Head of Portfolio Management & Excellence_HC
Bosch · Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Company Description
Do you want beneficial technologies being shaped by your ideas? Whether in the areas of mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology or energy and building technology - with us, you will have the chance to improve quality of life all across the globe. Welcome to Bosch.
Job Description
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.
Qualifications
1. 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.
2. 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.
Additional Information
Location: Shanghai/Wuxi can be both considered.
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