Head of Rail Signaling & Product Development

hitachi; Wien; Presencial; EUR 95.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Hitachi Rail Austria GmbH in Vienna, Austria, seeks a Head of Product Development to lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization across Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans. You will manage 100+ engineers, drive safety-critical and cloud-native railway tech, and shape the future of signaling and digital rail solutions.

The role requires strategic leadership, deep technical credibility across software, hardware, and cybersecurity, and a strong track record in regulated industries.

Formación

• Proven leadership in a large engineering organization.
• Experience leading leaders and diverse teams in international settings.
• Strong people leadership with coaching and talent development.
• Experience managing organizational change and growth.

Responsabilidades

• Define and execute the regional product development and engineering strategy.
• Lead, inspire, and develop a multicultural organization.
• Establish a high-performance engineering culture focused on innovation, quality, accountability and collaboration.
• Balance long-term product evolution with operational delivery commitments.
• Drive modernization across legacy and cloud-native architectures and software practices.
• Ensure compliance with railway standards, safety regulations and cybersecurity requirements.
• Oversee budgeting, resource planning, and talent management.
• Foster collaboration with product management, operations, certification bodies, customers, and international teams.
• Maintain and improve a mature product portfolio including long-established systems.

Conocimientos

Leadership

People management

Strategic thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-cultural collaboration

Execution

Herramientas

Cloud platforms

Cybersecurity

System integration

Descripción del empleo

Hitachi Rail Austria GmbH in Vienna, Austria, seeks a Head of Product Development to lead a multidisciplinary engineering organization across Austria, Hungary, and the Balkans. You will manage 100+ engineers, drive safety-critical and cloud-native railway tech, and shape the future of signaling and digital rail solutions.

The role requires strategic leadership, deep technical credibility across software, hardware, and cybersecurity, and a strong track record in regulated industries.