Director of Engineering Excellence

Valmet; Tampere; On-site; EUR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet, a global technology company, seeks a Director of Engineering Excellence to drive capabilities, processes, digital solutions, and AI initiatives across the PEC business line in Tampere, Finland. You will shape common ways of working, steer digital development, and align with IT and business priorities to build long-term capability.

You will lead a diverse team, develop roadmaps, and ensure measurable outcomes, with a focus on engineering performance, quality, and business impact.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Technology, Information Management, or a related field.
• Several years of engineering leadership and digital transformation experience.
• Proven people leadership, coaching, and resource planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering Excellence function and translate priorities into development initiatives.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and resource planning for the team.
• Own and improve engineering processes, performance metrics, and improvements.
• Coordinate governance of engineering, data, and document management tools.
• Lead digital development initiatives supporting engineering and product management.
• Own the Global Engineering AI roadmap and link priorities to use cases.
• Coordinate collaboration across engineering, business, technology, data, and IT.
• Drive adoption of new ways of working to boost productivity and impact.

Skills

Leadership

People leadership

Engineering processes

AI opportunities in engineering

Stakeholder management

Change management

English proficiency

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Join Valmet's Global Engineering organization as Director, Engineering Excellence and lead the development of engineering capabilities, processes, digital solutions, and AI-related initiatives across the Pulp, Energy and Circularity (PEC) business line.

In this role, you will be responsible for driving engineering excellence by developing common ways of working, improving engineering performance, steering digital development, and leading the Global Engineering AI roadmap. You will work closely with engineering disciplines, business areas, technology units, and IT stakeholders to support business priorities and long-term capability development.

Your responsibilities

• Lead the Engineering Excellence function and translate business priorities into development initiatives and measurable outcomes.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and resource planning for the Engineering Excellence team.
• Own and continuously develop engineering processes, performance metrics, and improvement activities.
• Coordinate the development and governance of engineering, data, and document management tools and solutions.
• Lead and steer digital development initiatives supporting engineering and product management.
• Own and maintain the Global Engineering AI roadmap, linking business priorities with practical engineering use cases.
• Coordinate collaboration across engineering, business, technology, data, and IT organizations.
• Drive adoption of new ways of working that improve engineering productivity, quality, and business impact.

Expectations for you

• University degree in Engineering, Technology, Information Management, or another relevant field.
• Several years of experience in engineering leadership, engineering development, digital transformation, or a similar global function.
• Proven people leadership experience, including coaching, competence development, prioritization, and resource planning.
• Strong understanding of engineering processes, engineering data, document management, and digital solutions.
• Experience developing strategies, roadmaps, governance models, portfolios, and performance indicators.
• Understanding of AI opportunities within engineering and experience translating technology possibilities into business value.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills across business, engineering, technology, and IT organizations.
• Ability to drive change, build alignment, and deliver measurable results.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Experience from process industries, project-based engineering organizations, product management, or large-scale transformation programs is considered an advantage.

To succeed in this role

You combine strategic thinking with a practical approach to execution. You are comfortable leading change across organizational boundaries and can balance long-term development with business needs. You bring structure to complex initiatives, build alignment among stakeholders, and focus on outcomes that improve engineering performance. You understand the connections between people, processes, data, and technology, and how they contribute to effective engineering delivery.

What this role offers

This is an opportunity to influence how engineering develops and operates across a global technology company. You will work at the intersection of engineering, digitalization, data, and AI, helping shape future ways of working while supporting current business performance. You will collaborate with experienced professionals across Valmet and play a key role in developing engineering capabilities that support long-term business success.

When everything works together

Valmet is where professionals from a wide variety of backgrounds work together to support customers throughout the lifecycle of their operations. We deliver technologies, services, automation, and flow control solutions to process industries worldwide.

At Valmet, diversity of thought drives innovation. We are committed to a respectful and inclusive environment, where people can be themselves and are supported to contribute at their best. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential, never on personal characteristics such as gender, gender identity, age, ethnicity, nationality, disability, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, or political views.

Join the team and shape the future with us.

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