
Senior Product Manager, Data Center Applications
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About This Role
The Senior Product Manager, Data Center Applications is responsible for defining
and executing Fluke's datacenter growth strategy across critical infrastructure
monitoring, electrical systems, network infrastructure, environmental
monitoring, leak detection, power quality, battery monitoring, and
software-enabled workflow solutions. This role will develop and commercialize
solutions that improve reliability, uptime, efficiency, and operational
visibility across enterprise, colocation, and hyperscale datacenter
environments.
The ideal candidate possesses deep domain expertise in datacenter operations and
critical infrastructure, combining strong product management capabilities with a
customer-centric mindset and strategic business acumen. The successful candidate
will serve as a key voice of the customer, translating market needs into
innovative hardware, software, and services solutions that drive sustainable
growth and market leadership for Fluke.
Primary Responsibilities
* Define strategy and execution plans for the datacenter portfolio across
electrical infrastructure, network infrastructure, environmental monitoring,
leak detection, power quality, battery systems, and software solutions.
* Own product lifecycle performance from concept through commercialization,
growth, sustainment, and end-of-life, including revenue, margin, market
share, and recurring revenue objectives.
* Develop and execute a global product vision and roadmap aligned with
datacenter market trends and customer workflows across enterprise,
colocation, and hyperscale environments.
* Drive new product development in close collaboration with Engineering,
Commercial, Operations, Marketing, and Strategic Partner teams.
* Develop deep understanding of customer workflows spanning facilities,
operations, reliability, maintenance, commissioning, and network teams.
* Conduct Voice of Customer (VOC) research to identify unmet needs, market
trends, and emerging technology opportunities.
* Identify opportunities in critical power infrastructure, battery monitoring,
network validation, fiber testing, environmental monitoring, leak detection,
thermal management, DCIM, and asset performance management.
* Establish business models, pricing strategies, service offerings, and
lifecycle policies that maximize long-term business performance.
* Partner directly with strategic datacenter customers to co-develop solutions
addressing operational reliability, efficiency, and uptime challenges.
* Support business development, technology partnerships, ecosystem development,
and M&A activities related to the datacenter market.
* Serve as an internal and external thought leader on datacenter technologies,
customer requirements, market trends, and competitive dynamics.
* Present product strategy, market insights, portfolio performance, and growth
plans to executive leadership.
Qualifications
* Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering required; Master's Degree or MBA
preferred.
* 10+ years of Product Management, Product Marketing, Engineering, or related
leadership experience.
* Minimum 5 years of experience supporting datacenter, cloud infrastructure,
critical facilities, or enterprise network markets.
* Deep understanding of datacenter electrical infrastructure, including UPS
systems, generators, switchgear, transformers, PDUs, battery systems,
grounding, energy monitoring, and power quality.
* Strong knowledge of datacenter network infrastructure, including structured
cabling, fiber optics, copper connectivity, physical layer testing,
certification, troubleshooting, and network deployment architectures.
* Understanding of environmental monitoring, leak detection, thermal
management, asset monitoring, DCIM, and operational reliability workflows.
* Experience working with enterprise, colocation, cloud, telecommunications, or
hyperscale datacenter operators.
* Customer-obsessed with demonstrated experience conducting customer
interviews, field research, VOC programs, and workflow analysis.
* Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to translate market
intelligence into actionable product and growth strategies.
* Proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional organizations in matrix
environments.
* Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
* Results-oriented with demonstrated success delivering measurable business
outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
* Electrical Engineering degree with practical experience in datacenter
critical infrastructure.
* Experience with electrical test equipment, network test equipment, monitoring
platforms, or reliability software solutions.
* Familiarity with Uptime Institute, TIA-942, BICSI, IEEE, ASHRAE, and related
datacenter standards.
* Experience managing portfolios that include hardware, software, services, and
recurring revenue business models.
* Experience supporting M&A evaluations, partnership development, and adjacent
market expansion initiatives.
Fortive Corporation Overview
Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We
accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including
environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring,
next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.
We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our
forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions,
data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive
technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and
partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the
most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.
We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and
energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business
System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.
At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to
learn, grow, and make a difference.
At Fortive, we believe in us. We believe in the power of people working together
to solve problems no one could solve alone.
At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what
isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.
Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.
About Fluke
Fluke is leading the world in creating software, test tools and technology that
will support customers today and in the future. We are a customer-obsessed
market leader with a strong reputation for reliability, quality and safety.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corporation (www.fortive.com), Fluke is a
global corporation headquartered in the greater Seattle area. Driven by the
successful Fortive Business System, Fluke offers the passion of a startup with
the resources of a Fortune 500 company. We are focused on the growth of our
individual employees, teams and the Fluke brand.
We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer
Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity
employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all
qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion,
sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and
all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations
for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable
accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application
process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com.
