Senior Technical Product Manager - Solar Panel

Taylor Hopkinson | Powered by Brunel; Greater London; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

Senior Technical Product Manager - Solar Panel

Opportunity to join a global TOP 10 solar Panel company, as Technical Product Manager North Europe / Senior Technical Product Manager North Europe, based on experience.

This is a remote working role, covering the UK and other North European countries.

Mainly focus on providing training to clients, gathering information, and passing it to the R&D team.

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Customer and Market Activities
   Product Management function combines technical aspects and customer/market value communication.
   Focusing on the sale of company products in North Europe (UK, Sweden, the Netherlands main focus) from the technical perspective thereby ensuring the achievement of the business targets. Supporting the sales process from the preparation of tenders to order completion. Maintaining existing customers and developing new customers in close cooperation with the sales team. Generation of periodic market analyses on company products (customer potential and competition) in consultation with the relevant product manager.
2. Product and Market Strategy
   • Defining the product positioning by means of Business Canvas and documenting the market launch strategy by means of Business Case and Launch Package.
   • Implementing the market launch strategy in close cooperation with product management/marketing in EU (operational reporting) plus product management/marketing in HQ and local sales team.
   • Ensuring constant communication with the sales partners and current implementation of the product positioning with the goal of optimizing the market performance and customer loyalty.
   • Transformation of technical characteristics into customer features and benefits.
   • Detection of demand trends, market and competition intelligence and analysis.
   • Observation and reporting of BOS developments and trends with potential impact on new product designs.
   • Creation and management of product documentation, product trainings, and promotion material together with marketing and sales teams.
   • Assembly of product information packages and launch kits.
   • Sales and customer trainings on new Solar products.
   • Provide local technical support including quality and service discussions additional to the technical customer department if needed to provide professional solutions to the customers.

Qualifications

1. University degree or comparable professional education in the field of engineering or technical marketing, minimum 7 years of experience in renewable industry preferably photovoltaics.
2. Fundamental understanding of photovoltaic market, modules, and cell technologies.
3. Knowledge of BOS (inverters, batteries, mounting structures) and/or project management of solar systems preferred.
4. Able to work under pressure and willingness to travel within Europe and to China (HQ).
5. Great team player, efficient communicator.
6. Proficient in English, other European languages will be a plus.

Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level

Employment Type

Full-time

Job Function

Utilities