Senior Product Manager

Wärtsilä Energy Storage is powering the shift to a cleaner, more resilient grid.

We work at the front lines of the energy transition, helping partners around the world maximize the value of renewables through grid-scale battery systems, advanced software, and expert services. Our portfolio includes the industry-leading GEMS Digital Energy Platform, utility-scale battery solutions, and lifecycle services that keep storage assets optimized and ready when it matters most.

With over 17 GWh of storage deployed or under contract across 130+ projects globally, we’re shaping how the grid of the future works.

In a world of rising complexity and accelerating change, we’re looking for future-focused talent to help us design, deliver, and support the energy systems of tomorrow.

Sound like your kind of challenge? Let’s build it together. 

About the position

In this position, you will define the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for battery technology and hardware integration. This includes gathering and managing market, customer, and internal requirements and actively engaging cross functionally to support the organization with battery related tasks. On a typical day, you might start with a supplier call with sourcing discussing technical specifications and end the day assisting the sales team with sizing a project. Though the work requires a high level of independency, you will not work on this alone, as you will have support from your colleagues in the PM organisation and other stakeholders. For us to be the best match, we expect you to have a good understanding of Product Management and experience from working in energy storage solutions or in the energy/electrical engineering field.

We are expecting you to take on the following responsibilities

Collaborate with battery cell/module/rack suppliers and develop a selection and screening process for new technologies. Obtain and understand product characteristics and value and work cross-functionally to select technologies/solutions/components that maximize value for the business and our end customers.              

Lead the technical discussions with battery vendors, in close cooperation with sourcing.

Collaborate and support our proposal and sourcing and delivery organisation in battery related tasks. Work cross functionally with engineering, delivery, supply chain, sales, marketing, and quality to launch products and solutions. 

Be responsible for Battery data and documentation internally and externally. Help to establish and enforce product definition and life cycle strategy.

Work with engineering to develop system, component, and sub-component specifications for the various elements of a Battery energy storage system such as functional, performance, and compliance requirements for rack BMS, system BMS, modules, rack switchgear.

Create and document product documentation such as manuals, application guides, and source content for marketing material.

As an ideal candidate, you have gained experience from the energy storage industry. For you to succeed in the position, we hope you to have the following competencies:

Systematic approach and excellent communication skills. Team player attitude internally and externally, Entrepreneurial drive.

+3-7 years of product development/management  experience preferably in battery and/or energy storage renewables systems including electronics electrical and BMS design

Knowledge of batteries and energy storage industry certifications and compliance standards

Maintain positive working relationships with customers, peers, subordinates, vendors, shop and office in a fast paced environment

Language skills: Mandarin is seen as an advantage.

Willing to travel 30% of the time

Last application date:  

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. 

Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country. 

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Wärtsilä is a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. Our team of 18,300 professionals, in more than 230 locations in 77 countries, shape the decarbonisation transformation of our industries across the globe. Read more on www.wartsila.com. 

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