Global Product Line Manager - Industrial Drives, Motion Drive Products

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ABB is the industry leader in Variable Speed Drive products. At the core of our portfolio is the Industrial Drives product line, delivering the most comprehensive range of offerings with unmatched reliability, performance, and efficiency.

We are looking for a Global Product Line manager to lead our Industrial drives portfolio in the Drive Products Division. This senior, high-impact role reports directly to the Head of Global Product Management and is responsible for shaping global product strategy, driving innovation, and ensuring portfolio competitiveness and profitability. With ownership of roadmap and market positioning, this role is critical to achieving long-term growth and strategic business objectives.

This role is located in Helsinki (Pitäjänmäki) and the work model is hybrid #LI-hybrid but with strong preference for working on site due to factory proximity (minimum 3 days a week).

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leading continuous business analysis of the existing portfolio and potential new portfolio items
• Analyzing and tracking global market, technology, competitor info, customer requirements and trends and determining competitive attributes, and value proposition.
• Leading approval & prioritization process for product development roadmap for Product Line working cross functionally, most notably with R&D and Product Engineering teams.  
• Determining long term go to market strategy and lifecycle decisions
• Fostering collaboration across global Centers of Expertise (CoEs) and business units to share best practices and accelerate strategy execution.
• Being a member of the global product management team - Managing associated portfolio planning, investment and development activities across our product lines
• Supporting M&A activities and strategic partnerships, including startup collaboration
• Working with global sales teams to identify key markets, segments, applications and customers to maximize Product Line growth.

COLLABORATION / LEADERSHIP

• Achieving: Commercial focus and Result orientation– Align portfolio decisions with business growth and profitability.
• Leading: Managing conflict – Resolve cross-functional challenges and drive consensus.
• Thinking: Strategic thinking – Anticipate market trends and translate them into actionable strategies.
• Relating: Collaboration – Build strong partnerships internally and externally to foster innovation.
• Self-managing: Drive and persistence – Demonstrate resilience and commitment to achieving long-term objectives.

KPIs

• Roadmap Ownership for Product Line: Ensure timely delivery and alignment of the Product Line roadmap with strategic goals.
• Product Line Business Results: Achieve revenue, margin, and growth targets for the Industrial Product Line portfolio.
• Product Line Competitiveness & Profitability: Maintain market-leading position through innovation and cost optimization.

Qualifications

• M.Sc. Degree in a relevant field.
• At least 5 years of previous experience in product management or segment specific sales role.
• Proven track record of cross functional collaboration to assure successful teamwork.
• Strategic mindset and passion to drive business results through people collaboration.
• Dynamic profile and excellent stakeholder engagement in business networks.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English.

More about us

ABB Drive Products serves the industries and infrastructure segments with world-class drives and programmable logic controllers (PLC). With its products, global scale and local presence, the Division helps customers to improve energy efficiency, productivity and safety.

Our culture and benefits reflect our values: courage, care, curiosity and collaboration. The most appreciated benefits according to our personnel are at the moment e.g. an annual performance bonus, employee share acquisition program, continuous learning opportunities, and wellbeing and family benefits.

For more information, please contact Arnold Taddeo, Global Product Management, Drive Products, tel. +1 262-350-9317. In case you call, kindly note that you're calling to the USA and that Finland is 8 hours ahead.

Please apply for the position by Aug 5, 2026. We look forward to receiving your application.

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