Head Technical Product Management

The Head – Technical Product Management, Grid Solutions will provide technology leadership and strategic oversight for the Grid Solutions product portfolio within L&T DES.

This role acts as the second-in-command to the CTO for the Grid Solutions segment, responsible for driving the technology roadmap, innovation programs, and product development initiatives across grid automation and grid intelligence platforms.

The Head – Technical Product Management, Grid Solutions will lead both:

• New Technology Initiatives (NTI) — advanced technology development and platform innovation
• New Product Initiatives (NPI) — development and commercialization of grid software platforms

This role will ensure strong alignment between product engineering, market requirements, and deployment readiness for global utility customers.

Product Portfolio

The Head – TPM, Grid Solutions, will oversee the technology roadmap and product development for the following platforms:

• DERMS (Distributed Energy Resource Management System)
• APM (Asset Performance Management)
• NeuralGRID™ Time Series Historian
• Utility SCADA Platforms
• WAMS (Wide Area Monitoring System)
• PDC (Phasor Data Concentrator)
• Substation Gateway / Protocol Gateway Platforms

These products form the core Grid Digital Platform stack supporting utilities, transmission operators, and renewable grid integration programs.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Leadership for Grid Platform / Solutions / Product Line

• Support the CTO in defining and executing the technology strategy for grid digital platforms.
• Drive architecture and roadmap development for the Grid Solutions product portfolio.
• Ensure alignment of product development initiatives by evolving utility market requirements, grid modernization programs, and DER integration trends.
• Champion platform-based architecture and reusable technology frameworks across grid products.

Leadership of NTI – New Technology Initiatives

Lead the New Technology Initiatives (NTI) team responsible for advanced technology innovation.

Key focus areas include:

• Grid digital platforms and control architectures
• AI/ML-driven grid analytics
• Edge computing for grid automation
• Real-time grid data platforms and time-series systems
• Grid cybersecurity and secure control infrastructure

Responsibilities:

• Identify emerging technologies relevant to grid modernization
• Drive innovation programs and technology prototypes
• Establish technology partnerships with research institutions and industry partners
• Transition validated technologies into productization pipelines.

Leadership of NPI – New Product Initiatives

Lead the New Product Initiatives (NPI) organization responsible for product development and commercialization.

Responsibilities include:

• Product architecture definition and engineering governance
• Platform development for DERMS, APM, SCADA, Historian, WAMS, and gateway solutions
• Ensuring scalability, cybersecurity, and interoperability of product platforms
• Driving product lifecycle management and version roadmaps
• Supporting global product launches and market adoption.

Customer & Strategic Engagement

• Support strategic customer engagements with utilities, grid operators, and energy developers.
• Provide technical leadership during large grid modernization opportunities involving DERMS, SCADA, or WAMS platforms.
• Collaborate with sales and solution engineering teams to shape large strategic bids.
• Represent the company in industry forums related to grid modernization, DER integration, and grid analytics.

Organization Leadership

• Develop strong technical leadership within product teams
• Mentor architects, product managers, and engineering leaders
• Build global product engineering capability for Grid Solutions.

Required Experience

• 18+ years of experience in power systems, grid automation, or utility digital platforms.
• 10+ years of leadership experience managing product development or technology organizations.
• Experience leading technical product management for grid software platforms such as:
• DERMS
• Utility SCADA
• Grid analytics platforms
• Wide area monitoring systems
• Utility data platforms / historians.
• Experience working with global utilities, transmission operators, or grid modernization program

Technical Expertise

Experience in several of the following domains:

Grid Platforms

• DERMS / Distributed energy management
• Utility SCADA systems
• Grid analytics platforms
• Wide Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS)
• Phasor Data Concentrators (PDC)

Grid Data Platforms

• Time-series data systems
• Asset performance analytics
• AI/ML for grid operations
• Digital twin for power systems

Grid Architecture

• Transmission & distribution automation
• DER integration architectures
• Control center and edge architectures
• Cloud-edge hybrid grid platforms

Key Competencies

• Strategic technology leadership
• Platform architecture thinking
• Grid domain expertise
• Product innovation and roadmap leadership
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Global technology team leadership

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Successful release of new Grid Solutions products as per respective roadmaps
• Growth of the Grid Solutions product portfolio
• Innovation pipeline from NTI to commercial products
• NeuralGRID™ platform adoption
• Engineering productivity and product quality
• Strategic customer adoption of grid platforms