Global Business Line Manager – Traction Products

Role Overview

• Own full P&L accountability for the Global Traction Products business line, driving sustainable growth, profitability, and cash performance.
• Lead the strategic evolution and scaling of a competitive product portfolio across motors, ESS, DC-DC converters, and auxiliary systems, strengthening value propositions and market positioning across target segments.
• Set clear accountability across Product Lines for factories, product management, and engineering, while ensuring alignment with business line priorities and enterprise objectives.
• Define and execute global go-to-market strategies that expand market share, reinforce pricing discipline, and deepen customer intimacy across segments and regions.
• Establish and drive performance targets that promote a culture of quality, continuous improvement, and operational excellence across the organization.
• Champion high-impact marketing, sales, and customer engagement strategies that elevate market presence and accelerate growth.
• Strengthen relationships with key customers and OEMs, positioning ABB as the partner of choice for traction and onboard energy solutions.
• Lead the successful integration of acquired entities into ABB, realizing targeted value creation, synergies, and organizational alignment.
• Ensure best-in-class operational performance across manufacturing, supply chain, quality, delivery, and HSE, aligned with ABB’s standards and business ambitions.
• Build and develop high-performing, values-driven teams through coaching, talent development, and robust succession planning.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
• Proven success leading global business lines or holding significant P&L responsibility within industrial, rail, mobility, or comparable sectors.
• Strong strategic and commercial acumen, with a demonstrated ability to scale complex product portfolios and translate strategy into measurable business results.
• Experience leading multi-product, technology-driven businesses with a manufacturing footprint and end-to-end operational accountability.
• Demonstrated ability to lead a Product Line–driven operating model with distributed ownership, embedded capabilities, and strong enterprise alignment.
• Strong understanding of customer ecosystems across multiple industries, with the ability to anticipate market shifts and shape competitive positioning.
• Proven leadership of large, cross-regional organizations, with the ability to align diverse teams around a shared vision and performance agenda.
• Track record of delivering results in fast-paced environments with complex operational structures, balancing speed, rigor, and execution excellence.
• Experience in M&A and integration, ideally with direct leadership in integration programs and delivery of 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.
• Skilled in leading change and transformation, while fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and organizational resilience.
• Adept at stakeholder management, with strong communication and influencing skills at executive, board, and cross-functional leadership levels.
• Passion for people, customers, quality, and technology, with a leadership mindset grounded in impact and long-term value creation.
• Ability to develop people and lead with clarity, purpose, and consistency.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible working hours
• Paid time off
• Professional development opportunities