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The Industrialization Leader is accountable for the operational discipline required to maintain a controlled, repeatable, scalable, and execution-ready product environment.
The role focuses on four priorities: configuration management, product stewardship, continuous improvement, and cross-functional coordination. The position works closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Program Management, and Product Management while retaining execution ownership within the accountable functions.
This role is designed for a strong cross-functional leader who can create structure, decision clarity, and accountability across a complex product environment while supporting product strategy and lifecycle objectives.
In this role, you will be responsible for:
Configuration Management
- Maintain visibility of product configurations and support controlled alignment across design, manufacturing, and service environments.
- Prevent unnecessary proliferation of variants and ensure configuration decisions remain documented and traceable.
- Support effective change management and configuration control processes.
Product Stewardship
- Facilitate decision-making related to product changes, technical issues, quality concerns, serviceability, and operational readiness.
- Escalate unresolved issues when needed and maintain clear accountability for actions and decisions.
- Ensure alignment between product objectives and execution activities.
Product Sustainment & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain and prioritize the portfolio of product enhancement and sustainment initiatives.
- Coordinate with functional teams to ensure timely execution and closure of approved initiatives.
- Drive structured continuous improvement activities that enhance product performance, reliability, manufacturability, and serviceability.
Simplification & Standardization
- Develop and coordinate initiatives that improve product efficiency, reduce complexity, and promote standardization.
- Track progress, risks, dependencies, and realization of improvement opportunities.
- Facilitate collaboration across teams to remove barriers to implementation.
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Create a unified view of priorities, actions, risks, and decisions across participating functions.
- Ensure alignment between stakeholders and provide fact-based inputs to support leadership decision-making.
- Promote clear ownership, communication, and execution discipline across the organization.
Fuel your passion
To be successful in this role you will:
- Engineering or supply chain background with experience supporting complex engineered products or systems.
- Experience with gas turbines, power generation equipment, turbomachinery or long-cycle industrial systems.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional work across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Program Management, and Product Management.
- Understanding of configuration management, engineering change processes, product lifecycle support, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and drive accountability across multiple functions.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, facilitation, and decision-making skills.
Preferred
- Familiarity with configuration control, product support processes, quality management practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience supporting industrialization, manufacturing readiness, operational constraints, or field feedback integration.
- Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent continuous improvement experience.
What Success Looks Like
- Clear visibility and control of product configurations and variants.
- Consistent and timely resolution of product-related decisions and issues.
- Well-managed portfolio of sustainment and improvement initiatives with clear ownership and strong closure discipline.
- Transparent pipeline of simplification, standardization, and improvement activities with measurable progress.
- Improved alignment, communication, and execution across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Program Management, and Product Management functions.
Work in a way that works for you
We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
Working for you
Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:
- Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
- Comprehensive private medical care options
- Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
- Tailored financial programs
- Additional elected or voluntary benefits
The initial pay range for this position will be EUR 72,000 To 99,000.
The provisions of Contratto Collettivo Industria Metalmeccanica e della installazione di impianti will be applied to this position. Section VI – Titolo IV of that collective bargaining agreement relates to pay
The Baker Hughes internal title for this role is: Product Management Senior Advisor - Product ManagerSkills Required
- Engineering or supply chain background supporting complex engineered products or systems.
- Experience with gas turbines, power generation equipment, turbomachinery, or long-cycle industrial systems.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional work across Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Service, Program Management, and Product Management.
- Understanding of configuration management, engineering change processes, and product lifecycle support.
- Experience with continuous improvement methodologies.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and drive accountability across multiple functions.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, facilitation, and decision-making skills.
- Familiarity with configuration control, product support processes, and quality management practices.
- Experience supporting industrialization, manufacturing readiness, operational constraints, or field feedback integration.
- Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent continuous improvement experience.
Baker Hughes Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Baker Hughes and has not been reviewed or approved by Baker Hughes.
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Retirement Support — Feedback suggests retirement contributions combine automatic employer funding with a dollar‑for‑dollar match, with immediate vesting on the match. This structure can meaningfully increase savings for employees who participate consistently.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Feedback suggests a discounted employee stock purchase program with regular purchase periods and no brokerage fees provides accessible ownership upside. Program parameters are clearly laid out through the benefits hub and plan materials.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests exempt staff have flexible, manager‑approved time off while non‑exempt employees accrue vacation and receive paid personal time. Company‑paid holidays and paid parental leave further broaden time‑away options.
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