Global Products R&D Manager ADS

Global Products R&D Manager ADS

Location: Garland, TX
Work Type: Hybrid
Travel: 10-20% national and international

• Benefits eligibility begins the 1st of the month after start date
• Health care eligibility – medical, dental, vision, prescription, and telemedicine
• Wellness program
• Employee discounts
• Short and long‑term disability insurance
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) plan
• Direct deposit
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Paid vacation
• Paid sick time

• Hold technical ownership of complete products, ensuring compliance with safety, legal, and market requirements, including technical file completeness.
• Lead and develop ADS Global Products R&D, ensuring competitive, compliant, and reliable products across their full lifecycle.
• Drive engineering support and execution across Marketing, Production, Purchasing, Quality, Technical Service, PC's and other divisions.
• Establish and maintain CPI Project Plans that are resource‑balanced, aligned with Product Plans and Global Strategy.
• Own and execute portfolio delivery, CPI, and functional development in line with product plans and global strategy.
• Secure efficient handling of field quality, product safety cases, and PreMO/MO support, with high priority and short throughput time.
• Lead global operational excellence, continuous improvement, and efficiency, taking full ownership of processes and methods.

• Ensure full compliance with product safety, environmental, and regulatory requirements, including CE marking and market‑specific obligations.
• Lead a proactive and reactive Product Safety way of working, embedded in daily operations and decision‑making.
• Build and sustain a strong "Safety Always" mindset, with clear accountability and follow‑up.
• Integrate sustainability into product development and CPI, including design for recycling and reuse, aligned with Epiroc Sustainability ambitions.

• Act as a role model for Epiroc values, integrity, collaboration, and cross‑functional teamwork.
• Safeguard that everyone in the organization respects and lives up to the values of Epiroc.
• Lead, coach, and develop the ADS Global Products R&D organization, building accountability, engagement, and a strong reliability mindset and improvement culture.
• Drive a culture where decisions are fact‑based and value‑driven, considering effort and risk.
• Implement a proactive attitude in the organization to limit surprises and deviations.
• Continuously encourage and support your team to always challenge and find better ways.
• Build and maintain strong product and application knowledge across the ADS Global Products R&D organization.
• Secure robust competence and succession, attracting, developing, and retaining key talents.
• As a member of the Global Products R&D Management team, jointly responsible for the overall R&D result.

• Be an active part of the development and execution of the Global Products R&D Strategy.
• Drive product reliability improvements through structured development, field feedback, and data‑driven prioritization.
• Support integration and maturation of new or evolving products in line with global R&D principles.

• Ensure adherence to global R&D processes, allowing documented local adaptations when they improve efficiency and quality.
• Drive disciplined CPI execution, focusing on cost, quality, reliability, lead time, and warranty reduction.
• Define, follow up, and act on relevant KPIs for product performance and R&D efficiency.
• Optimize resources, competencies, and ways of working to deliver predictable outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Act as the primary R&D interface for ADS product‑related topics toward other functions.
• In collaboration with the Global Products R&D Management team, lead global operational excellence, continuous improvement, and efficiency.
• Optimize our global footprint (PCs, CCs) in terms of projects, resources, and competencies.
• Develop Best Cost Country sourcing to become a natural part of development processes.
• Commit to reducing complexity (incl. article numbers) and implementing modularization in core portfolios,…