Engineering and R&D Engagement Lead

Hitachi, Ltd.; Łódź; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Fitness programs

Benefits platform

Employee Capital Plans (PPK)

WFH equipment/allowance

Eye care allowance

Team events

Psychological support program

Free parking

Job summary

Hitachi, Ltd. is seeking an Engineering and R&D Engagement Lead to drive stakeholder engagement, communications, and change adoption across global initiatives. You will translate strategy into clear, actionable communications and support governance and platform adoption.

You will collaborate with Global Communications, IT teams, process owners, and business stakeholders to improve user experience, governance, and adoption metrics across TrafoSchool programs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, communications, change management, or adoption support within global or matrix organizations.
• Experience supporting engineering, R&D, technical, or process communities.
• Experience managing channels, campaigns, editorial calendars, and user-facing content.

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder engagement, change management, and communications for TrafoSchool and related initiatives.
• Develop and execute communication strategies, templates, campaigns, and governance plans.
• Create and maintain communication materials: playbooks, FAQs, release notes, briefings, and training materials.
• Translate complex governance and technical information into clear, stakeholder-focused messaging.
• Ensure governance, branding, accessibility, and alignment with single source of truth.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Communications

Change management

Adoption support

Audience segmentation

Editorial governance

Content creation

Tools

SharePoint

Job description

The opportunity

We are looking for a Engineering and R&D Engagement Lead to drive stakeholder engagement, communications, change adoption, and user experience across Engineering and R&D initiatives in our TrafoSchool initiative. In this role, you will ensure clear, consistent, and impactful communication, supporting governance, capability development, platform adoption, and transformation activities for a global stakeholder community.

How you'll make impact

• Lead stakeholder engagement, change management, and communications for TrafoSchool, Engineering, and R&D initiatives.
• Develop and execute communication strategies, change narratives, communication standards, editorial governance, templates, campaigns, and stakeholder engagement plans.
• Create and maintain communication materials, including playbooks, FAQs, release notes, briefing materials, stakeholder updates, decision notices, and training communications.
• Translate complex governance, process, technical, and organizational information into clear, stakeholder-focused communication.
• Ensure communication governance, audience segmentation, branding, accessibility, consistency, and alignment with the single source of truth principle.
• Drive communication of Engineering and R&D governance updates, operating model changes, process updates, training governance decisions, capability development initiatives, and platform releases.
• Improve the TrafoSchool portal and SharePoint user experience through enhanced content clarity, readability, navigation, communication hierarchy, and user journeys.
• Coordinate content promotion and communication campaigns to support adoption, process compliance, stakeholder understanding, and business objectives.
• Collaborate with Global Communications, IT/platform teams, process owners, content owners, and business stakeholders to ensure communication quality and governance.
• Monitor communication effectiveness through engagement metrics, stakeholder feedback, adoption indicators, and campaign performance, providing recommendations for continuous improvement.

Your background

• Proven experience in stakeholder engagement, communications, change management, or adoption support within global or matrix organizations.
• Experience supporting Engineering, R&D, technical, process, or expert communities.
• Experience managing communication channels, campaigns, editorial calendars, SharePoint sites, portals, and user-facing content.
• Experience supporting transformation initiatives, governance updates, process rollouts, and platform implementations.
• Exceptional communication, writing, editorial, and stakeholder engagement skills, including audience segmentation and adoption support.
• Good understanding of content governance, communication standards, branding, accessibility, and single source of truth principles.
• Good collaboration skills across Global Communications, IT/platform teams, process owners, content owners, trainers, SMEs, and business stakeholders.
• Fluent English; additional languages are an advantage.

More about us

We pride ourselves on offering a holistic range of competitive benefits to support your financial, physical and mental wellbeing and personal development. We want you to truly thrive with us, in work and out.

We can provide more information during the recruitment process.

Our benefits offering for this role generally includes:

• Private medical care and life insurance
• Access to fitness and wellness programs
• Access to benefits platform with discounts and perks
• Employee Capital Plans (PPK)
• Equipment for working from home or allowances for setting up a workplace at home
• Spectacles and contact lenses allowance
• Company events and team‑building activities
• Psychological support program
• Free parking available

You will receive more specific information during the recruitment process.