Global Business Line Manager – Traction Products

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Switzerland.

📋 Description

• Take full P&L responsibility for the Global Traction Products business line, driving sustainable growth, profitability, and cash performance.

• Spearhead the strategic development and scaling of a competitive product portfolio encompassing motors, ESS, DC-DC converters, and auxiliary systems, enhancing value propositions and market positioning across targeted segments.

• Establish clear accountability across Product Lines for factories, product management, and engineering, ensuring alignment with business line priorities and enterprise goals.

• Define and implement global go-to-market strategies that increase market share, uphold pricing discipline, and enhance customer relationships across segments and regions.

• Set and drive performance targets that cultivate a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence throughout the organization.

• Advocate for impactful marketing, sales, and customer engagement strategies that boost market presence and accelerate growth.

• Strengthen partnerships with key customers and OEMs, positioning ABB as the preferred partner for traction and onboard energy solutions.

• Lead the effective integration of acquired entities into ABB, achieving targeted value creation, synergies, and organizational alignment.

• Ensure top-tier operational performance in manufacturing, supply chain, quality, delivery, and HSE, in line with ABB’s standards and business aspirations.

• Build and nurture high-performing, values-driven teams through coaching, talent development, and comprehensive succession planning.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.

• Demonstrated success in leading global business lines or holding substantial P&L responsibility within industrial, rail, mobility, or similar sectors.

• Strong strategic and commercial insight, with proven ability to scale complex product portfolios and convert strategy into measurable business outcomes.

• Experience in managing multi-product, technology-driven businesses with a manufacturing presence and end-to-end operational responsibility.

• Proven capability to lead a Product Line-driven operating model with distributed ownership, embedded capabilities, and strong enterprise alignment.

• Solid understanding of customer ecosystems across various industries, with the ability to anticipate market trends and influence competitive positioning.

• Established leadership of large, cross-regional organizations, with the capacity to align diverse teams around a common vision and performance objectives.

• History of delivering results in dynamic environments with complex operational frameworks, balancing speed, rigor, and execution excellence.

• Experience in M&A and integration, preferably with direct involvement in integration initiatives and achieving targeted value creation.

• High personal integrity and a strong commitment to ABB’s values, ethics, and compliance standards, serving as a role model for principled leadership.

• Proficient in leading change and transformation while fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and organizational resilience.

• Skilled in stakeholder management, with strong communication and influencing abilities at executive, board, and cross-functional leadership levels.

• Passionate about people, customers, quality, and technology, with a leadership approach focused on impact and long-term value creation.

• Capable of developing others and leading with clarity, purpose, and consistency.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance

• 401(k) matching

• Flexible working hours

• Paid time off

• Professional development opportunities