BESS Product Manager - New Product Development

Job Description SummaryThis is an exciting opportunity for a product manager with experience or interest in BESS to join a growing team and shape the future of battery energy storage at GE Vernova. The BESS Product Manager – New Product Development role will focus on developing new BESS products for use in all of GE Vernova’s target markets, including datacenters, standalone, and hybrid (BESS + generation) applications. Upon product launch, the BESS Product Manager will manage the product for a period of time before handing off the established product to the sustaining product management team and turning focus back to developing the next product.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead BESS augmentation product development from product ideation, stage gate process, and through to implementation and management.
• Develop business cases and make decisions about target markets, new technologies, and strategy across the global footprint of GE Vernova.
• Accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives. Integrate and develop processes that meet business needs across the organization, be involved in long-term planning, manage complex issues within functional area of expertise, and contribute to the overall business strategy.
• Broadening knowledge of own sales territory, product lines, markets, sales processes, or customer groups to execute policy/strategy. Still acquiring higher level knowledge and skills.
• Basic understanding of key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work. Good understanding of how work of own team integrates with other teams and contributes to the area.
• May have some autonomy to make decisions within a defined framework. Resolves issues in situations that require commercial knowledge and judgment within established procedures. Consults more senior team members for issues outside of defined instructions/parameters.
• Travel up to 25% as needed, including to customer sites, project sites, and manufacturing facilities. Most travel will be domestic but on occasion, international travel will be required.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering from an accredited university
• 2+ years of BESS experience, either from engineering or product management.
• 6+ total years of work experience in a professional environment, with applicable skill development and experience to the role.

Desired Characteristics

• Interest in both engineering and business development.
• MBA or business education or experience strongly preferred.
• Strong preference for candidates with prior product management experience with large and high-cost products in a B2B environment.
• Experience in BESS, program management, stage gate processes, LEAN startup methodology.
• Track record of working with salespeople and performing well in front of customers.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

The base pay range for this position is 89,700.00 - 149,500.00 USD Annual. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set. This position is also eligible for a performance bonus/variable incentive compensation/equity. 

Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. 

General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.