At Hitachi Energy our purpose is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We bring power to our homes, schools, hospitals and factories. Join us and work with fantastic people, while learning and developing yourself on projects that have a real impact to our communities and society. Bring your passion, bring your energy, and be part of a global team that appreciates a simple truth: Diversity + Collaboration = Great Innovation
The Global Product Specialist – Digital Solutions” will work as part of the global product management team in the Grid Edge Solutions business. The key role is to provide an end-2-end data driven service for distributed energy systems and enhance customer value streams. Use cases range from data driven predictive & prescriptive maintenance offerings, digital twin concepts, all the way towards market facing & trading solutions. The engineerGPS Digital Solutions needs to work with across a complex product portfolio from battery storage towards power system automation, supporting sales, Bid & Proposal – engineering – execution & commissioning.
Your responsibilities
- Drive the development of strategies and business models for a service and digital portfolio in product management. This includes an analysis of the customer and internal values that the service and digital offerings provide
- Support Sales and Business Development globally as technical expert
- Provide competitive intelligence on service and digital offerings and related business
- Interface with R&D to make sure the products will meet the market requirements.
- Attend conferences and customer events to promote and discuss the Service and Digital offering
- Support the B&P team in discussing and specifying functional and non-functional project requirements and the related engineering effort.
- Support the roll-out and the market introduction of the Digital portfolio releases to supply units and ensure smooth handover in customer projects
- Work with cross-functional project teams (Power Electronics, Mechanics, Control and Automation, Sales, Engineering, Service)
- Setup and manage partnerships with external R&D and production suppliers
- Collect and clarify requirements and drive prioritization with multiple stakeholders
- Support the R&D organization in continuously improving the processes and ways of working towards increasingly lean and agile methods
- Embracing a "voice of customer" mentality and driving that thought processes throughout the engineering organization) - holistic data driven value creation perspective
Your background
- University degree or tertiary education in a technical field with >3 years of experience
- Experience in software and digital solutions, power systems and/or plant automation as well as knowledge in IoT infrastructure is a plus
- Strong team player
- Ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment with competing and changing priorities
- Strong communication skills verbal and written with open and direct communication style
- Must have the ability to manage multiple technical projects simultaneously and have the experience and ability to interface with customers, cross-functional teams, and all levels of personnel/management
- This position requires the ability and willingness to travel
- Fluent in English. Italian is a plus
More about us
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all. We serve customers in the utility, industry and infrastructure sectors with innovative solutions and services across the value chain. Together with customers and partners, we pioneer technologies and enable the digital transformation required to accelerate the energy transition towards a carbon-neutral future. We are advancing the world’s energy system to become more sustainable, flexible and secure whilst balancing social, environmental and economic value. Hitachi Energy has a proven track record and unparalleled installed base in more than 140 countries. Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ around 38,000 people in 90 countries and generate business volumes of approximately $10 billion USD. www.hitachienergy.com
Publication date
2022-03-03
Reference Number
IT52433973_E5