Senior Manager, Portfolio Management & Excellence

Role & Responsibilities

The BHC Ductless Air Conditioning Global Portfolio Management Team Lead is a strategic leadership role responsible for steering the global product portfolio, driving process excellence, and aligning multi-regional stakeholders. This role serves as the central orchestrator between regional sales units, strategy, product areas, and R&D—ensuring that the product roadmap is optimized for global scale while respecting crucial regional market dynamics. The leader will establish best-in-class product management standards and drive execution through cross-functional collaboration. This role reports directly to the Head of Product Line Ductless Air Conditioning HC-AC/GP.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy & Process Excellence

• Global Roadmap Prioritization: Steer the global roadmap prioritization process, ensuring clear decision-making frameworks that balance global platform commonality with regional customer requirements.
• Portfolio Strategy Process: Own and lead the annual strategic planning cycle; moderate and facilitate strategy-building workshops across regional teams and cross functional teams.
• PRM Excellence: Define, standardize, and mature best-in-class Product Management (PRM) processes, tools, and methodologies globally. Ensure market & competitor data standardization and alignment with global databases.

Lifecycle Governance, NPI & Change Management

• Product Circle Governance: Establish and run cross-functional global "Product Circles" to align global product unit engineering, product planning, and operations on roadmap execution.
• NPI & PV Planning and Monitoring: Own the New Product Introduction (NPI) planned volumes (PV) planning, tracking, and key product performance indicators; act as the primary owner for global portfolio KPIs.
• Change Management: Drive organizational change management for the product management process, supporting international teams as they transition to standardized product lifecycle management frameworks.

Leadership & Team Steering

• Team Leadership: Manage, coach, and develop a high-performing Global Portfolio Management team, fostering strategic acumen, cross-cultural competence, and structured analytical capabilities.
• Experience & Functional Expertise

10+ Years of AC Industry Experience

Deep domain knowledge of AC systems, markets, technology trends, and commercial drivers.

Global Portfolio & Product Management

Extensive, proven track record of managing complex, multi-year product portfolios and life cycles at a global scale.

Strategy Development

Demonstrated experience translating business targets and market insights into concrete, actionable product line strategies.

Excellence Center Execution

Experience in setting up, running, or driving initiatives within Excellence Centers / Centers of Competence.

• Collaboration & Soft Skills

International Relationship Manager

Outstanding stakeholder management skills; ability to build trust, navigate complex matrix organizations, and align diverse interests.

Proven APAC Experience

Direct experience working within, or closely managing, Asia-Pacific markets, joint ventures, and regional partners.

Multi-National Project Leadership

Proven track record of successfully running complex projects and steering initiatives across senior, multi-national cross-functional teams.

Structured Work Style

Highly methodical, organized, and analytical mindset with a strong ability to translate ambiguity into structured processes.

Languages

Business-fluent English is a must-have; additional regional languages are highly beneficial.

Location

China can be also considered.