Product Lifecycle Manager

ABB • Touwu, Karnātaka

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

ABB is establishing a Product Lifecycle Manager role in its Quality & Lifecycle organization to support the Low Voltage System Drives business. The role uses field-performance and reliability-testing learnings to inform stakeholders in product management, R&D, sales, and other functions. It analyzes how planned changes and new products affect the existing technical offering and customer installed base, using accumulated product-performance data to support business growth.

The role contributes to ABB’s Low Voltage System Drives business line in the Motion High Power division and collaborates closely with Product Management, Product Engineering, R&D, and Service stakeholders. It is a global role based in one of the following locations: Helsinki, Finland; Beijing, China; Mannheim, Germany; New Berlin, Wisconsin, USA; or Bangalore, India. The work model is hybrid, and international travel is estimated at 15% of work time.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of experience in product engineering, product management, portfolio management, R&D, or a similar area.
• At least 5 years of experience leading people, with or without line-manager authority.
• M.Sc. or B.Sc. degree in electrical/electronics engineering, mechanical engineering, or equivalent.
• Enjoys taking on new challenges and working with people across different functions, perspectives, and backgrounds to move ideas forward.
• Readiness for international travel, estimated at 15% of work time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in process development is a benefit.
• Experience with frequency converters is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Develop a new process, related documentation such as reports and dashboards, and meeting practices to support efficient product lifecycle decision-making and a learning organization.
• Oversee the process and ensure related tasks are executed with stakeholders.
• Coordinate and conduct change-impact analysis for additions, enhancements, or simplifications to the existing product portfolio.
• Facilitate continuous improvements alongside the execution of lifecycle changes.
• Manage global projects involving stakeholders from various functions and local units.
• Ensure field-performance and reliability-testing learnings reach relevant stakeholders.
• Analyze the effects of planned changes or new products on the existing technical offering and customer installed base.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior