Global Strategic Account Manager Technical Architect
Job Summary
As GSAM - Technical Architect you will be responsible for Leads design positioning and technical execution of advanced thermal and cooling solutions for global data center customers. Acts as a trusted advisor aligning customer requirements with optimized scalable and energy-efficient architectures across chiller liquid cooling and central plant systems. Partners closely with Global Strategic Account Managers (GSAMs) to align technical solutions with account strategy drive customer engagement and accelerate deal conversion. Serves as a global customer advocate ensuring alignment between customer needs solution delivery and long-term partnership objectives.
- Architect end-to-end thermal solutions (air-cooled liquid cooling hybrid systems) aligned with hyperscale and colocation requirements
- Translate customer technical requirements into optimized system designs including capacity modeling and performance trade-offs
- Lead technical components of proposals including system architecture energy efficiency modeling and solution differentiation
- Partner with Global Strategic Account Managers (GSAMs) to align solution strategy with account priorities customer engagement plans and pipeline development
- Serve as a global customer advocate representing customer requirements internally across engineering product and operations to drive alignment and delivery
- Lead and support program management of complex multi-region data center initiatives ensuring coordination across stakeholders timelines and deliverables
- Support pricing and commercial strategy through technical value articulation (TCO PUE lifecycle cost)
- Act as technical interface between customer engineering teams and JCI product/engineering organizations
- Drive innovation adoption (e.g. high-density liquid cooling advanced chillers heat reuse)
- Joint engagement with GSAMs in strategic account planning global customer governance and executive technical discussions
- Lead global customer advocacy forums to align technical roadmaps performance expectations and long-term partnership objectives
- Program management cadence across large-scale deployments ensuring alignment on scope schedule and delivery milestones
- Technical design workshops with customers focused on future state architectures and AI workloads
- Proposal development cycles with cross-functional engineering product commercial teams and GSAM leadership
- Quarterly solution and program reviews aligned to customer roadmap capacity plans and technology evolution
- Ongoing engagement with product teams to influence roadmap based on customer requirements
- Bachelors degree with 10 years of proven experience in data center cooling systems (chillers CDU CRAH/CRAC liquid cooling).
- Expertise in thermal system design and capacity planning.
- Strong background in energy efficiency optimization (PUE WUE sustainability targets).
- Skilled in global customer advocacy and stakeholder management.
- Experience in program and project management across complex multiregion deployments.
- Knowledge of hyperscale and colocation standards.
- Ability in technical sales and solution positioning in partnership with GSAM organizations.
- Proven crossfunctional leadership across engineering sales and operations.
- Competitive salary
- Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
- Comprehensive benefits package
- On the job/cross training opportunities
- Encouraging and collaborative team environment
- Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and multi industrial leader serving a wide range of customers in more than 150 countries. Our 120,000 employees create intelligent buildings, efficient energy solutions, integrated infrastructure and next generation transportation sy ... View more