Product Specialist Thermal
Westerville, OH - USA
Job Summary
POSITION SUMMARY
- The Product Specialist Thermal (Americas) is responsible for supporting offering management efforts to drive growth adoption and profitability of Vertivs liquid cooling portfolio across the Americas region. This includes Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs/XDUs) direct-to-chip liquid cooling fluid distribution systems and emerging high-density cooling technologies supporting AI HPC and next-generation data center applications.
- This role reports directly to the Sr. Director Product Management Thermal and works closely with Product Managers Liquid Cooling. The Product Specialist provides direct support in executing product strategies coordinating cross-functional activities and supporting later-stage product development phases including launch and lifecycle maintenance of existing offerings.
- This role collaborates extensively with sales teams customers regional stakeholders marketing and engineering to execute product roadmaps through the New Product Development (NPD) Stage Gate process.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide direct support to Product Managers Liquid Coolingin managing the Americas portfolio and executing product strategies.
- Support execution of product roadmaps through theNew Product Development (NPD) Stage Gate process with a focus on launch phases and sustaining existing offerings.
- Support day-to-day management of the Americas liquid cooling portfolio including coordination of new product introductions regional variants engineered-to-order (ETO) solutions and end-of-life activities.
- Research and analyzemarket trends demand drivers customer needs and competitive landscaperelated to liquid cooling and high-density data center applications.
- Gather and analyze customer sales and field inputs to identify growth opportunities and adoption trends.
- Ensureall customer-facing documentation and marketing collateralare accurate complete and up to date.
- Provide product and offering information tocustomers sales teams customer service and application engineering.
- Support development of business case inputs product documentation and internal alignment materials.
- Contribute to VAVE and cost optimization initiatives by gathering data and coordinating cross-functional actions.
- Monitor key trends such asAI workloads increasing rack densities and liquid cooling adoption and summarize insights for the team.
- Assist in translating customer and field feedback into structured inputs for product requirements and roadmap discussions.
- Supportcustomer engagementsby preparing technical and commercial materials and coordinating responses.
- Collaborate with Marketing to supportdemand generation programs and product launch activities.
- Create and maintainsales tools including order configuration forms presentations and training materials.
- Track and developpost-launch performance metricsfor new offerings including sales adoption and pipeline trends.
- Mine and analyze data to supportforecasting executive summaries and sales/order trend analysis.
- Support pricing and competitive analysis activities including data gathering and margin tracking.
- Assist with demand forecasting by compiling inputs from sales operations and historical data.
- Help coordinate and support resolution of product-related issues includingdelivery quality inventory and order management.
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelors Degree in Engineering or related technical field (BS or Master preferred).
- 3 years of experiencein product management thermal systems or data center infrastructure preferred.
- Experience withliquid cooling technologies(CDUs/XDUs direct-to-chip immersion or fluid systems) preferred.
- Basic understanding of the Americas data center market including hyperscale colocation and enterprise segments.
- Project management skills with the ability to prioritize and drive tasks to completion.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate technical information and complex concepts effectively.
- Experience working with customers field sales teams and cross-functional stakeholders preferred.
- General interest in sales marketing operations and financial disciplines.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Smartsheet and related tools.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
PHYSICAL & ENVIRONMENTAL DEMANDS
- None.
TRAVEL REQUIRED
- Up to 10% as needed.
The successful candidate will embrace Vertivs Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. . Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
- Customer Focus
- Operational Excellence
- High-Performance Culture
- Innovation
- Financial Strength
OUR BEHAVIORS
- Own It
- Act With Urgency
- Foster a Customer-First Mindset
- Think Big and Execute
- Lead by Example
- Drive Continuous Improvement
- Learn and Seek Out Development
At Vertiv were on a mission to empower the people that will power the future. From a simple swipe to life-changing medicines from push notifications to generative AI. We design manufacture and service the products and solutions that keep the world connected. With $6.9 billion in revenue a strong customer base and global reach spanning nearly 70 countries we are uniquely positioned to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.
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Work Authorization No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need s ... View more