Product Manager Modular Data Centers and Equipment

JOB SUMMARY

Join us in a newly created role where you’ll help shape the next generation of modular data center solutions. As Product Manager – Modular Data Centers & Equipment, you’ll take ownership of the end-to-end development and integration of critical third-party systems that power our modular data center platform. 

Working at the intersection of engineering, procurement, and regional business leadership, you’ll play a pivotal role in bringing innovative solutions to life—ensuring power and thermal train components meet our technical standards, cost objectives, and delivery commitments.

This is an opportunity to make a real impact from the very beginning. You’ll build and develop strategic supplier partnerships, engage suppliers early in the reference design and quotation process, and drive design alignment from the earliest stages of project development. By connecting the right partners, technologies, and internal teams, you’ll help turn complex requirements into scalable, high-performing modular data center solutions.

ROLE AND RESPONSABILITIES 

• Collaborate with Product Engineering, Procurement, and Third-Party Vendors to define preferred options and requirements for modular data center offerings.
• Evaluate system and component level configurations to meet project-specific requirements.
• Collate specifications and requirements in support of RFI and RFQ processes.
• Identify, evaluate, and qualify new suppliers for critical third-party systems.
• Drive early-stage supplier engagement at the quotation and design phase.
• Work with Procurement to develop partnership plans with selected suppliers.
• Distribute RFIs covering capability, capacity, availability, delivery logistics, certifications, and lead-time mitigation strategies.
• Review supplier findings with engineering teams and procurement to gather feedback and align decisions.
• Publish an offering plan and supporting business case for modular data center product lines.
• Collaborate with selected partners to develop design development drawing sets to company standards.
• Manage ongoing lessons learned, process improvements, cost estimates, cost actuals, and cost efficiency tracking.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
• Advanced degree (MBA or M.Eng.) is an asset.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in engineering, supplier development, or product management within the data center, power, thermal or prefabricated building sectors.
• Demonstrated experience managing third-party design and supply relationships from concept through delivery.
• Proven track record working across cross-functional teams including engineering, procurement, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience with make-versus-buy analysis, RFI/RFQ processes, and engineering drawing review.
• Familiarity with modular or prefabricated infrastructure design principles is strongly preferred.
• Strong technical acumen with the ability to engage credibly with engineering teams and suppliers.
• Ability to work independently and navigate ambiguity in a new role.
• Commercial awareness with the ability to balance technical requirements against cost and schedule.
• Proficiency in document control and drawing management processes.

    TIME TRAVEL REQUIRED

• 10-20%

 

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The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principles & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.

OUR CORE PRINCIPLES: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

• High-Performance Culture

• Customer Focus

• Operational Excellence

• Innovation

• Financial Strength

VERTIV 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

• Promote transparent & open communication

About Vertiv

Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to enable its customers’ vital applications to 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 extend from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Westerville, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs around 34,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. Visit Vertiv.com to learn more.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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 help.join@vertiv.com