General-Purpose Drives Product Leader

ABB; New Berlin (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

ABB in New Berlin, WI, seeks a Product Manager for General Purpose Drive products to lead regional market and lifecycle activities within Motion Drive Products. You’ll collaborate with Product Market Managers and OEM teams to drive profitable growth across the product life cycle.

The role demands customer focus, fast execution, and strong English communication. 25% travel and hybrid work in New Berlin are expected as you align with global and local product strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of work experience in a complex global business environment, or an Associate degree and 10 years of work experience in a complex global business environment.
• Progressive experience in product management and customer relationship management required.
• Fundamental understanding of general machinery used in refrigeration systems, pumps, fans, compressors, conveyors and extruders.
• Technical Understanding of Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) and their variety of industrial applications highly preferred.
• Background in sales and/or managing customer relationships across the full customer lifecycle is preferred
• Proven track record of cross functional collaboration, excellent stakeholder engagement and strategic mindset and passion to drive business results required.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English required.
• This role will include 25% domestic travel, requiring a valid US Driver’s License.
• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Responsibilities

• Owns the technical and market specifications for the regional products and determines an offering plan that supports sustainable growth.
• Leads regional life cycle management process to define & track performance metrics, plans appropriate measures (e.g., upgrades cost cut) & make decisions on offering, obsolescence & end-of life.
• Act as technical interface between external local market and internal technical cross functional teams.
• Participate in product development process stage gates for regional products, own local product creation of global products and support production ramp-up.
• Participate or lead the commercial launch process to ensure the product is launched correctly to the market.
• Continuously monitor competitive offerings, evaluating competing technologies and pricing strategies.
• Define new product plans, set technical, price, cost, and application targets. Contributes to development of new portfolios by leading customer need and value analysis, prioritizes new product development project and coordinating cross functional teams.
• Capture and Drive the development of the features based on customer value and relevance to the market.
• Work with Global Product Management, local Product Market Manager and marketing to define the market communication strategy, including product launch planning and implementation.
• Define the regional market/segment attack strategy and drive disciplined execution across product, pricing, and go-to-market activities to deliver profitable revenue growth.

Skills

Product management

Customer relationship management

Cross-functional collaboration

English communication

Travel requirement

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associate degree

Job description

ABB in New Berlin, WI, seeks a Product Manager for General Purpose Drive products to lead regional market and lifecycle activities within Motion Drive Products. You’ll collaborate with Product Market Managers and OEM teams to drive profitable growth across the product life cycle.

The role demands customer focus, fast execution, and strong English communication. 25% travel and hybrid work in New Berlin are expected as you align with global and local product strategy.