Product Management Director - Packaged Power Solutions
Baker Hughes · Houston, TX · Yesterday
MarketingFull-time
About the role
Reporting within the Industrial Power Generation Product & Strategy organization, the Product Management Director – Packaged Power Solutions will define and execute the product strategy for packaged gas turbine solutions supporting global power generation markets. This role translates customer, market, and application requirements into scalable product offerings that deliver reliable, efficient, and flexible power solutions. Working across commercial, engineering, operations, service, and partner organizations, the leader will help shape the ecosystem, business models, and execution framework required to support sustainable growth and customer success across multiple regions and applications.
Responsibilities
- Product Strategy & Portfolio Development
- Develop and execute the strategy for packaged power generation solutions across key applications, regions, and market segments.
- Assess market trends, customer needs, competitive dynamics, and technology developments to guide portfolio priorities.
- Partner with commercial and engineering organizations to translate market requirements into differentiated product offerings.
- Support long-term portfolio planning and growth initiatives aligned with business objectives.
- Market & Ecosystem Development
- Build and maintain relationships with strategic industry participants across the power-generation value chain.
- Evaluate partnership opportunities that enhance market reach, customer value, and execution capabilities.
- Contribute to ecosystem-development strategies that support sustainable business growth and customer satisfaction.
- Monitor market developments and emerging business models that could influence future offerings.
- Commercial Strategy Support
- Collaborate with commercial, legal, finance, and operational stakeholders to develop scalable business frameworks supporting product growth.
- Contribute to commercial-model development, partnership structures, and offering positioning.
- Support evaluation of business opportunities, investment priorities, and value-creation initiatives.
- Help ensure offerings remain economically competitive while meeting customer expectations and business objectives.
- Lifecycle & Service Integration
- Partner with Service, Engineering, and Operations teams to ensure product offerings support efficient installation, commissioning, operation, and lifecycle service.
- Promote alignment between product strategy and long-term customer support requirements.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on reliability, serviceability, and customer experience.
- Ensure customer feedback informs future product and portfolio decisions.
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Lead complex initiatives involving Product Management, Engineering, Commercial, Service, Supply Chain, Quality, and Operations teams.
- Drive alignment across stakeholders to execute strategic priorities and deliver business results.
- Facilitate decision-making in dynamic, fast-paced environments with multiple competing priorities.
- Communicate strategic recommendations, opportunities, risks, and business cases to senior leadership.
Qualifications
- Have a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- Have 15 years’ experience in product management, business strategy, commercial management, business development, or related leadership roles within industrial, energy, power-generation, turbomachinery, or engineered-equipment industries.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders across matrix organizations.
- Have a strong understanding of power-generation systems, industrial equipment, or comparable complex engineered products.
- Have experience evaluating market opportunities, customer requirements, competitive positioning, and business-model development.
- Have strong strategic thinking, analytical capability, and executive communication skills.
- Have the ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments and drive outcomes through collaboration and influence.
- Have experience working with OEMs, integrators, EPCs, technology partners, suppliers, or other industry stakeholders is preferred.
Core Competencies
- Strategic Product Leadership: Market assessment; portfolio strategy; growth planning; business-case development
- Commercial Acumen: Customer value creation; business-model evaluation; financial analysis; opportunity prioritization
- Power Generation Expertise: Power-generation applications; product lifecycle understanding; customer operational requirements; industry ecosystem knowledge
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Stakeholder alignment; matrix leadership; change management; strategic execution
- Executive Communication: Strategic storytelling; senior leadership engagement; decision support; influencing across organizations