Want to make a splash? At Grundfos we see the possibilities in every drop!
We are different! We are Grundfos, a truly Innovative and international organization, producing high-quality intelligent water and climate solutions, constantly looking to enhance existing products and develop new cutting-edge offerings.
Are you a passionate and seasoned leader who has experience in heading up Product Development and Digital. Grundfos Water Utility (WU) is excited to announce an exceptional opportunity as the VP of Product Development & Digital. In this position, you will play a vital role within our renowned WU Leadership team, directly reporting to the divisional CEO of the WU division. Join us to drive impactful strategies and transformative initiatives in a dynamic environment.

Your main responsibilities:

• Scan the market and ecosystem to identify key new technologies and innovations that can help delivering solutions to cover customer needs and maintain Grundfos leading innovation position.
• Build a high-performing team focused on growth, innovation, and complex problem solving across the value chain, with the potential for scaling up or down as needed. (Initial team of more than 100 FTEs with continuous up and down scaling depending on the need.)
• Work closely with application team to decide on key core and digital products and solutions roadmap, priorities and agree on the path to deliver Grundfos growth target.
• Lead the Grundfos Water Utility products management team and work with other internal and external parties to deliver on products and solutions roadmap.
• Manage the product development budget and execute the project on time, with best quality and at budget.
• Maintain WU core product and solutions portfolio across various segments, optimizing the hardware and software ecosystem.
• Develop and maintain Grundfos Water Utility Digital platform to address market needs including:
• Enabling cloud connectivity of products and solutions.
• Optimizing connectivity solutions in terms of performance, cost, and customer value.
• Designing and architecting cloud solutions.
• Ensuring security in IoT, data, software, and hardware.
• Maintaining the quality of IoT products and system solutions.
• Extending offers to include system solutions and virtual reality applications.
• Oversee UX/UI designs across technical offerings.
• Implementing analytics for predictive maintenance of technically complex products