Job # EM25138
Job Title Product Development Director
Office Location Houston, TX preferred
Business Function /Department Technology / Product Development
Sales Territory, if applicable
General Role Description
Define, develop, and manage the execution of the technology organization’s product development plans to enable achievement of the Mid-Range Plan objectives
Role Accountabilities
- Design and staff an organizational structure that can effectively ensure successful product development execution
- Allocate resources within the context of the organization and the Company’s strategic direction and economic health to ensure alignment with business unit and company priorities for project execution
- Diagnose gaps between the organization’s current and desired project performance and deploy strategies to resolve
- Monitor and identify emerging technologies with potential for product development; recommend, develop, and implement appropriate strategies to develop these products
- Develop relationships with internal and external clients and suppliers, domestically and internationally, to secure resources and deliver effective solutions which meet client contractual commitments and business goals
- Ensure effective engineering and project management cost estimates for evaluations of potential new development projects
- Ensure commissioning processes and mechanisms for new products are designed to deliver commitments and continuously improve site operations, consulting with clients and BU engineers to confirm acceptance
- Ensure BU and client issues related to new product introductions are resolved, at client sites if necessary, coordinating with appropriate personnel, escalating as appropriate
- Provide Company and parent company executives with timely updates on project status
- Ensure compliance with health and safety policies, procedures, and good practice, through on-site review
General Employee Accountabilities
- Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager
- Give manager best advice
- Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified
- Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager
- Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment
- Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws
- Recommend viable improvements proactively
- Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes
Manager Accountabilities
- Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees
- Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team
- Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement
- Own the output of the team
- Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities
- Exercise effective managerial leadership to include
- Two-way managerial team working
- Fair and just treatment of direct reports
- Context setting
- Planning
- Task assignment
- Ongoing performance management
- Coaching
- Selection and orientation
- De-selection and dismissal
Manager-Once-Removed Accountabilities
- Ensure effective leadership and fair and just treatment for their direct reports once removed
- Ensure talent pool development at the direct report once removed level
Requirements
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor of science degree in electrical, electronic, mechanical, computer engineering or related engineering or technical discipline, or equivalent via education and/or work experience
- 7 years of technical product development project leadership or technical management experience in any combination of power electronics and tools, and controls in an industry related to the Company’s served industries
- Demonstrated success leading high-performance engineering teams in a technical, project-based metal, material handling, renewable energy systems, paper, or related general industries business
- Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts
- Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills
- Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility
- Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and an ERP business system
- Demonstrated experience with patents and intellectual property matters
- Availability to travel domestically and internationally, approximately 15%, sometimes with limited notice
Preferred Qualifications
- MS or PhD degree in electrical, electronic, or mechanical engineering or related engineering or technical discipline
- Demonstrated experience with a foreign owned business , preferably Japanese
Link to TMEIC Corporation Americas website: https://www.tmeic.com/. To be considered an applicant for any available positions, individuals must complete an online job application for each posting. A resume may be attached to the online application but is not considered a substitute for the information in the application. Applications will be considered only for the specific position for which the application is submitted.
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TMEIC Corporation Americas drives industries worldwide. As a global leader in industrial systems and solutions, we deliver innovation and excellence in renewable energy, metals, port solutions, oil and gas, solar power, mining, and more.
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