AI/Data Center Industry Principal

About the role

As the Industry Verticals Product Principal – AI, Cloud, Data Center you will lead high-impact product initiatives for B2B vertical solutions, driving strategic decisions and innovation. You will partner with customers across various industry verticals to define, build, and launch highly differentiated solutions. Leveraging deep expertise in product strategy, customer insights, and market analysis, you will shape initiatives that drive share, profitability, and industry leadership. This role requires work experience in the AI/DC and/or IT and Technology space with a deep infrastructure knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Thinking & Vision: Shape and drive a compelling product vision and strategy that aligns with enterprise goals and addresses critical B2B / B2C market needs.
• Product Lifecycle Management: Lead the entire product lifecycle from ideation and validation to Go-To-Market & Commercialization and end-of-life.
• Market & Competitive Analysis: Serve as an advocate for industry-specific needs in all product development efforts by conducting customer research, analyzing trends, and gathering insights.
• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Lead initiatives with engineering, design, operations, and marketing teams to achieve high-yielding results and drive alignment across the organization.
• Data & Analytics: Leverage analytics and customer feedback to guide strategy, measure impact, and optimize solutions, establishing KPIs to track progress.
• Communication & Influence: Serve as a thought leader in industry verticals product / solutions innovation, representing the company externally and internally and presenting opportunities to senior leadership.
• Lead Technology Strategy: Translate complex technical solutions into scalable, business-aligned outcomes.
• Drive Solutions, GTS & GTM Execution: Define value propositions, messaging, and end-to-end strategies for market adoption.
• Support Customer Solutions: Assess needs, identify gaps, and recommend optimized approaches to meet business and technical requirements.
• Lead Program Execution: Oversee cross-functional initiatives and manage global programs from strategy through deployment.
• Develop Business Cases: Build ROI-driven frameworks to support investment decisions and customer value articulation.
• Enable AI & Automation Adoption: Implement intelligent workflows to scale marketing, sales, and customer engagement.
• Leverage Data & Insights: Apply data-driven segmentation and targeting to enhance decision-making and personalization.
• Strengthen Partner Ecosystems: Collaborate with strategic partners to develop joint solutions and expand market reach.

Requirements

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Supply Chain, Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field or equivalent directly related experience.

Minimum Experience: 10+ years in industry verticals product & solutions management, innovation, or related roles with increasing leadership responsibility. An advanced degree may substitute for experience.

Qualifications

• Strong industry verticals experience with expertise in building and launching products.
• Proven success in full product lifecycle management, from ideation to launch.
• Skilled in data