Sr. Director, Product Strategy

Landis+Gyr

$168K — $232K *
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of product management or related leadership experience.
  • Proven success in leading complex software or technology portfolios.
  • Expertise in market analysis and product strategy.
  • Experience in building and leading high-performing product teams.
  • Strong executive communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Preferred experience in utilities, energy technology, or AI solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the product strategy for Grid Intelligence.
  • Assess market needs and competitive dynamics for growth opportunities.
  • Drive product-market fit through customer discovery and validation.
  • Align platform capabilities with market requirements with Connected Platforms leadership.
  • Lead product portfolio investment and lifecycle management decisions.
  • Establish best practices in product management across the organization.
  • Mentor product managers and guide them towards success.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Life insurance and 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Three weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO) and eleven paid holidays.
  • Tuition reimbursement program and optional pet insurance.
  • Additional supplemental medical coverage and wellness perks.
Full Job Description
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.

Job Title: Sr. Director, Product Strategy

Requisition ID: 22326

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