Product Manager - Gas

Product Manager – Gas Products

Permanent

Dumbarton

At Aggreko, we provide energy solutions so businesses can grow, and communities can thrive.

Mines, data centers, sporting events, manufacturing sites – even whole cities – need electricity around the clock. Reliable supplies of energy have never been more critical. That’s why we make sure our customers have power, heating, and air conditioning when, where and for however long they need it.

The purpose of the role:

We are currently looking for a Product Manager to manage products aligned to our gas fired power generation product portfolio.

The Product Manager will be responsible for defining, planning and executing the product strategy for all centrally managed products in the gas-fired power generation product portfolio and for supporting our regional businesses on the selection of locally managed products.

This role requires a visionary leader with a strong background in product management, market analysis, and cross-functional team leadership. Aggreko operates in a fast-moving, highly commercial environment. To be successful in this role, the applicant will need to be comfortable in a fast-paced environment and can weigh up the commercial impact of balancing competing demands in cost, time and engineering complexity.

Key Responsibilities

The key focus areas for the Product Manager (Gas Products) role are:

• Product strategy development: responsible for developing and communicating the product vision and roadmap, aligned to strategic direction of the business. This includes identifying market opportunities, customer needs, defining product requirements and specifying the skills and competences for their delivery.
• Product planning: responsible for ensuring business sponsorship for new product introductions and commitment of all business resources required to realise the business case. Owner of Product management and execution during its entire lifecycle (from business case to product succession). Ensure global specifications (covering both technical and sustainability aspects) are available for our key products, having overall responsibility for recommending make or buy options.
• Product execution: Collaborate and work with cross-functional teams to identify sourcing options and to ensure product delivery (on time, at quality and cost) and skills & resources required to deliver the Product strategy, having overall accountability for the outcome of those teams. 
• Stakeholder management: responsible for communicating with key stakeholders (regional customers, suppliers, executives, sales teams, developers) and for acting as Voice of Customer within the function. This includes gathering feedback, managing expectations, identifying regional stakeholders (regional Product Management) and manage them as a community.
• Competitive advantage & analysis: responsible for understanding the competitive landscape and maintaining commercial & technical understanding of industry trends and market drivers, maintaining strategic supplier relationships and identifying new market opportunities.

What we’re looking for:

• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, relationship management and collaboration skills – communicates clearly and effectively, being able to manage and influence a complex network of stakeholders at different levels (internal and external)
• Hand on, self-motivated and confident to take ownership of successfully introducing products into our portfolio. Proven track record of successfully launching and managing products in a competitive market.
• Strong commercial acumen and technical background to help specifying products to deliver optimal returns from a strong value proposition.
• Strong cultural awareness – understands and respects the cultural differences across countries and regions, adapting accordingly.
• Growth mindset (business and personal) – always looking for growth opportunities within the business and yourself.
• Relevant or translatable industry experience that informs a credible global roadmap of successfully managed products.

Why join Aggreko?

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes, and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

Our culture inspires and unites us to grow, change and deliver the best solutions for our customers. It means that we are:  

Dynamic. Although we’re sixty years old, it doesn’t feel like it when you work here. There is a lot going on and our entrepreneurial spirit helps us to deliver at pace for customers and each other. 

Experts in what we do. We’re a team of experts who blend our experience and unique expertise to deliver precisely the right solution for customers. Our work is hugely varied; no two days are the same. And because of this, there are always opportunities for motivated people to learn and grow quickly. 

Innovative. We’re curious about how new ideas and technologies can benefit customers and simplify how we work. And that’s as true for our fleet, where we’re introducing hybrids and battery storage, as it is for improving the way we work together. 

Together. We’re a team of 6,000 people. We might be spread out across the globe, but because we’re inclusive and straightforward, and we hold each other to account, we work well together to get things done.  

Join us, bring your energy, and grow your career.

Equity, diversity and inclusion at Aggreko

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.