Product Manager – Uprating, Plant Performance, LT Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Pennsylvania.

📋 Description

• Evaluate and analyze global markets for power uprating, superpower uprating, long-term operation, and beyond SLR operation, focusing on demand drivers, customer requirements, and competitive dynamics.

• Implement product strategies and market entry approaches to enhance Engineered Solutions revenue across uprating and LTO offerings.

• Assist Global Markets, Sales, and Tendering teams by clearly articulating value propositions, differentiation, and customer advantages for uprating and long-term operation solutions.

• Contribute to regional and account growth strategies by aligning product offerings with utility long-term operational, performance, and investment goals, including operations extending beyond 80 years.

• Develop and manage a global portfolio of uprating, super uprating, and LTO offerings, encompassing feasibility studies, implementation solutions, and long-term support services.

• Go beyond traditional License Renewal by defining LTO and SLR product offerings, including operations exceeding 80 years.

• This involves strategies for aging and obsolescence mitigation, long-term asset management support, and phased investment approaches that align with regulatory milestones, plant performance targets, and return-on-investment expectations.

• Identify opportunities to broaden the scope beyond traditional NSSS boundaries, including Balance of Plant, electrical systems, and plant-level integration relevant to uprating and long-term operation programs.

• Own product roadmaps, lifecycle management, and business cases for assigned offerings, from concept to deployment and evolution.

• Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) initiatives with defined business objectives, customer value, and return-on-investment targets.

• Assist in developing integrated uprating and super uprating solutions that enable utilities to enhance plant output while ensuring safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance.

• Ensure that uprating solutions are developed in direct relation to long-term operation strategies, integrating aging management, inspection and replacement plans, and investment timing to optimize plant performance and economic returns over extended lifetimes.

• Integrate customer considerations regarding grid demand growth, data centers, hyperscalers, and revenue optimization into product definition and value messaging.

• Collaborate with engineering and licensing teams to ensure offerings are technically viable, licensable, and executable across various plant configurations and regulatory environments.

• Promote innovation throughout the entire product lifecycle, from idea generation to New Product Introduction, addressing evolving customer challenges related to uprating, Subsequent License Renewal, and long-term operations beyond 80 years.

• Partner with AI&I (R&D, Digital, Advanced Reactors & Fusion) to co-develop technology components, analytical tools, and digital enablers pertinent to uprating and LTO offerings.

• Support initiatives to utilize external or public funding and collaborative development when relevant.

• Ensure that innovation efforts result in deployable, scalable, and value-adding products, rather than isolated technical developments.

• Utilize global product heatmaps to advocate for reference solutions to operating plants across ES regions, guiding cross-region collaboration to ensure reference solutions are introduced and implemented for all applicable operating plants.

• Work alongside other Engineered Solutions Product Managers (e.g., NSSS components, Balance of Plant / Plant Engineering, New Markets, Digital & Training) to foster cross-fertilization, consistency, and portfolio coherence.

• Collaborate with APx Global Engineering to align product strategy with engineering capabilities, execution readiness, and resource planning.

• Assist in make-versus-buy evaluations, supply-chain alignment, and manufacturability considerations for uprating and long-term operation solutions.

• Partner with Engineering, Licensing, APx, Supply Chain, Global Markets, Sales, and regional teams to synchronize product strategy, execution, and delivery.

• Support tendering initiatives through solution definition, technical clarification, and customer-centric value positioning.

• Provide high-quality contributions to the corporate strategic planning cycle concerning uprating, SLR, operations beyond 80 years, and portfolio investment priorities.

• Leverage market intelligence, fleet data, and analytics to guide portfolio prioritization, product evolution, and investment decisions.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field (advanced degree preferred).

• Over 10 years of experience in product management, engineering, licensing, consulting, or business development within the nuclear industry or related regulated sectors.

• Proficiency in power uprating, aging management, long-term operations, and SLR challenges, or a proven ability to develop this expertise.

• Experience in crafting product strategies, business cases, and value propositions for complex, long-term engineered offerings.

• Experience working in international, matrixed organizations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical benefits which may include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution options.

• Wellness programs aimed at supporting employees in maintaining their health and well-being, including an Employee Assistance Program for employees and their household members.

• 401(k) plan with company match contributions to assist employees with their retirement savings.

• Paid vacation days and company holidays.

• Opportunities for flexible work arrangements to encourage work-life balance.

• Educational reimbursement and comprehensive career programs to aid employees in their professional development.

• Global recognition and service programs to celebrate employee achievements and tenure.

• Employee referral program.