Product Manager - CYME Software

Role Description

Eaton's Electrical Engineering Services and Systems division is currently seeking a Product Manager - CYME Software. This role is REMOTE based in the United States.

As part of the marketing team, the Product Manager - CYME Software will lead the strategy, development, and lifecycle of power system analysis applications within Eaton’s CYME marketing team. This role is responsible for:

• Capturing the voice of the customer
• Defining product roadmaps
• Launching new offerings
• Supporting training, pricing, and marketing initiatives

The Product Manager - CYME Software collaborates closely with customers, sales, engineering, and other product managers to drive innovation and achieve growth and profitability targets.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $130,000 - $190,000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

• Support PLM with strategic planning process for the product line, including alignment with sales, engineering, finance, and operations functions.
• Profit and loss accountability for the CYME Software offering to meet revenue and margin objectives.
• Understand market trends and competitive landscape while maintaining a comprehensive understanding of product applications.
• Provide strategic marketing direction for new features and/or module development informed by customers’ needs and competitors’ positioning, and execute product launches.
• Collaborate and partner with other product managers, product lines, and/or companies/firms to create marketing solutions and synergies for specific industries/segments/opportunities.
• Provide leadership and drive for results of global alignment for product development, marketing initiatives, regional requirements, and segment-specific execution.
• Be a voice of the customer and set appropriate expectations, goal weightings, and targets with other division functions and sales/channel organizations.
• Report financial results and forecasts to key stakeholders.
• Serve as the offering spokesperson in key customer interactions and negotiations.
• Work in conjunction with engineering on new product development and product upgrades.
• Work closely with the proposal manager, PMO, and engineering teams on proposals in the context of RFXs (RFP, RFQ, RFI, etc.).
• Work closely with sales, channels, and major accounts to ensure expertise on the way to bring the offering to market.
• Communicate and present strategy and results to Senior Leadership.
• Collaborate with PLM to develop, deploy, and execute pricing strategy to meet revenue, share, and profitability targets.
• Work with the marcom team to support the promotion of products, including traditional promotional materials as well as online and multimedia assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited institution.
• Minimum five (5) years background in CYME Power Engineering Software for grid planning, including capacity planning, distributed energy resources (DER) integration, and regulatory compliance.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in product management, technical sales, marketing, or engineering.
• Must be able to travel up to 20%, some international.
• Must be able to work in the United States without corporate sponsorship now and in the future.

Requirements

• Experience as a distribution planner within a utility company (ideally ten (10) years).
• Deep understanding of electric utility industry, engineering practices, and grid planning methods.
• Experience supporting sales/field teams and/or delivering presentations in a conference setting.
• Experience facilitating in-person meetings with clients.
• Ability to identify use cases and develop marketing requirements.
• Experience writing user stories, functional specifications, and presenting product roadmaps.
• Ability to synthesize disparate and complex information and simplify into effective presentations and recommendations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work within Agile frameworks.
• Knowledge of software development practices and processes.
• Bilingual proficiency in French and English, both spoken and written.

Benefits

• Various Health and Welfare benefits.
• Retirement benefits.
• Programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work.