V

Vertiv

Builds power and cooling systems for data centers

Implementation & Lifecycle Service Offering Lead - Thermal Chain

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
No salary listed
Mid
Norway+5 moreMore locations: Casier, Italy | Germany | Sweden | Ireland | United Kingdom
In Person
ProductProduct Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Expertise in thermal systems, including liquid cooling architectures, high-density applications, and data centre thermal management.
  • Expertise in NPDI processes and end-to-end lifecycle management across complex service environments.
  • A deep understanding of data centre thermal architectures, including air-side, liquid-side, and hybrid cooling models.
  • Experience with adoption and change management programs, translating technical capabilities into customer operational reality.
  • Proficiency in market analysis and competitive intelligence, with the ability to synthesize signals into strategic recommendations.
  • Understanding of services business models, including time and materials, fixed-price, subscription, and outcome-based constructs.
  • Ability to plan strategically while operating tactically and executing with pace.
  • Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and influence outcomes across teams and geographies without direct authority.
  • Ability to operate in high-growth, ambiguous environments where priorities shift with market dynamics.
  • Ability to align stakeholders and influence commercial, technical, and executive audiences.
  • Commercial curiosity and responsiveness to market signals, translating external signals into internal action.
Responsibilities
  • Own the thermal and liquid cooling offering portfolio, maintaining market readiness across all lifecycle stages from conceptualization to optimization.
  • Drive, own, and execute thermal NPDI strategy across the region, identifying new service opportunities aligned to AI data centre and high-density compute growth.
  • Maintain the thermal service offering portfolio roadmap, incorporating market trends, customer feedback, and competitive signals into a forward-looking plan.
  • Lead liquid cooling and high-density service development and enablement, from initial concept through commercial launch and post-deployment improvement.
  • Support the Portfolio Strategy Lead in executing commercial strategy by providing thermal-specific pricing inputs, deal structures, and margin data.
  • Contribute to the development of pricing frameworks and commercial policies by supplying technical and service-related market intelligence from the thermal product line.
  • Align with the Portfolio Strategy Lead and Implementation Leads to protect pricing consistency and margin integrity across thermal service offerings.
  • Participate in annual pricing reviews by delivering thermal market conditions, competitive benchmarking, and cost-to-serve data.
  • Own adoption and technical acceleration programs, including training, for thermal solutions, working alongside Academy and Marketing to drive customer uptake.
  • Develop training materials, playbooks, and enablement assets that equip field teams and customers to deploy and maximize thermal solutions effectively.
  • Drive customer adoption metrics and market growth programs, tracking the degree to which thermal solutions are embedded and operationally relied upon.
  • Lead technical acceleration initiatives for emerging thermal technologies, shortening the time from innovation to scaled customer deployment.
  • Gather structured Voice of Customer feedback through customer visits, site assessments, deployments, and industry conferences, translating field and customer signals into actionable portfolio decisions and market analysis inputs.
  • Monitor thermal market trends, including AI workload growth, liquid cooling adoption curves, and high-density demand signals, to maintain strategic relevance.
  • Identify competitive threats and opportunities within the thermal services landscape, surfacing insights that sharpen the company's positioning and offering differentiation.
  • Report thermal portfolio performance to leadership through regular insight briefs covering pipeline health, adoption metrics, and strategic recommendations.
  • Coordinate with the Power Train Lead on integrated lifecycle strategies that span thermal and power domains, avoiding duplication and maximizing synergy.
  • Partner with AE – THM Services on technical delivery quality, solution design inputs, and RFP support to maintain high standards in customer-facing engagements.
  • Collaborate with the Strategic Analyst on thermal business cases, performance insights, and feedback loops that inform portfolio evolution and NPDI prioritization.
  • Manage structured handoffs between conceptualization, deployment, and continuous improvement phases, keeping cross-functional contributors aligned throughout the lifecycle.
Desired Qualifications
  • Field experience is a strong asset.

