Manager

Wärtsilä Oyj Abp; Vaasa; On-site; EUR 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Wärtsilä seeks a engineering leadership manager in Vaasa to guide Technical Service with a modern approach. You will lead people, foster analytics-driven decisions and translate field experience into learning across product development.

You will collaborate with R&D, field service, and workshops to shape lifecycle-aware technical standards and new portfolio solutions. The role emphasizes trust, empowerment and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership of large, multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience collaborating with R&D, field service and stakeholders.
• Ability to translate field experience into structured learning and product input.
• Willingness to adopt AI-enabled knowledge management and digital tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Technical Service team with a modern, data-driven approach.
• Drive development of new portfolio solutions for existing products.
• Coordinate across R&D, supply management, field service, workshops and business stakeholders.

Skills

People leadership

Data-driven mindset

Knowledge management

Digital tools curiosity

Collaboration & improvement

Tools

Analytics software

Job description

Main responsibilities:

• Proper resources are allocated to fulfil business needs
• Resources are trained and develop their competences for all technologies and components in the area of expertise
• Connections to Technical Service product teams provide consolidated product feedback
• Networking with R&D is bringing lifecycle knowledge for product development and new product introduction
• New Technologies are introduced within Technical Service well in advance to secure proper preparation of resources
• R&D is considering lifecycle technical needs
• Innovation culture is spread into Technical Service
• New portfolio solutions are proposed for existing products

We are especially looking for a manager who can bring a modern approach to technical leadership, including:

• Strong people leadership based on trust, clarity, empowerment and coaching
• A data-driven mindset, using facts, analytics and performance indicators to improve decisions and prioritisation
• Ability to transform field experience and expert knowledge into structured learning, technical standards and product improvement input
• Curiosity towards digital tools, AI-supported knowledge management and modern ways of sharing technical competence
• A collaborative and improvement-oriented attitude, able to connect experts, R&D, supply management, field service, workshops and business stakeholders

Interview Schedule:

We anticipate first round interview to happen in week 37 (7-11 Sept) with final round interviews if required, ideally in week 38 (14-18 Sept) when the hiring manager plans to be local to Vaasa, Finland. However whilst this this is opened for an extended period due to the extended summer vacation periods in Europe, we reserve the right to move forward with individuals during the advertising period.

Questions?

Please reach out in confidence to Jason Crouch, Talent Partner via email at [e-mail] with any questions related to this position (only for questions from direct job applicants, applications through email will not be recorded or responded to). Note: At this time we are not considering outsourcing this requirement to agency partners nor looking to sponsor applicants from other Non EU locations. Last application date: 06/09/2026

At Wärtsilä we value, respect and embrace all our differences, and are committed to diversity, inclusion and equal employment opportunities; everyone can be their true self and succeed based on their job-relevant merits and abilities. Please note that according to Wärtsilä policy, voluntary consent for a security check may be required from candidates being considered for this position, depending on the applicable country.

This is Wärtsilä Experience in engineering leadership, Strong data-driven mindset, Ability to translate field experience into structured learning, Collaboration across diverse teams