Product Line Director

Who will you be working with?Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services. Whether it's freight rail, transit, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people are accelerating the future of transportation.Role: I.O.T and Smart Data Product Line Senior DirectorLocation: UK Remote, Europe, with easy access/vicinity to any of our sites in France, Italy, Spain, and Germany.Contract Type: Permanent, Full-TimeHow will you make a difference? The IoT and Smart Data Product Line Director is responsible for setting the IoT and Smart Data vision and strategy in the connectivity and data analytics space across the Transit Group (Services and O.E). Building from market trends, state of the art of technology, and customer expectations in coordination with the respective functions globally and regionally, you will drive business targets together with OE and Services Product Managers.What will your typical day look like? Responsible for global business targets (orders, revenue, cost, and margin) of the PL.Define the global business vision for IoT and Smart Data across O.E and Services in coordination with corporate teams to define and develop Wabtec's Portfolio of products and services solutions.Develop business cases and product/service plans for the selection, definition, development, validation, scheduling, and introduction to the market of Digital innovations.Gather customers’ needs and expectations in the space of RCM and CBM.Identify market trends, drive market intelligence and competitors’ analysis, assess opportunities for innovations, stay abreast of pricing and solutions, and benchmark adjacent industries.Define the Product aftermarket strategy and roadmap in regards to IoT and smart data (product roadmap, business models…)Ensure standard products/services are used in tenders and projects in the IoT and Smart Data space.Steer the continuous competitiveness improvement of IoT and Smart Data Products/Services.What do we want to know about you? Engineering Degree or Business Degree, preferably with an MBA.Ideally you will have sales/business management of sophisticated technical/digital OE and services in the rail industry/OEM supplier’s electronics or telecom sectors; P&L responsibility experience is welcome.Experience in managing teams that are remote and or dispersed in a matrix management environment.Strong communication abilities, including management by influence.Self-starter/entrepreneur mindset, result orientationFluent English, and other European languages a plus.If you don’t have all the above criteria don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values always put people first, and strive to expand what is possible.About Wabtec: Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at: http://www.WabtecCorp.com.It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make your and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology, and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.Apply today!Legal authorisation to work in the EU is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.