About the company

V

Vertiv

View
Website

Vertiv builds power and cooling equipment that keeps data centers, communication networks, and industrial facilities running through outages and heavy computing loads. Its Liebert cooling systems manage the heat generated by servers, while its power products protect equipment and distribute electricity. The company sells equipment directly and through distributors, then earns additional revenue from installation, maintenance, spare parts, and services throughout the equipment life cycle. Its portfolio also includes racks and software for monitoring and managing IT equipment. Vertiv became a standalone company in 2016 and is headquartered in Westerville, Ohio.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Westerville, Ohio

Founded

2016

Get referred to Vertiv

See people who can refer or advise you

Simplify Jobs

Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Sales growth supports expansion: Vertiv reported 24% higher quarterly revenue in July 2026.
  • Ohio career opportunities are planned: Vertiv announced hundreds of additional jobs through 2029 in March 2026.
  • Career planning has a formal structure: Vertiv lists its Career Framework in the employee rewards package.

What critics are saying

  • Large deployments strain delivery: Vertiv reported supply-chain congestion and project timing shifts in July 2026.
  • Booked demand carries cancellation risk: Vertiv's $15 billion December 2025 backlog allows customers to defer or reduce commitments.
  • Job security faces cost targets: Vertiv's ongoing restructuring program includes workforce reductions across all segments.

What makes Vertiv unique

  • Cooling expertise predates the AI boom: Liebert pioneered precision computer room air conditioning in 1965.
  • Modular sites support varied power standards: Vertiv SmartMod integrates factory-tested enclosures with 12V, 48V, or 400V DC.
  • Field support has global scale: Vertiv reports approximately 5,000 service engineers and 320 service centers.

Help us improve and share your feedback! Did you find this helpful?

Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Paid Vacation
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Remote Work Options
  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Wellness Program

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

-1%
Yahoo Finance
Oct 22nd, 2026
Vertiv shares fall 8.65% to $193.80 despite model showing 30% more AI output

Vertiv shares fell 8.65% to $193.80 at about 11:46 ET on Thursday, even as the data-centre power and cooling supplier said a new deployment model could speed up AI projects. Using NVIDIA DSX, Vertiv modelled up to 30% more cumulative AI token output in a project's first year. Its scenario cuts design and validation from 30 days to three, and halves infrastructure deployment from 90 days to 45. That yields 317 productive days instead of 245. The gains are modelled, and actual results depend on execution. Polar Data Centers is applying the factory-built approach to the first 41-megawatt phase of its Herya campus in Norway. Vertiv's second-quarter adjusted operating margin was 22.6%, up 410 basis points year over year.

Associated Press
Oct 22nd, 2026
Dassault Systèmes and Vertiv partner to cut AI factory deployment time by up to 50%

Dassault Systèmes and Vertiv Holdings Co. announced a collaboration to let AI factory infrastructure be configured, simulated and validated before construction begins. The companies aim to cut field complexity and speed up deployment of NVIDIA DSX AI factories. Vertiv's SimReady power and cooling designs will run on Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform as configurable virtual twins. The work builds on Vertiv's SmartRun twin and extends to solutions such as Vertiv OneCore. The companies target up to 10x faster progress from requirements to a validated design, and up to 50% less deployment time. In Vertiv's model, capacity comes online about 10 weeks sooner, yielding up to 30% more token output within 12 months. The gain comes only from earlier readiness, not a measured customer result. The companies are showing the approach at NVIDIA GTC Berlin, October 20-22.

