Product Manager - Thermal Energy Meter

Itron is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water. We create a more resourceful world to protect essential resources for today and tomorrow. Join us.

The Product Manager, Thermal Energy Metering, is responsible for managing one or more products across the full product lifecycle, from initial development through market launch, commercialization, and ongoing performance monitoring across a the EMEA market scope.

This role can be based in any of these 3 locations: Oldenburg in Holstein (Germany), Macon (France), and Budapest (Hungary).

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Manage the end-to-end product lifecycle in collaboration with operational teams, including functional specifications, roadmap definition, planning coordination, market deployment, and lifecycle performance analysis.

• Partner with Sales and Marketing teams to define the go-to-market strategy, including positioning, pricing, business model, and communication approach.

• Ensure the application of the product strategy by guaranteeing defined pricing and execution of operational tasks: item creation, sample management, specification analysis.

• Analyze and study customer needs and identify opportunities for improvement, adjustment or product withdrawal.

• Identify and assess potential and existing partners.

• Lead webinars/training internally and externally.

• Participate in external events: trade shows, seminars, partner meetings.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Master's degree or higher education in related field

• Minimum of 4 years of experience in product management.

• Strong understanding of the relevant industry landscape, competitive environment, and customer needs.

• Up-to-date knowledge of market trends/macro trends and emerging technologies.

• Familiar and comfortable working with agile methodologies.

• Good knowledge of strategic analysis tools (SWOT, Porter…).

• Basic understanding of customer purchasing and financing mechanisms.

• Exposure to investment processes and company development capability.

• Strong professional English communication skills required, working knowledge of German is a plus

What we offer

• Opportunity to create a more resourceful world by working on the 21st century's biggest challenges: water, energy, and gas

• Benefits: 30 days annual leave, employee assistance program, etc.

• Strong culture promoting work-life balance, and hybrid work with 2 days home office per week.

Depending on your experience, this role is expected to offer between 65,000 EUR and 75,000 EUR annually. We review compensation regularly to stay competitive in the market.

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Itron is committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce and providing an authentic workplace experience for all employees. If you are excited about this role but your past experiences don't perfectly align with every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. In the end, you may be just who we are looking for!

The successful candidate's starting wage will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills and experience.

Itron is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. If you require an accommodation to apply, please contact a recruiting representative at 1-800-635-5461 or email [email protected].

Itron is transforming how the world manages energy, water and city services. Our trusted intelligent infrastructure solutions help utilities and cities improve efficiency, build resilience and deliver safe, reliable and affordable service. With edge intelligence, we connect people, data insights and devices so communities can better manage the essential resources they rely on to live. Join us as we create a more resourceful world: www.itron.com