
- Develop and execute go-to-market plans and product launches with Sales and Marketing
- Define, analyze, and report product metrics to measure success and guide strategy
Required Background
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, Optics, Business, or a related scientific field
- 3+ years of experience as a product manager for technical hardware products, with definable results such as launches, revenue growth, or portfolio improvements
- Product management experience at a mid-size or larger company with established product management processes
- Demonstrated experience with portfolio management, including product line strategy and go-to-market planning
- Proven ability to articulate complex technical value propositions to sales teams and customers
- Experience gathering customer requirements and partnering with engineering through product development
- Analytical, data-driven decision making, including pricing and business case development
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills; highly proficient with Microsoft Office
- Able to travel approximately 50%, including frequent visits to company sites in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
- Authorized to work in the United States without visa sponsorship
- Product management experience with photonics-based products (Preferred)
- Experience in one or more of: remote sensing, data center, semiconductor, light measurement, lighting, spectroscopy, or consumer or automotive production test (Preferred)
- Familiarity with radiometry, integrating spheres, optical systems, sensor technologies, or test and measurement equipment (Preferred)
- Based in New England or New York (Preferred)
- MBA or advanced technical degree (Preferred)
Compensation & Perks
- Base Salary: $185,000+ based on experience
- Annual bonus
- Full benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life and disability, and retirement plan
- Remote role with high visibility and direct impact on the company's product strategy and growth
- Career development, networking, and advancement opportunities across the parent group of companies worldwide
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