Head of Product Management
ABB
Head of Product Management
At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.
This position reports to
Local Div Mger, System Drives US
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will plan, monitor, and develop a product portfolio for the US System Drives Division. Implement global product management and business strategy and manage associated portfolio planning, investment, and development activity to meet the requirements of the local US and allocated export markets. Lead Product Management team to meet results of the Local Division. The work model for the role is: #LI - Hybrid This role is contributing to the Systems Drives Division in New Berlin, WI area. You will be mainly accountable for: • Portfolio management: Manages a product portfolio within the local System Drives Division throughout its whole life cycle, with responsibility for product profitability. Leads continuous business analysis of the existing portfolio and potential new portfolio items and contributes to decisions on product obsolescence and end-of-life in close cooperation with Global Product Managers. • Product strategy: Translates global product management and local Division strategy into the local product portfolio through market and customer segmentation and continuously analyses the content of the local unit portfolio with a focus on new potential products. Contributes to the definition of new product/system/service line or product portfolio strategies providing inputs to Global Product Managers. • Market analysis: Analyses and tracks market, technology, competitor, and customer requirements related to the product/system/service business and determines competitive attributes, prioritization, and value proposition. Identifies needs, opportunities, risks, and positioning against competition and feeds information to the global team as input to decision-making. • Product business plan: Directs the creation of the local product business plan, ensuring fit with the global strategy. Defines the business model and approves the pricing model. Makes decisions and prioritizes local product portfolio development activities. • Customer relations: Manages challenging customer escalations and non-conformities. Contributes to local business unit product certification and factory approval. • People leadership and development : Leads the local Product Management team in order to meet the P&L target of the local unit. Ensures (with HR Manager support) that the Local Product Management organization is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guides, motivates and develops direct subordinates within HR policies. Our team dynamics You will join a dynamic, talented, and high performing team, where you will be able to thrive.
Qualifications for the role
More about us
ABB System Drives is the market leader in high-power, high-performance drives, drive systems and packages for industrial process and large infrastructure applications, and a leading supplier of power conversion equipment for renewable energy and other applications. The Division offers global support to help customers, partners and equipment manufacturers with asset reliability, performance improvement and energy efficiency in mission critical applications. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. myBenefitsABB.com
At ABB, we are dedicated to addressing global challenges. Our core values: care, courage, curiosity, and collaboration - combined with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities - are key drivers in our aim to empower everyone to create sustainable solutions. Write the next chapter of your ABB story.
This position reports to
Local Div Mger, System Drives US
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will plan, monitor, and develop a product portfolio for the US System Drives Division. Implement global product management and business strategy and manage associated portfolio planning, investment, and development activity to meet the requirements of the local US and allocated export markets. Lead Product Management team to meet results of the Local Division. The work model for the role is: #LI - Hybrid This role is contributing to the Systems Drives Division in New Berlin, WI area. You will be mainly accountable for: • Portfolio management: Manages a product portfolio within the local System Drives Division throughout its whole life cycle, with responsibility for product profitability. Leads continuous business analysis of the existing portfolio and potential new portfolio items and contributes to decisions on product obsolescence and end-of-life in close cooperation with Global Product Managers. • Product strategy: Translates global product management and local Division strategy into the local product portfolio through market and customer segmentation and continuously analyses the content of the local unit portfolio with a focus on new potential products. Contributes to the definition of new product/system/service line or product portfolio strategies providing inputs to Global Product Managers. • Market analysis: Analyses and tracks market, technology, competitor, and customer requirements related to the product/system/service business and determines competitive attributes, prioritization, and value proposition. Identifies needs, opportunities, risks, and positioning against competition and feeds information to the global team as input to decision-making. • Product business plan: Directs the creation of the local product business plan, ensuring fit with the global strategy. Defines the business model and approves the pricing model. Makes decisions and prioritizes local product portfolio development activities. • Customer relations: Manages challenging customer escalations and non-conformities. Contributes to local business unit product certification and factory approval. • People leadership and development : Leads the local Product Management team in order to meet the P&L target of the local unit. Ensures (with HR Manager support) that the Local Product Management organization is properly organized, staffed, skilled and directed. Guides, motivates and develops direct subordinates within HR policies. Our team dynamics You will join a dynamic, talented, and high performing team, where you will be able to thrive.
Qualifications for the role
- BS/MS Degree
- 12+ years of professional experience in sales & marketing, product management
- In-depth knowledge of drives markets and applications
- Experience in drives or power electronics applications
- Travel up to 25%
- Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.
More about us
ABB System Drives is the market leader in high-power, high-performance drives, drive systems and packages for industrial process and large infrastructure applications, and a leading supplier of power conversion equipment for renewable energy and other applications. The Division offers global support to help customers, partners and equipment manufacturers with asset reliability, performance improvement and energy efficiency in mission critical applications. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action Plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762. Protected veterans and qualified individuals with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. myBenefitsABB.com
JOB SUMMARY
Head of Product Management
ABB
New Berlin
3 days ago
N/A
Full-time
Head of Product Management