Beschreibung
For our client in Essen we are currently looking for a Product Development Manager for Home Heating Solutions.Start: asap
Duration: 3 months
Location: Essen
Volume: full time
Language: English, German and or other additional languages
Project background:
Our client is looking for external support in form of a Project and Performance Optimization Manager for the home heating division.
Heating is the core of people's home - the client integrate Heating into the "energy home of the future" and connect with the other B2C solutions (PV, E-Mobility, HEMS) and the wider energy system.
Principal accountabilities
- Develop and implement the overall global heating proposition and product portfolio focusing on impact and synergies (e.g. Connected boiler proposition, service + maintenance)
- Define and implement global + regional Heating product + proposition strategy and product roadmap (aligning with (regional/global) stakeholders, milestones)
- Lead and coordinate multiple product teams across different locations in a matrix environment
- Collaborate and jointly maximize the impact of regional product development
- Ensure digital readiness and connectivity and compatibility to other domains (e.g. PV + heat pump, smart home)-geared up to customers' current and future needs
- Apply and implement various product development approaches and tools, e.g. scrum master, and agile ways of working, design thinking; act as role model and trainer
- Execute agile product development jointly with regional product owners - develop competitive (MVP) products/ propositions leading up to fast and successful market launch
Formal education / professional experience required for job
- University Master's degree or equivalent experience in product development
- Significant experience of working in product development environments and leading respective teams, including digital components, ideally in a Heating or energy services area
- Outstanding product development skills, e.g. agile, design thinking and scrum methodology
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills - engage with stakeholders, influence and explain challenging decisions, as well as new opportunities
- Ability to demonstrate a balance of strategic thinking, creative and commercial thinking and operating across multiple interfaces at a senior and operational level
- Open minded with clear teamplayer attitude towards successfully integrating but also shaping structures in developing environment
- Excellent written and oral presentation skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely to internal and external stakeholders
- Fluent in English, more languages helpful (e.g. German, Italian, Romanian)
Jan Ballis
MBA Michael Bailey Associates
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Michael Bailey International is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.