Global Head of Industrial IoT & AI Product Development

Abb; Prato; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB Motion seeks a strategic Head of Product Development for Industrial Digital Solutions to lead global IoT solution engineering and people leadership across on-premise, edge, and cloud environments. You will translate market needs into scalable offerings while driving AI-enabled software development and secure-by-design practices.

You will shape the future of digital solutions with a customer-focused, performance-driven mindset, building a high-performing team and aligning with product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Data Engineering, or related field.
• Significant leadership in digital solution engineering, software R&D, or IoT product development with multidisciplinary teams.
• Hands-on Azure cloud experience and delivering complex digital products across hybrid environments.
• Proven success leading AI transformations in software development and integrating AI into customer offerings.
• Strong business acumen linking technology to customer value and commercial outcomes; cybersecurity knowledge and secure development practices.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; experience with agile methodologies (SAFe) and modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end digital IoT solution engineering and technology strategy.
• Drive development and delivery of complex digital IoT solutions across hybrid cloud and edge.
• Spearhead AI and agentic AI transformation in software processes and offerings.
• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering leadership team across cloud, edge, analytics, cybersecurity.
• Own cybersecurity as a core function and embed secure-by-design throughout development.
• Establish agile delivery governance, metrics, and quality standards with balanced innovation and debt management.
• Foster cross-functional alignment with product management, architecture, operations, and stakeholders.
• Promote an innovation-driven engineering culture supporting scaling, talent development, and R&D transformation.

Skills

AI transformations

Edge computing

cybersecurity knowledge

Leadership

Stakeholder management

SAFe / Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

People management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure Cloud Platform

Job description

ABB Motion seeks a strategic Head of Product Development for Industrial Digital Solutions to lead global IoT solution engineering and people leadership across on-premise, edge, and cloud environments. You will translate market needs into scalable offerings while driving AI-enabled software development and secure-by-design practices.

You will shape the future of digital solutions with a customer-focused, performance-driven mindset, building a high-performing team and aligning with product