Product Manager

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success - and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

Data center infrastructure is evolving fast, and the physical systems that support server and networking equipment are critical to performance and reliability. Join nVent as a Product Manager focused on engineered hardware solutions that support data center and networking environments-working closely with engineering, manufacturing, sales, and field teams to bring scalable, marketready products from concept through launch.

** Ideal candidates will work a hybrid work schedule, with 4 days/week on-site in Anoka, MN. **

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Own and implement endtoend product lifecycle management, including product line strategy, multiyear roadmaps, and technology plans for engineered, hardwarebased product portfolios with global market responsibility.
• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Development Process (PDP) initiatives by developing strong, databacked product recommendations, including customer needs, product requirements, feature definition, competitive positioning, financial projections, and gotomarket strategy.
• Drive crossfunctional collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, finance, sales, and marketing to deliver revenue growth, margin improvement, cost reduction, quality, and timely delivery performance.
• Lead Voice of the Customer (VOC), market, and competitive research efforts with an emphasis on understanding how products fit into broader data center and networking architectures.
• Develop and communicate compelling, quantified value propositions and pricing rationale that clearly differentiate products for customers, channel partners, and sales teams.
• Partner with regional and global marketing teams to support gotomarket strategies, product launches, and creation of sales enablement and marketing collateral.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert for assigned product lines, supporting internal teams, customers, and channel partners while driving continuous improvement within the product management function.

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in technical or hardware product management, product innovation, or new product development within engineered products, manufacturing, or industrial technology environments.
• Demonstrated experience supporting products used in data center environments, with handson exposure to networkingadjacent infrastructure, interconnect, enclosurebased systems, or closely related technologies.
• Solid understanding of how products interface within larger systems, including performance, physical integration, and deployment considerations in critically important environments.
• Demonstrated electrical and/or mechanical systems knowledge gained through handson experience, manufacturing exposure, or close collaboration with engineering teams.
• Consistent track record leading complex, crossfunctional, matrixed teams and owning initiatives throughout all stages until commercialization.
• Strong business and project leadership skills, including experience managing product roadmaps, priorities, and profitability.
• Experience collaborating with commercial organizations, including sales, marketing, distributors, contractors, and/or manufacturer's representatives.
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20% annually, including domestic overnight travel and occasional international travel.

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We're known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Pay Transparency

nVent's pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee's work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range:

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan - both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits such as tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other's authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.