Global Strategic Account Manager - Technical Architect

Johnson Controls

Chennai, INonsitePosted Jul 10, 2026
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About the role

Who we are:

Johnson Controls, a global leader in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency, and decarbonization, helps customers use energy more productively, reduce carbon emissions, and operate with the precision and resilience required in rapidly expanding industries such as data centers, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, advanced manufacturing, and higher education.

For more than 140 years, Johnson Controls has delivered performance where it really matters. Backed by advanced technology, lifecycle services and an industry-leading field organization, we elevate customer performance, turn goals into real-world results and help move society forward.

What you will do:

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.

How you will do it:

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)

Operating Rhythms

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

What we look for:

Bachelor’s 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, multi‑region deployments.

Knowledge of hyperscale and colocation standards.

Ability in technical sales and solution positioning in partnership with GSAM organizations.

Proven cross‑functional leadership across engineering, sales, and operations.

What we offer:

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

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