HVAC Systems Decarbonization & Refrigerants Business Development Manager

Make your mark at the world’s largest HVAC company Daikin Applied is seeking a HVAC Systems Decarbonization & Refrigerants Business Development Manager who will be responsible for supporting the strategies of our HVAC Systems Applications team. HVAC Systems Applications mission is to grow knowledge around HVAC systems so that Daikin can better support our sales and engineering customers with guidance on meeting their design goals and overcoming challenges, as well as leveraging that knowledge to ideate and develop more wholistic solutions to those challenges. This is your opportunity to look at the big picture, work collaboratively to study HVAC systems challenges, evangelize solutions, and make a difference in key focus areas. You will accomplish this by working with our sales representatives, as well as consulting and specifying engineers, to deliver technical systems support about our products and solutions. This role will also be responsible for exploring how we go to market with different decarbonization products and solutions and to support the creation of content related to HVAC systems, such as white papers, design guides, and presentations. You should be familiar with the broad landscape of commercial HVAC system designs and have deep expertise on decarbonization concepts, especially the complex landscape of low global warming potential refrigerants. Come be a part of an exciting journey at Daikin Applied, where innovation and excellence drive our every endeavor!

Location: Remote

What you will do:

• Document opportunities to grow our HVAC systems support offering and communicate sales strategies to secure basis of design (via representatives) primarily through consultants
• Call on sales representatives or consultants as needed to promote HVAC Systems concepts and influence their designs to include Daikin product features and benefits through basis of design specifications. Deliver content to end users, developers, architects, etc. as needed resulting from primary consultant-based activities
• Represent Daikin Applied via professional associations such as USGBC, ASHRAE, AEE, with a focus on decarbonization and low GWP refrigerant topics
• Promote Daikin Applied as a technology leader and environmentally responsible manufacturer
• Develop expertise on the features, benefits, technical performance, and design guidelines for Daikin Applied’ s products and deliver systems guidance levering those strengths, marketed to consultants
• Serve as the subject matter expert for the theme of low GWP refrigerants and other ways of decarbonizing HVAC systems with deep expertise on how this impacts the design of the system
• Lead internal efforts to address HVAC Systems needs by working with solutions leaders to prioritize solutions in their roadmaps by evaluating and delivering business cases for new technologies and leading project workstreams as required
• Produce and deliver routine information presentations; webinars, lunch and learns, etc., to educate customers on Daikin products, and HVAC systems
• Gather ongoing prospect/customer feedback, enhancement requests, and related information
• Liaise with Equipment Sales Team to assist in expanding Daikin Applied Equipment and Daikin VRV Systems
• Effectively communicate technical systems knowledge to customers through client visits, technical presentations, lunch and learns, e-mail and phone contact
• Propose changes in equipment to keep pace with industry code advancements, emerging system demands and market demands, with a particular focus on refrigerants. Work with customers to determine how products or services could be designed or modified to best meet clients’ needs
• Produce and maintain market and competitor intelligence regarding HVAC systems offering
• Document and Report on market changes affecting Daikin Applied’s products or services
• Assist in creation of application guides and other technical documents that assist engineers in designing efficient and effective HVAC systems that leverage Daikin Applied products

What’s in it for you:

• Medical/Dental/Vision coverage, PTO, 401K match, support for community involvement and much more
• The ability to make an impact and shape your career with a company that is passionate about growth
• The support of an organization that believes it is vital to include and engage diverse people, perspectives, and ideas to achieve our best
• Work visa sponsorship is not available for this position

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• 10+ years of HVAC industry experience in engineering, technical sales or a combination
• Ability to travel up to 50% (25-35% typical) within the US and Canada. Occasional international travel as needed
• Valid Driver’s License and acceptable Motor Vehicle Record

About Us

Building a more sustainable planet. Creating comfortable, healthy spaces for people to connect, live and work. Perfecting the air we share.

Daikin Applied is not just an HVAC company. We’re part of a global technology powerhouse that uses Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) to transform the world. We’re innovators and leaders. Not only as a business, but as individuals.

We invest in our people, and our people invest in our customers and communities. This mutual commitment is the reason for our dynamic growth. So is an inclusive culture that encourages everyone to come to work as their whole selves and come together as a team that welcomes unique ideas, perspectives and backgrounds.

You see, we’re not just innovating on the outside. We’re innovating on the inside to unlock people’s unlimited potential and bring out the diverse and groundbreaking ideas that will help us solve today’s most pressing challenges.

That’s why Daikin offers more than a job. Here’s where you’ll be heard, be valued, belong — and be able to make your mark.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

It is the policy of Daikin Applied to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, gender identification, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, marital status, membership or activity in a local commission, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.