PR Newswire
Oct 21st, 2026
Vertiv and NVIDIA target 30% more AI token output in year one; Polar deploys 41MW Norway site

Vertiv and NVIDIA have introduced an AI factory approach that pairs pre-engineered reference designs with factory-built infrastructure. Announced at NVIDIA GTC Berlin, it aims to bring AI capacity online sooner. In modelled scenarios, it yields up to 30% more cumulative token output in the first 12 months at the same installed capacity. The modelled approach cuts configuration and validation from about 30 days to three, and deployment from about 90 days to 45. Together, that trims these stages from roughly 120 days to 48, making capacity available about 10 weeks sooner. Polar Data Centers is using the factory-built model for the first 41 MW phase of its AI data center at Herøya, Norway, which is scalable to 100 MW.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 17th, 2026
Arista's 45.4% operating margin dwarfs Vertiv's 19.5%, but Vertiv trades at a lower cash-flow multiple

Arista Networks and Vertiv Holdings both gain as AI data centres come online, but Arista keeps far more of each sales dollar as profit. Arista supplies data-centre networking; Vertiv supplies power and cooling. Arista's second-quarter revenue was $3.036 billion, up 37.7%, with a 45.4% GAAP operating margin. Vertiv reported $3.274 billion in sales, up 24% (18% organic), with a 19.5% GAAP operating margin. A five-point margin drop at constant revenue would cut Arista's operating profit 11.0% and Vertiv's 25.6%. Arista's cushion costs more. Trailing cash-flow multiples were about 45 for Arista and 28 for Vertiv. Vertiv's adjusted free cash flow reached $925 million, helped by favourable working-capital timing.

Insider Monkey
Oct 17th, 2026
Arista vs. Vertiv: which AI Infrastructure business has the bigger profit cushion?

Arista vs. Vertiv: which AI Infrastructure business has the bigger profit cushion? Published October 17, 2026 at 6:11 pm EDT Arista and Vertiv rank tenth and ninth in our 10 Best AI Infrastructure Stocks to Buy for the Long Term. The list shows which eight infrastructure businesses attracted more hedge-fund holders. Both benefit when AI campuses become operational, but their profit cushions differ sharply. Arista Networks, Inc. (NYSE:ANET) supplies data-center networking; Vertiv Holdings Co (NYSE:VRT) supplies power and cooling. They are alternatives for an infrastructure allocation, with different products and economics. High margins change the cost of disappointment. Arista's August 4 results showed second-quarter revenue of $3.036 billion, up 37.7%, and a 45.4% GAAP operating margin. Vertiv's July 29 release reported $3.274 billion of sales, up 24%, and a 19.5% GAAP operating margin. Vertiv's organic growth was 18%; acquisitions and currency contributed the rest. Subtract five percentage points from each margin while holding revenue constant. Arista's operating profit falls 11.0%; Vertiv's falls 25.6%. This isolates sensitivity to margin compression. It does not assume that networking and thermal equipment face identical shocks: customer pricing, manufacturing costs and project timing can affect them differently. Arista's software-supported networking model currently retains more operating profit per sales dollar. That cushion can help absorb investment and price pressure, but large-customer concentration makes order timing important. Our Cisco comparison asks how much of Arista's stronger economics investors are already paying for. Cooling growth has to become recurring cash. Vertiv's lower margin also gives it room to improve as volume rises and operations become more efficient. Greater computing density increases cooling and power requirements. Its risk is that customers delay campuses or expansion costs arrive before revenue. Q2 adjusted free cash flow reached $925 million, with favorable working-capital timing helping the result; extrapolating that quarter would overstate certainty. October 15 trailing cash-flow multiples were about 45 for Arista and 28 for Vertiv. Arista's larger margin cushion therefore comes with a higher cash-flow price. That premium needs durable growth and collections, while Vertiv must preserve cash generation after investment. These current multiples do not establish comparable future shareholder returns. Insider Monkey counted 91 Arista holders in Q2 2026, up from 85, and 112 Vertiv holders, up from 96. Arrowstreet cut Arista shares 10%, while AQR increased Vertiv shares 1%. September 30 short interest was 0.97% of float for Arista; Vertiv had 14.38 million shares sold short. Those snapshots cannot explain later trading moves. Arista has the larger demonstrated margin buffer. Vertiv's operating upside depends more heavily on improving execution as demand expands. The choice turns on whether Arista sustains its economics or Vertiv closes part of the profit gap while converting growth into cash. Today's margin difference answers the resilience question, not which stock will deliver the higher return.