The Director of Product Planning is responsible for developing and executing Maxwell's (a division of Clarios) product strategy for the AI Data Center market. This role serves as the market and customer expert, translating emerging industry trends, hyperscaler requirements, and power infrastructure challenges into actionable product roadmaps and growth strategies.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Customer Experience Engineering and Product Planning, the Director of Product Planning will lead efforts to identify new market opportunities, drive product portfolio evolution, and ensure Maxwell's energy storage solutions are aligned with the future requirements of AI-driven data center architectures. The role requires strong industry knowledge of power generation, energy storage, backup power systems, and grid resiliency solutions supporting hyperscale data center deployments.
The successful candidate will build and maintain executive-level relationships with hyperscaler customers and key ecosystem partners while working closely with Sales, Applications Engineering, Systems Solution Engineering, and Core Product Engineering teams to shape Maxwell's long-term product direction.
What we look for-
Clarios is the force behind the world’s most recognizable car battery brands, powering vehicles from leading automakers like Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. With 18,000 employees worldwide, we develop, manufacture, and distribute energy storage solutions while recovering, recycling, and reusing up to 99% of battery materials—setting the standard for sustainability in our industry. At Clarios, we’re not just making batteries; we’re shaping the future of sustainable transportation. Join our mission to innovate, push boundaries, and make a real impact. Discover your potential at Clarios—where your power meets endless possibilities.
We value the leadership, adaptability, and technical expertise developed through military service. At Clarios, those capabilities thrive in an environment built on grit, ingenuity, and passion—where you can grow your career while helping to power progress worldwide. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to protected characteristics.
We recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please apply. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is key to challenging the status quo. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran or other protected characteristics protected by law. As a federal contractor, we are committed to not discriminating against any applicant or employee based on these protected statuses. We will also take affirmative action to ensure equal employment opportunities. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process by emailing Special.Accommodations@Clarios.com. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and value diversity in our teams in terms of work experience, area of expertise, and all characteristics protected by laws in the countries where we operate. For more information on our commitment to sustainability, diversity, and equal opportunity, please read our latest report. We want you to know your rights because EEO is the law.
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Clarios creates the most advanced battery technologies for virtually every type of vehicle. We are a global leader in advanced energy storage solutions, powering one in three of the world’s vehicles.
We produce more than 150 million batteries – one-third of the industry’s output – every year, and we continue to build and expand our capacity to meet our customer’s future demand.
