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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead the Product Management teams to meet global targets and to plan, monitor, and develop a global product portfolio for strategic businesses. Each day, you will contribute to defining the business strategy, translate it along with market requirements into a competitive portfolio, and manage the associated portfolio planning, investment, and development activities. You will also showcase your expertise by defining a go-to-market model and segment strategy and aligning them with the operational/execution path.

The work model for the role is: hybrid #hybrid

This role is contributing to the Medium Voltage cable accessories ABB ELIP in EMEA & Asia. Main stakeholders are Installation Products Regional Leader, Portfolio Manager, Sales Manager, R&D Manager, and Operations Manager.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Leading Product Line Strategy: Define and execute the product line strategy and roadmap based on customer needs, market attractiveness and competitive positioning, aligned with ELIP EMEA strategy.
• Driving Market Intelligence and Customer-Centric Prioritization: Build a strong understanding of MV cable accessories markets, customer applications, utility requirements and qualification processes, routes to market, and competition. Identify and prioritize attractive markets, portfolio gaps and growth opportunities.
• Managing Product Lifecycle: Manage the offering from development and launch through maturity and phase-out. Drive portfolio rationalization as well as cost and pricing actions to strengthen competitiveness and profitability.
• Shaping Innovation & New Product Development: Translate customer and market needs into product requirements and business cases. Challenge the status quo, prioritize development opportunities, and partner with R&D to drive new product development with speed and clear business outcomes.
• Ensuring Successful New Product Launches: Develop launch plans with differentiated customer value propositions and clear positioning. Ensure operational readiness and partner with Market Development & regional Sales teams to execute tailored go-to-market plans in target countries.
• Driving Business Performance & Results: Monitor key product line KPIs including orders, sales, profitability, new product sales and portfolio vitality. Identify gaps vs. target and drive actions across functions to deliver business objectives.
• Contributing to Strategic Growth Initiatives: Evaluate strategic partnerships and potential M&A targets to strengthen the portfolio and accelerate growth.
• Enabling Cross-Functional Execution: Align Sales, Market Development, R&D, Operations, Marketing and Finance around common priorities, driving execution with speed and ownership.
• Leading & Developing Product Managers: Lead, coach and develop the Product Management team, strengthening capabilities, customer focus, and accountability.
• Ensuring Governance, Compliance & Sustainability: Ensure product line activities meet ABB policies and applicable regulatory, safety, integrity and sustainability requirements.

Our team dynamics
You will join an international and dynamic team, where you will be able to thrive.

Qualifications for the role

• Product Management Experience: 7+ years of experience in Product Management, New Product Launches, Business Development or a related role within the electrification industry. Medium Voltage experience is required; experience in MV cable accessories and utility markets is highly valued.
• Strong Customer & Market Orientation: Proven ability to understand customer needs, applications, market dynamics and translate them into clear product priorities.
• Cross-Functional Leadership & Influencing: Proven ability to influence and align Sales, Marketing, R&D and Operations to drive results in an international organization.
• Analytical & Results-Oriented Mindset: Strong analytical capabilities and a data-driven approach to prioritization and decision making, with a strong drive for execution and results.
• Pragmatic, Open & Entrepreneurial Mindset: Proactive and solution-oriented, open to new ideas and perspectives, with the ability to take initiative, solve problems, and turn ideas into action.
• People Leadership: Ability to lead and develop people, strengthening capabilities and accountability.
• Education & International Exposure: bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, Business or a related field. Experience working across countries and cultures is valued. Fluency in English is required; additional languages are a plus.

More about us

ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas&Betts), helps manage the connection, protection and distribution of electrical power from source to socket. The Division’s products are engineered to provide ease of installation and perform in demanding and harsh conditions, helping to ensure safety and continuous operation for utilities, businesses and people around the world. The Commercial Essentials product segment includes electrical junction boxes, commercial fittings, strut and cable tray metal framing systems for commercial and residential construction. The Premier Industrial product segment includes multiple product lines, such as Ty-Rap® cable ties, T&B Liquidtight Systems® protection products, PVC coated and nylon conduit systems, power connection and grounding systems, and cable protection systems of conduits and fittings for harsh and industrial applications. The Division also manufactures solutions for medium-voltage applications used in the utility market under its marquee brands including Elastimold™ reclosers and switchgear, capacitor switches, current limiting fuses, Homac™ distribution connectors, Hi-Tech Valiant™ full-range current limiting fuse for fire mitigation, faulted current indicators and distribution connectors, cable accessories and apparatus with products for overhead and underground distribution. Manufacturing includes made-to-stock and custom-made solutions.

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