Job Description
Job Title:  Senior Portfolio Manager
Req ID:  48815
Job Location (Short):  Ames, IA, USA
Employment Type:  Full Time
Segment:  Danfoss Power Solutions Segment
Job Category:  Business Strategy & Corporate Development
Work Location Type:  On-site

The Impact You'll Make

 

The Impact You’ll Make

As our Senior Portfolio Manager, you will turn strategy into momentum—shaping a leading Medium Power portfolio that wins in the market, scales globally, and delivers tangible customer value.

Your impact comes from making well‑grounded portfolio choices, enabling sales with clarity and focus, and ensuring strong execution across markets and applications.

 

What You’ll Be Doing

 

  • Own and evolve the global product strategy for assigned Medium Power product lines, translating BU direction into robust roadmaps and business cases that stand up to scrutiny
  • Lead new product development initiatives end‑to‑end, from framing customer problems and defining solution concepts to setting clear requirements, guiding cross‑functional execution, and ensuring successful market introduction
  • Steer the portfolio across its full lifecycle, making deliberate, data‑backed choices on pricing, options mix, and end‑of‑life to protect profitability and long‑term competitiveness
  • Serve as a senior partner to regional sales and business development, enabling growth through well‑prepared launches, portfolio clarity, application guidance, and targeted regional initiatives

What We're Looking For

 

  • Own and evolve the global product strategy for assigned Medium Power product lines, translating BU direction into robust roadmaps and business cases that stand up to scrutiny
  • Lead new product development initiatives end‑to‑end, from framing customer problems and defining solution concepts to setting clear requirements, guiding cross‑functional execution, and ensuring successful market introduction
  • Steer the portfolio across its full lifecycle, making deliberate, data‑backed choices on pricing, options mix, and end‑of‑life to protect profitability and long‑term competitiveness
  • Serve as a senior partner to regional sales and business development, enabling growth through well‑prepared launches, portfolio clarity, application guidance, and targeted regional initiatives

What You'll Get from Us

 

  1. We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities.
  2. You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us.
  3. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are.
  4. You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great.

Ready to Make a Difference?

 

If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us.

 


 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category.

Information at a Glance

 

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 39.000 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.

 

Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification.

Our solutions are used in such areas as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, automotive, marine, and off- and on-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for renewable energy, such as solar and wind power, as well as district-energy infrastructure for cities.

Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned, employing more than 39.360 people, serving customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.