What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager - Chiller position at LG Electronics North America?
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What We Can Offer
A crafted employee experience designed to foster professional growth, a focus on health & well-being and an internal community that will set you up for success.
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking a Chiller Product Manager to join our dynamic team in Alpharetta, GA as part of the Engineering Team!
As the Chiller Product Manager - HVAC Engineering, you will analyze, build, and maintain competitive product application strategies for existing and new competitive products in the market. You will track industry direction and developments in AHRI, ASHRAE, and other standards and develop strategies for product development accordingly. You will play a pivotal role to work cross functionally to identify strategic product needs, evaluate feasibility of product concepts, develop requirements, and develop presentation of concepts, applications, and requirements to enter into product planning roadmap.
Qualifications:
At LG, we aspire to empower people and celebrate differences because we believe diversity will create the unexpected. We provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Consistent with our commitment to providing equal opportunity and embracing diversity, LG has implemented affirmative action to ensure applicants are employed and employees are treated without regard to these characteristics.
In addition to the above, LG believes that pay transparency is a key part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our salary ranges take into account many factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skillset, experience, licensure, certifications, internal equity, and other business needs. While we consider geographic pay differentials in final offers, because we operate in many geographies where applicable, the salary range listed may not reflect all geographic differentials applied.
What We Can Offer
A crafted employee experience designed to foster professional growth, a focus on health & well-being and an internal community that will set you up for success.
The Opportunity
We are currently seeking a Chiller Product Manager to join our dynamic team in Alpharetta, GA as part of the Engineering Team!
As the Chiller Product Manager - HVAC Engineering, you will analyze, build, and maintain competitive product application strategies for existing and new competitive products in the market. You will track industry direction and developments in AHRI, ASHRAE, and other standards and develop strategies for product development accordingly. You will play a pivotal role to work cross functionally to identify strategic product needs, evaluate feasibility of product concepts, develop requirements, and develop presentation of concepts, applications, and requirements to enter into product planning roadmap.
- Define product/feature requirements and effectively communicate with the factory through product/feature development process.
- Work closely with factory R&D teams to understand existing and new product features and operation to create strategic direction for proper product applications and competitively advantaging LG products.
- Develop strategy and educate the organization on strategy for related products and features and their application.
- Facilitate knowledge transfer of new and existing products across the organization including Sales, Service, Training, Marketing, and Product Support.
- Provide support to other teams in creation and review of catalogs, brochures, submittals, guide specifications, manuals, etc.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Science in ME, EE or equivalent required.
- 5 yrs experience in US applied commercial air conditioning industry including experience in technical product applications support required.
- Successful history of interaction with R&D teams.
- New Product Introduction (NPI): product definition, product/feature prioritization, product details/operation, strategic application and positioning.
- Global applied commercial air conditioning industry experience a plus.
- Experience with Chillers, VRF (variable refrigerant flow) HVAC (heating, ventilation & air conditioning) systems a plus.
- Experience in Product Management a plus.
- Direct and attributable HVAC experience required.
- Comfortable presenting to and engaging with a technical audience including reps, engineers, contractors, and owners.
- Adaptable to the management style and process methods of foreign colleagues to achieve common goals.
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical, electrical and architectural blueprints, specifications and HVAC equipment submittal data.
At LG, we aspire to empower people and celebrate differences because we believe diversity will create the unexpected. We provide equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Consistent with our commitment to providing equal opportunity and embracing diversity, LG has implemented affirmative action to ensure applicants are employed and employees are treated without regard to these characteristics.
In addition to the above, LG believes that pay transparency is a key part of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Our salary ranges take into account many factors in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skillset, experience, licensure, certifications, internal equity, and other business needs. While we consider geographic pay differentials in final offers, because we operate in many geographies where applicable, the salary range listed may not reflect all geographic differentials applied.
