Global Product Manager for Industrial PCs (IPC) and I/O

About ABB

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Position Overview

Reports to: Portfolio Manager

Work model: Onsite / Hybrid

Location: Heidelberg, Motion Business Area

In this role as Global Product Manager for Industrial PCs (IPC) and I/O, you will shape the strategic direction and the long-term growth of our IPC and I/O portfolio across its entire lifecycle. Collaborating with partners, suppliers, and industrial consortiums, you will play a pivotal role in building a robust product portfolio. Positioned at the intersection of R&D, Sales, Marketing, and product management, you will facilitate innovation, ensure cross-functional collaboration, and contribute to improving our position in delivering reliable and forward-thinking automation solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading market intelligence analysis and identifying potential gaps in the portfolio, with respect to competition and new market opportunities, while collaborating with partners, suppliers, and industrial consortiums to enable a solid ecosystem.
• Owning technical and market specifications for the offer and determining an offering business plan that supports sustainable growth – including customer need and value analysis, roadmap planning, and ongoing portfolio performance tracking in close alignment with R&D, Sales, Marketing, and Product Management.
• Leading the product lifecycle management process, analyzing current offers, defining and tracking performance metrics, and making decisions on offer obsolescence and end-of-life to ensure that current and future market requirements are met while ensuring sustainable profitability.
• Setting targets, monitoring offering costs, and giving inputs to operations functions (e.g., Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Production) to enhance competitiveness and profitability, while closely collaborating with key countries to maintain strong alignment with front-end sales, partners, and strategic customers.

Qualifications

• University degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering or a related field, combined with a solid technical background in automation technology.
• Extensive experience in product management in the industrial automation sector, including strategy definition, lifecycle management, and go-to-market execution.
• Familiarity with Industrial PCs, I/O systems, and embedded computing solutions, and a good understanding of B2B markets, customer needs, and sales cycles.
• Proficient analytical, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience working closely with R&D, Sales, Marketing, and Operations.
• Effective communication and leadership abilities, with an entrepreneurial and initiative-driven mindset.
• Fluency in English (German is an asset) and willingness to travel up to 25%.

Benefits

• Flexible work practices
• Employee Share Acquisition Plan
• Paid Parental leave (gender neutral)
• Paid and unpaid leave opportunities
• Child holiday Schapbach

Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

Our Commitment to You

We care about our people and their stories. We create safe, fair, equitable and inclusive working environments in which our people can succeed and develop, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or cultural, religious or social background. Diverse teams make us stronger. ABB is also committed to a high standard of integrity in everything we do.

We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.

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Contact: ABB AG, +49 (0) 621 381 3500

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