Company Summary
The world depends on data we power and cool™. Vertiv is a global leader in critical digital infrastructure for applications in data centers, communication networks, and commercial and industrial environments. The AI revolution is rewriting the rules of digital infrastructure, demanding solutions that move as one. Vertiv delivers end-to-end infrastructure where power, cooling, IT, and services work in unison. With our industry-leading innovative technologies and global services network, we are fueling the revolution of the digital world - keeping technology ecosystems running efficiently and without interruption. Built for multiple compute generations ahead, Vertiv empowers customers to stay resilient, optimized, and future-ready. As a publicly traded, S&P 500 company (NYSE: VRT), Vertiv operates globally, serving customers in over 130 countries with $10.2 billion in sales.
Role Summary
AI is driving data center power density, power delivery architectures, and infrastructure economics faster than most of the industry can absorb. New power system designs are moving from whiteboard to deployment in real time. Vertiv sits at the center of that shift, serving the world's largest hyperscalers, colocation operators, and enterprises.
The Global Portfolio Marketing Manager – Power is an experienced individual contributor role. You will contribute to how the market thinks about data center power infrastructure for the next decade. You will develop and execute on the product and solution narrative, the launch plan, the GTM execution, the outcomes, and the scoreboard.
This is an onsite position at our Global Headquarters in Westerville, Ohio (Columbus metropolitan area). You report to the Director of Strategic Portfolio Marketing, Power and serve as the marketing partner to product line leaders, while enabling GTM initiatives within global and regional teams, building customer intimacy into positioning and messaging, and translating technical differentiation into narratives that resonate with customers.
What makes this role different:
- Outcomes over features. Every narrative starts with the business value to customers: uptime, density enablement, speed to deployment, TCO reduction, risk mitigation. Product features and specifications follow the outcome.
- Solution framing. You bridge individual point products into cohesive solution narratives tied to customer applications, use cases, and pain points.
- Customer intimacy drives GTM. Customer journeys, buying triggers, and decision criteria shape your go-to-market strategy and execution.
- Collaboration. You partner with product management, sales, global, and regional marketing to unlock impactful product launches and GTM actions.
To summarize: Fantastic opportunity to shape the power narrative behind the AI infrastructure revolution.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the positioning, value proposition, solutions and marketing/GTM initiatives for assigned power solutions.
- Build product launch and growth plans for new and existing solutions that deliver on our multilayer offering position of products, systems, software, and solutions.
- Support and enhance the business unit product and technology relationship within Marketing for assigned products.
- Act as a subject matter expert (SME) on Marketing content (e.g., written, media, events, planning, etc.) for assigned categories.
- Develop product, systems, and solutions positioning and messaging, while building expertise that enhances the depth of knowledge in external communications, promotion and sales enablement.
- Build and maintain detailed persona profiles for the key roles in the Power buying group in data centers.
- Assist in creating go-to-market strategies and tactics based on buyer journey insights for target segments, buying groups, and personas.
- Collaborate with global and regional products and sales teams to deliver sales enablement materials and tools.
- Understand market trends, industry trends, and competitive landscape to shape positioning strategy.
- Track and provide trend analysis and insights to Marketing and Global Product Management teams.
- Support regional marketing programs for pipeline creation, market growth opportunities, and customer engagement.
- Present portfolio marketing initiatives, plans and outcomes to management and team stakeholders.
- Collaborate with colleagues in marketing – across brand, communications, digital/web, demand generation, and other business unit marketing leaders – to deliver on marketing objectives.
- Leverage Vertiv Operating System methodologies of best practice dissemination, lean/continuous improvement and robust management cadence with performance metrics, tracking and accountability.
Qualifications
- 8-10 years in product marketing, product management, or technical marketing role in the B2B space.
- Data Center, IT, Digital Infrastructure, enterprise software, or similar technology ecosystem and industry experience.
- Technical aptitude, ability to pick up technical concepts quickly, and navigate complex and broad product portfolios.
- Knowledge of power systems products and solutions (UPS, switchgear, power distribution, energy storage, power/energy software, etc.)
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities and projects across numerous stakeholders.,
- Ability to develop and execute strategies for world-class marketing, value propositions, messaging strategies, and go-to-market actions that drive brand impact and opportunity pipeline for new and existing offerings.
- Goal-oriented and self-motivated. Comfortable with ambiguity and has the know how to define clear objectives, owning processes/projects and seeing them through to completion to deliver results.
- Highly collaborative, able to work across functional teams.
- Proactive communicator with strong attention to detail.
- Data analysis experience and ability to effectively communicate findings while tailoring to a variety of different audiences.
- Enthusiastic and persistent problem solver.
- Excellent organizational skills and process oriented.
Travel
- 10-15%
Physical & Environmental Demands:
- None
About Us
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
- Customer Focus
- Operational Excellence
- High-Performance Culture
- Innovation
- Financial Strength
OUR BEHAVIORS
- Own It
- Act With Urgency
- Foster a Customer-First Mindset
- Think Big and Execute
- Lead by Example
- Drive Continuous Improvement
- Learn and Seek Out Development
At Vertiv, we offer the stability of a global leader in a growing industry and the opportunity of a startup. We design, manufacture and service the mission-critical infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial environments. With $5 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach in nearly 70 countries, our move to establish a standalone business enables us to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people.
Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to [email protected]. If you are interested in applying or learning more about this role, please visit the company’s career page located on Vertiv.com/Careers
Work Authorization
No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.
About the TeamSkills Required
- Minimum 8 years experience in product marketing, engineering, or product management for B2B in a technical industry
- At least 3 years in a technical industry (data centers is a plus)
- Engineering background
- Strong presentations and public speaking skills
- Experience with data analysis and ability to communicate findings to varied audiences
- Ability to create value propositions and messaging strategies
- Ability to develop marketing-driven pipeline strategies including upsell, cross-sell, and account-based programs
- Goal-oriented self-starter comfortable with ambiguity
- Highly collaborative, able to work across functional teams
- Ability to prioritize many projects and work well under pressure
- Proactive communicator with strong attention to detail
- Ability to pick up technical concepts quickly
- Enthusiastic and persistent problem solver
- Excellent organizational skills and process-oriented
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Self-motivated; comfortable owning processes/projects end-to-end
- Knowledge of data center software/hardware solutions and industry trends
What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.








