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This position reports to:
Digital Transformation Lead__
Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to drive and govern the execution of EL Service’s digital transformation program. You will collaborate across teams to bring visibility and governance to strategic digital initiatives, ensuring successful planning, execution, and delivery across global and regional teams. You will have an opportunity to apply and grow your expertise by promoting effective decision-making, driving organizational change, and supporting the adoption of digital solutions and ways of working across the business.
The work model for the role is: hybrid #LI-Hybrid
This role is contributing to the Electrification Service Business Area, Digital Transformation function, globally.
Main stakeholders are digital product teams, engineering teams, regional and global business leaders, service organizations, and senior leadership teams.
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Overseeing the planning, execution, governance, and delivery of strategic digital programs across the EL Service organization.
- Tracking program OKRs, budgets, timelines, risks, dependencies, and portfolio performance, while providing clear reporting and insights to senior leadership.
- Establishing and managing governance frameworks, decision-making processes, and escalation paths to ensure effective cross-functional execution.
- Driving change management initiatives and continuous improvements to support adoption of digital solutions and enhance program delivery effectiveness.
Our team dynamics
You will join a high-performing, collaborative, and globally connected team, where you will be able to thrive while helping shape the future of digital transformation within ABB Electrification Service.
Qualifications for the role
- You have 10+ years of experience in program management, project management, or PMO leadership, with a strong focus on digital transformation, software delivery, or digital product development.
- You are skilled in project and portfolio management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, Aha, Rally, or Planview, and possess advanced knowledge of governance, reporting, and portfolio management practices.
- You have proven experience managing multiple concurrent projects and programs, cross-functional teams, budgets, risks, and dependencies within a complex global organization.
- You are passionate about collaboration, organizational change, continuous improvement, and driving alignment across teams.
- Degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related discipline, with demonstrated experience in digital transformation and program delivery.
- You are at ease communicating in English, with the ability to present program status, risks, and recommendations clearly and confidently to senior leaders and global stakeholders.
- PMP certification is strongly preferred; PgMP certification, experience in industrial, manufacturing, energy, or field service environments, and familiarity with Agile frameworks, OKRs, and Stage-Gate methodologies are considered strong advantages.
More about us
ABB's Service Division partners with our customers to improve the availability, reliability, predictability and sustainability of electrical products and installations. The Division’s extensive service portfolio offers product care, modernization, and advisory services to improve performance, extend equipment lifetime and deliver new levels of operational and sustainable efficiency. We help customers keep resources in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value from them, and then recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of their useful life.
This opportunity is open to candidates in multiple countries, with the final work location determined based on the selected candidate. As compensation may vary by location, we are committed to being transparent throughout the hiring process and will share details of the salary range, variable compensation and benefits package with candidates who progress to the first interview stage for a location in the European Union, covered by the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
The final offer will be tailored based on your role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and alignment with ABB internal standards.
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
Ready to make an impact?
Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in program management, project management, or PMO leadership, focused on digital transformation, software delivery, or digital product development
- Experience with project and portfolio management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, Aha, Rally, or Planview
- Advanced knowledge of governance, reporting, and portfolio management practices
- Experience managing concurrent projects and programs, cross-functional teams, budgets, risks, and dependencies in a complex global organization
- Degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related discipline
- Strong English communication and presentation skills for senior leaders and global stakeholders
- PMP certification
- PgMP certification
- Experience in industrial, manufacturing, energy, or field service environments
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks, OKRs, and Stage-Gate methodologies
ABB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ABB and has not been reviewed or approved by ABB.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and disability and life insurance included. Immediate eligibility in some roles reinforces the sense of dependable core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as broad, including paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, sabbaticals, and, in some cases, 25 days of PTO. Flexible scheduling and remote-work options add to perceived time-off and flexibility value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as robust, including a 401(k) with company contributions or matching and, in some cases, profit sharing or pension savings. Stock purchase/share acquisition programs complement longer-term savings options.
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What We Do
ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. www.abb.com
