Hitachi Energy

Digital Service Strategy & Portfolio Manager

Stoney Creek, ON

Full-time

About This Job

Description

The Digital Service Strategy & Portfolio Manager is responsible for defining and driving the overall strategic digital service vision, strategic roadmap, and business alignment for Digital Service Solutions within BU Service. Following the three-horizon approach, the Digital Service Strategy Manager leads a team to formulates strategies & initiatives, and bring to market of a portfolio of digital services to meet the company BU’s, and Customer’s long-term goals. Leveraging emerging technologies, the role is responsible for ensuring a sustainable competitive advantage through service innovation and digital transformation.

Working closely with BU Strategy & Innovation, Global Product Group (GPG) Managers, BU Technology, this role ensures that the Digital Service Solution team maximizes customer value, enhances operational efficiency, and drives business growth.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Responsibilities:

•

Vision & Roadmap Development: Define and execute the global digital service strategy, ensuring alignment with business priorities and industry trends.

•

Market & Competitive Analysis: Monitor market trends, customer demands, and competitor activities to shape digital service strategies.

•

Innovation & Growth Initiatives: Identify and evaluate new digital service opportunities, ensuring business sustainability and differentiation.

•

Business Model Definition: Develop scalable business models and monetization strategies for digital services, optimizing revenue streams.

•

Customer-Centric Approach: Ensure that digital service strategies are driven by customer needs, user experience, and value creation.

Operational Responsibilities:

•

Lead a team of strategy and product management professionals to deliver a coherent portfolio of digital service offerings, that position Hitachi Energy as the market leader in digital services in the energy sector.

•

Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with R&D, Product Managers, and Commercial Teams to translate strategic plans into executable roadmaps.

•

Cross-Functional Alignment and Execution: Serve as the primary liaison between BU’s global product management functions, global Digital Product Care and Digital Operations and support, along with regional stakeholders, ensuring cohesive execution of product strategies

•

Technology Alignment: Partner with technology teams to assess and integrate emerging IoT, AI (generative, agentic, physical), cloud, and and data analytics capabilities into service solutions.

•

Service Process Optimization: Identify opportunities to enhance service processes and automation, ensuring digital efficiency and operational excellence.

•

KPI Definition & Performance Tracking: Establish and track KPIs to measure the success of digital service strategies and initiatives.

Financial & Business Responsibilities:

•

Investment Prioritization: Work with leadership to allocate budgets and prioritize high-impact digital initiatives.

•

Cost-Benefit Analysis: Assess the financial feasibility of digital service projects, ensuring strong ROI and long-term profitability.

Collaboration & Governance:

•

Stakeholder Engagement: Align digital service strategies with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring cross-functional support and execution.

•

Governance & Compliance: Ensure that digital strategies comply with data security, privacy, and regulatory requirements.

Qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access the Hitachi Energy career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by completing a general inquiry form on our website. Please include your contact information and specific details about your required accommodation to support you during the job application process.

This is solely for job seekers with disabilities requiring accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Messages left for other purposes will not receive a response.