Senior Product Manager – Uprating, Plant Performance and Long-Term Operations

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

📋 Description

• Evaluate and analyze global markets pertaining to power uprating, superpower uprating, long-term operation, and beyond SLR operation, identifying demand drivers, customer requirements, and competitive landscapes.

• 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, differentiators, 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.

• Broaden the scope beyond conventional License Renewal by defining LTO and SLR product offerings, including operations exceeding 80 years.

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

• Own product roadmaps, lifecycle management, and business cases for assigned offerings, overseeing them from concept through 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 closely aligned with long-term operational strategies, integrating aging management, inspection, replacement strategies, and investment timing to optimize plant performance and economic returns over extended lifetimes.

• Factor in 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 guarantee that offerings are technically feasible, licensable, and executable across various plant configurations and regulatory frameworks.

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

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

• Support initiatives to leverage external or public funding and collaborative development where applicable.

• Ensure that innovation efforts translate into 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 relevant operating plants.

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

• Work with APx Global Engineering to synchronize 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.

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

• Support tendering activities through solution definition, technical clarification, and value positioning focused on customers.

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

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline (advanced degree preferred).

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

• Familiarity with power uprating, aging management, long-term operation, and SLR challenges, or a proven ability to acquire this expertise.

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

• Experience working within international, matrixed organizations.

🏝️ Benefits

• Comprehensive medical benefits that may include medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, and a 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 that offers support for employees and their household members.

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

• Paid vacation and company holidays.

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

• Educational reimbursement and comprehensive career programs to facilitate employee growth.

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

• Employee referral program.