Sr. Director, Product Strategy

Job description

At Landis+Gyr, we're helping shape the future of energy—making it more intelligent, resilient, and sustainable. As a global energy technology leader, we're accelerating the energy evolution through purposeful innovation and trusted partnerships. Trusted by more than 2,000 utilities worldwide, our intelligent solutions connect devices, data, and decisions across the grid, helping customers modernize infrastructure, optimize operations, and deliver energy that is more reliable, resilient, accessible, safe, and sustainable. Behind every solution is a team of approximately 3,300 employees across more than 40 countries who are passionate about solving complex challenges, driving innovation, and making a meaningful impact for our utility customers and the communities they serve. Join Team Green and help shape the future of intelligent energy. Position Summary The Senior Director, Product Strategy serves as the product leader for the Grid Intelligence business segment, responsible for defining product strategy, with portfolio strategy as a core component, identifying growth opportunities, and ensuring strong product-market fit across the business. This leader will drive market-led product and portfolio planning, evaluate emerging customer and industry needs, and translate opportunities into differentiated software, analytics, AI, and services solutions. The role serves as the strategic bridge between Grid Intelligence and Connected Platforms, ensuring hardware, software, and services roadmaps align to deliver integrated customer value. The ideal candidate combines strong market insight, strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and product leadership experience to drive portfolio growth and establish best-in-class product management practices across the organization. Key Responsibilities Define and execute the Grid Intelligence product strategy and multi-year portfolio roadmap Assess markets, customer needs, competitive dynamics, and technology trends to identify growth opportunities and strategic investments. Drive product-market fit through customer discovery, market validation, business case development, and product portfolio planning. Partner closely with Connected Platforms leadership to align platform and hardware capabilities with solution and market requirements. Lead product portfolio investment, prioritization, pricing, commercialization, and lifecycle management decisions. Establish and scale product management best practices, frameworks, and operating rhythms across the organization. Provide leadership, mentorship, and functional guidance to product managers across the Grid Intelligence portfolio. Collaborate with R&D, sales, marketing, services, finance, and strategy teams to maximize portfolio performance and customer value. Drive accountability for growth, profitability, customer adoption, and portfolio outcomes. Qualifications 15+ years of product management, portfolio management, product strategy, or related leadership experience. Proven success leading complex software, SaaS, analytics, platform, or technology portfolios. Deep experience in market analysis, product and portfolio strategy, product-market fit, pricing, commercialization, and portfolio prioritization, including balancing customer requests, strategic initiatives, and resource constraints. Demonstrated success building, leading, and influencing high-performing product organizations. Strong executive communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills. Experience in utilities, energy technology, grid modernization, IoT, analytics, or AI-enabled solutions preferred. Leadership Profile Strategic and market-oriented leader with strong business and commercial acumen. Skilled at identifying emerging opportunities and translating market needs into winning portfolio strategies. Effective at aligning diverse stakeholders around a common product strategy, portfolio direction, and roadmap. Passionate about developing talent, fostering collaboration, and building product management excellence. Balances long-term vision with disciplined execution and measurable business results. Success Looks Like A clearly articulated Grid Intelligence portfolio-level product strategy aligned to market opportunities and business objectives. Strong alignment between Grid Intelligence and Connected Platforms roadmaps. Consistent product management practices and portfolio governance across the organization. Accelerated growth through differentiated software, analytics, AI, and services offerings. Stronger market positioning, customer adoption, and business performance across the portfolio. As a part of the Landis+Gyr family, employees are offered a comprehensive and competitive package of benefits including medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and a 401(k)-retirement plan featuring a generous company match incentive. Additionally, we offer three (3) weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) as well as eleven (11) paid holidays. We also offer a tuition reimbursement program, optional pet insurance, supplemental medical coverage and a host of other perks to ensure the health, wellness, and enrichment of our team members. Pay is in the range of $168,800 - $232,100 per year. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, and certifications or other professional licenses held. All candidates are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We're committed to shaping a better future for everyone. Join Team Green and be part of what's next in energy. #TeamGreen