Global Head of Product Engineering and Quality, Motion Drive Products

Position: Global Head of Product Engineering and Quality, Motion Drive Products (multiple locations)
At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Division President, Motion__ABB Motion, a global leader in motors and drives, is at the core of accelerating a more productive and sustainable future. We innovate and push the boundaries of technology to contribute to energy efficient, decarbonizing and circular solutions for customers, industries and societies. With our digitally enabled drives, motors and services we support our customers and partners to achieve better performance, safety and reliability.

To help the world’s industries outrun – leaner and cleaner, we deliver motor-driven solutions for a wide range of applications in all industrial segments. Building on over 140 years of domain expertise in electric powertrains, our more than 22,000 employees across 100 countries learn and improve every day. go.abb/motion

Location

This role is open globally, but location is set in China (Beijing), Finland (Helsinki), Germany (Mannheim), India (Bangalore), Italy (Sesto San Giovanni) and US (New Berlin). The work model is hybrid #LI-hybrid.

Key Responsibilities In this role, you will lead ABB Drive Products’ global Product Engineering and Quality function, with end-to-end accountability for product performance, quality, compliance, availability, and cost competitiveness across the product lifecycle. As a senior global leader, you will define and execute the functional strategy, lead a high-performing international organization, and drive engineering and quality excellence to support business growth and customer success.

This position reports to the Division President, Motion Drive  this role you will be accountable for:

Define and execute the global Product Engineering & Quality strategy, translating business priorities into a clear roadmap, operating model, and organizational agenda.

Own end-to-end product engineering, quality, and portfolio performance, ensuring product availability, reliability, compliance, competitiveness, and continuous improvement based on customer and field insights.

Lead and develop the global Product Engineering and Quality function, strengthening governance, accountability, capabilities, talent development, succession planning, and a high-performance culture.

Drive engineering and quality excellence, advancing processes, technologies, innovation, standardization, scalability, and effective resolution of complex product and customer challenges.

Foster cross-functional collaboration and resource optimization, partnering across R&D, Operations, Supply Chain, Product Management, and Sales while managing budgets, investments, manufacturing support, and capacity planning.

Qualifications Bachelor’s or higher degree in Engineering, Business Administration or a related field, with 12–15+ years of progressive leadership experience in engineering, quality, R&D, product management or a related field.

Proven experience leading complex, global organizations with broad accountability for product portfolios, engineering, quality, reliability and customer outcomes.

Strategic and business acumen, with the ability to translate business strategy into functional strategy, priorities, investments and long-term capability development.

Understanding of product engineering, quality management and the product lifecycle, with the ability to connect technical excellence with business and customer value.

Strong customer orientation and understanding of customer needs and experience, with the ability to translate customer and market insights into product and quality improvements.

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