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Distech Controls’ success and reputation are fueled by our world-class team of employees. We look for qualified individuals who are striving to succeed and that wish to actively contribute to our continued growth. Distech Controls values its team members and offers them a modern, motivating work environment, and competitive salaries and benefits.

Distech Controls (https://www.distech-controls.com/) is a Canadian-based company located in Brossard, on the South Shore of Montreal (QC), with a European headquarter in Brignais (Lyon), France. We are proud to be part of the Acuity Brands’ (https://www.acuitybrands.com/) family since 2015. Our mission is to connect people with intelligent building solutions for better health, better space, and better efficiencies through our forward-thinking technologies and services.

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

We are positioned at the intersection of sustainability and technology. Our businesses develop technology that helps save our customers energy and reduce their carbon emissions. We achieve growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and location-aware applications.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Product Team, the Program Owner Acts as a liaison between the development group and business units for the development and implementation of new systems/products and enhancement of existing systems | Evaluates new applications and identifies systems requirements | Evaluates new developments and evolving business requirements and recommends appropriate systems alternatives and/or enhancements to current systems | Prepares communications and makes presentations on system/product enhancements and/or alternatives.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)

• Enhance Customer Satisfaction : Focus on delivering features and enhancements that improve the user experience and address customer feedback. Regularly engage with customers and end-users to gather insights and validate product decisions, ensuring that the product continuously meets or exceeds customer expectations.

• Define and Prioritize Product Backlog : Develop and maintain a clear, prioritized product backlog that aligns with the company's strategic goals and addresses customer needs. This involves working closely with Product Managers to understand business objectives, with System Integrator’s / End User’s ensuring that the backlog items are well-defined, and prioritizing features and improvements based on business value and technical feasibility.

• Drive Product Vision and Strategy : Articulate a clear product vision and strategy for the building automation solutions. This includes understanding market trends, customer pain points, and competitive landscape to help the team define features that guide product development and ensures alignment with the company's long-term objectives.

• Ensure High-Quality Product Deliveries : works with Project Managers to oversee the development process to ensure that the building automation products meet quality standards and are delivered on time. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, Product Management, and quality assurance to address any issues that

Skills and Minimum Experience Required

• 9 to 12 years of experience

• Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent

• Seasoned leader with experience in cross functional team management and project management

• Technical Knowledge (electronics, mechanical, firmware, software ) to understand and lead day to day activities of a technical team

• Ability to drive a team in a matrix organization to achieve the goal

• Knowledge of NPI (New Product Introduction) & Commercial / Marketing activities

• Strong Business acumen and customer oriented

• Very strong Leadership Initiative

• Capacity to adapt and adjust to different situations

• Capacity to analyze & summarize

• Persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success

• Powerful Motivator and negotiator

• Be able to elevate vocabulary according to the audience

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Degree in Electronics / Software Development

Travel Requirements

• Domestic and/or International 0 - 25%

Physical Requirements

Sedentary Work – Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking or standing is required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Distech Controls Inc. is owned by Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc., which is located in the United States. These companies share a global recruitment system on which the data you provide will be stored, and which will be subject to the laws of the United States of America.

We value diversity and are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regards to race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, covered veteran status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Accommodation for Applicants with Disabilities: As an equal opportunity employer, Acuity Brands is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in its application process for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have difficulty using our online system due to a disability and need accommodation, you may contact us at (770) 922-9000. Please clearly indicate what type of accommodation you are requesting and for what requisition.

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The range for this position is $74,700.00 to $139,900.00 Placement within this range may vary, depending on the applicant’s experience and geographic location.

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