Global Transformation Director – International Growth (Hybrid)

ABB Inc.; Rhode Island; Hybrid; USD 143,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Savings Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESAP)

Paid holidays

Health benefits

Job summary

ABB Inc. is seeking a senior transformation leader to guide the NEMA International journey, aligning strategy with cross-functional execution and governance across regions.

You will drive initiatives that connect product, portfolio, and investment priorities to international market needs while removing barriers and escalating dependencies. The role requires at least 10 years in strategy/ transformation, strong executive communication, and fluency in English, with ~30-40% travel.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in business transformation, strategy execution, operating-model design, commercial excellence, enterprise program leadership or management consulting.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Strategy, Operations, Information Systems or a related discipline.
• Experience in an internal strategy, transformation, business excellence or consulting role.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional transformation across multiple geographies or business units.
• Proven ability to align senior stakeholders and functions behind a shared agenda without relying on direct authority.
• Experience translating strategy into executable roadmaps, governance, operating mechanisms and measurable outcomes.
• Strong business acumen and ability to connect transformation to customer value, growth, margin, cash, productivity and organizational capability.
• Excellent executive communication, facilitation and synthesis skills.
• Ability to constructively challenge established practices and navigate ambiguity with pace and judgement.
• Familiarity with international commercial models, CRM/ERP environments and end-to-end customer processes.
• Experience in an industrial, manufacturing, electromechanical or B2B technology environment is an advantage. Recognized transformation, change management, Lean, Six Sigma or program-management certification is a plus.
• Fluent English language skills.

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the NEMA International transformation roadmap aligned with Stabilize-Optimize-Scale journey, translating strategy into prioritized initiatives with clear outcomes, milestones and success measures while maintaining visibility of progress and risks to leadership.
• Act as senior integrator between NEMA International and Global Business Lines, establishing governance mechanisms and cross-functional commitments that align product, portfolio, and investment priorities with international market requirements while escalating critical dependencies that constrain growth.
• Lead resolution of systemic barriers at the interfaces between International Sales, Global Operations, IT, Finance, HR and other supporting functions, converting fragmented issues into prioritized root-cause initiatives with clear accountability and measurable outcomes.
• Serve as custodian of the NEMA International target operating model, ensuring organizational accountabilities, governance, processes, technology and capabilities evolve coherently to enable profitable international growth, from stabilization through optimization and scale, while designing the organization for future growth and acquisitions.
• Lead an executive-level International Transformation Office that manages the transformation portfolio, governance cadence, dependency view and risk escalation, mobilizing cross-functional workstreams and intervening to resolve ownership gaps, resource constraints or delayed decisions.
• Lead adoption of the new international organization and ways of working through change leadership, stakeholder engagement and capability building, while establishing a continuous improvement framework that connects frontline issues to structural business improvements and embeds continuous improvement into leadership accountability.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder alignment

Change leadership

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Leadership

Ambiguity navigation

Customer value focus

Facilitation

Global/or multi-geography experience

Fluent English

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering, Strategy, Operations, Information Systems

Tools

CRM/ERP environments

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

ABB Inc. is seeking a senior transformation leader to guide the NEMA International journey, aligning strategy with cross-functional execution and governance across regions.

You will drive initiatives that connect product, portfolio, and investment priorities to international market needs while removing barriers and escalating dependencies. The role requires at least 10 years in strategy/ transformation, strong executive communication, and fluency in English, with ~30-40% travel.