Tract Capital Management is a team of digital infrastructure experts dedicated to accelerating responsible data center growth. The Principal Product Manager will partner with the Product Engineering team to define infrastructure strategy and oversee the development of products and processes to achieve this strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Product Engineering teams to define requirements, develop product strategies, and own product roadmaps
- Manage relationships with manufacturers, ensuring they understand the product requirements, expectations and timelines, as well as effectively communicate and action manufacturers’ requirements to internal resources
- Oversee the product development process, including timelines, budgets, and resources
- Familiarity with mechanical, electrical and structural products within a data center or mission critical facility
- Possess expertise in manufacturing processes and quality control systems
- Work history with manufacturing test and script development, as well as project lifecycle and commissioning management
- Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., engineering, project management, construction, commissioning, procurement, and financing) and external suppliers to ensure smooth product development and delivery
- Liaise with external legal and compliance teams to interpret and implement regulatory requirements at a site level
- Work with partners to ensure packaging, labeling, and documentation meet regulatory and market requirements
- Lead and manage early product design stages, defining the end-to-end transition of products from engineering prototypes to scaled production
- Define and manage product actions to deliver quality, cost, and timeline targets
- Team up with partners to define and implement manufacturing strategies that align with product requirements and mutual business goals
- Open partnership in driving and managing supply chain alternatives for production materials, components, and finished goods
- Collaborate with external partners for production planning that aligns with demand forecasts, quality standards, delivery timelines, and inventory targets
- Align production and delivery timelines with go-to-market strategies and commercial launch plans to ensure seamless product deployment
- Work in partnership to develop and provide clear Quality Testing Criteria for factory and on-site equipment and product testing within systems
- Co-development of testing requirements and mechanisms with external partners for functional compliance to drive seamless execution
- Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions for test failures during New Product Introduction (NPI) stage
- Support partners in new product introductions by aligning product capabilities with design requirements
- Act as the central point of contact to facilitate clear communication between engineering, manufacturing, quality, logistics, and commercial teams to identify and mitigate risks across the product lifecycle
- Translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable strategies for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Delivering written and verbal presentations to internal leadership teams
- Interfacing with senior leadership and diverse stakeholders
- Collaborate to define Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for material handling, product production, shipping, and deployment