Global Director, Engineering Excellence & AI Solutions

Valmet; Raisio; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Valmet is seeking a Director, Engineering Excellence to lead the Global Engineering function across PEC. You will drive capability development, common processes, and digital initiatives, aligning engineering with business priorities.

You will build the AI roadmap, manage performance metrics, and collaborate across engineering, IT, data, and product teams to deliver measurable improvements and value creation.

Qualifications

• University degree in Engineering, Technology, Information Management, or another relevant field.
• Several years of engineering leadership, development, or digital transformation experience.
• Proven people leadership including coaching, competence development, prioritization, and resource planning.
• Strong understanding of engineering processes, data, document management, and digital solutions.
• Experience developing strategies, roadmaps, governance models, portfolios, and performance indicators.
• Understanding of AI opportunities within engineering and translating tech into business value.
• Strong stakeholder management across business, engineering, technology, and IT organizations.
• Fluent written and spoken English.
• Experience in process industries, project-based engineering, product management, or large-scale transformation programs is an advantage.

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.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Digital transformation

AI roadmap

Stakeholder management

Strategy development

Education

University degree in Engineering / related field

Job description

Valmet is seeking a Director, Engineering Excellence to lead the Global Engineering function across PEC. You will drive capability development, common processes, and digital initiatives, aligning engineering with business priorities.

You will build the AI roadmap, manage performance metrics, and collaborate across engineering, IT, data, and product teams to deliver measurable improvements and value creation.