Director, Global Engineering Excellence & AI

Valmet; Finland; Remote; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet is seeking a Director, Engineering Excellence to lead the development of engineering capabilities, processes, and AI initiatives across the PEC business line. You will drive performance improvements, governance, and digital transformation while aligning with business priorities.

You will coordinate across engineering, IT, and business units, coach leaders, and shape a global AI roadmap to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Technology, Information Management, or another relevant field.
• Proven leadership experience in engineering development, digital transformation, or similar global function.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management across engineering, business, technology and IT.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering Excellence function and translate business priorities into development initiatives with measurable outcomes.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and resource planning for the Engineering Excellence team.
• Own and continuously develop engineering processes, performance metrics, and improvement activities.
• Drive governance of engineering, data, and document management tools and solutions and steer digital development initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

AI opportunities

Digital transformation

Performance governance

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

Document management systems

Data governance tools

Job description

Valmet is seeking a Director, Engineering Excellence to lead the development of engineering capabilities, processes, and AI initiatives across the PEC business line. You will drive performance improvements, governance, and digital transformation while aligning with business priorities.

You will coordinate across engineering, IT, and business units, coach leaders, and shape a global AI roadmap to deliver measurable business value.