Director, Portfolio Planning and Product Management

Who We Are:

Johnson Controls is the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings. At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.

This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most. Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet.

We’re helping to create a healthy planet with solutions that decrease energy use, reduce waste and make carbon neutrality a reality. Sustainability is a top priority for our company. We committed to invest 75 percent of new product development R&D in climate-related innovation to develop sustainable products and services. We take sustainability seriously.

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What You Will Do

The Director, Portfolio Planning and Product Management plays a critical upstream leadership role in shaping the long‑term direction of Johnson Controls’ Building Automation & Controls portfolio. You will define portfolio strategy, drive ecosystem development, assess portfolio investments, lead competitive intelligence, and shape vertical solutions and use cases.

This role is central to evolving our portfolio—ensuring JCI brings to market the right solutions, in the right sequence, backed by strong strategic choices. You will influence the future architecture of our Controls offerings and help ensure JCI leads in innovation, quality, and customer value.

How You Will Do It

• Portfolio & Strategy Leadership: Define the long‑term portfolio and product strategy for Controls, aligning with enterprise priorities and customer value drivers. Anticipate market shifts, competitive moves, regulatory changes, and technology inflections to guide strategic investment and shape the future-state architecture.

• Vertical Solution Management: Lead definition of new opportunities in prioritized verticals, including market segmentation, TAM analysis, validation of unmet needs, and development of differentiated value propositions. Build compelling business cases, solution framing, and strategic positioning for new offerings.

• Ecosystem Management: Identify and manage strategic technology partners that advance the Controls portfolio. Lead a disciplined make vs. partner vs. buy process to determine where external capabilities accelerate innovation or reduce time-to-market. Own key partner relationships, align joint roadmaps, and collaborate with Engineering and Corporate Development on partnership, licensing, or acquisition pathways. Continuously monitor emerging technologies to strengthen JCI’s architecture and competitive edge.

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Work closely with Engineering, Commercial teams, Finance, Operations, and other product leaders to ensure alignment across the lifecycle. Drive clarity across adjacent offerings and guide simplification of the portfolio to improve scalability, efficiency, and customer experience.

• Voice of Customer & Market Intelligence: Develop a strong outside‑in view of market and customer needs. Integrate customer research, industry trends, competitive intelligence, and emerging technology signals into clear recommendations that shape strategy and influence decision‑making across the organization.

• Business Acceleration: Support go‑to‑market teams with strategic insights, early adoption strategies, and value articulation for new solutions. Champion innovation, customer-centric thinking, and rigorous product planning to accelerate portfolio performance and growth.

What We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

• 10+ years of product management, portfolio management, or strategy experience, ideally within building automation, controls, industrial technology, or related sectors.

• Demonstrated ability to set long-term product strategy, build business cases, and manage complex roadmaps.

• Strong experience leading cross-functional teams in a global matrix environment.

• Deep understanding of building automation systems, controls architectures, and market drivers across mission-critical verticals such as healthcare, life sciences, and data centers.

• Proven success in driving upstream product efforts including voice of customer, market sizing, segmentation, and strategic portfolio planning.

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