Head of Portfolio Management & Excellence (HC)

About the role

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. Reporting to the Head of Product Line Ductless Air Conditioning HC‑AC/GP, the role orchestrates regional sales units, strategy, product areas and R&D to optimize the product roadmap for global scale while respecting regional market dynamics.

Key responsibilities

• Lead global roadmap prioritization, balancing platform commonality with regional customer requirements.
• Own and facilitate the annual portfolio strategy process, moderating cross‑regional workshops.
• Define, standardize and mature best‑in‑class product management processes, tools and methodologies worldwide.
• Establish and run cross‑functional global “Product Circles” to align engineering, planning and operations on roadmap execution.
• Own New Product Introduction (NPI) planned volumes planning, tracking and portfolio KPIs, and drive change management for product lifecycle.
• Manage, coach and develop a high‑performing Global Portfolio Management team.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience in the air‑conditioning industry with deep domain knowledge.
• Proven track record of managing complex, multi‑year global product portfolios and life cycles.
• Experience translating business targets and market insights into actionable product line strategies.
• Background in setting up or leading Excellence Centers / Centers of Competence.
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills across multinational matrix organizations, especially in APAC.
• Business‑fluent English; additional regional languages are a plus.