ABB Ltd

IT Operations & Enablement Lead

ABB Ltd$120K — $145K *
US-Anywhere
+ 2 other locationsRemote
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or related field, MBA/masters preferred.
  • At least 10 years of experience in enterprise business systems, preferably SAP ECC/S/4HANA.
  • Minimum 5 years managing operational governance in a matrixed environment.
  • Experience with budgeting and financial analysis, including variance analysis.
  • Proven ability in designing and delivering business systems training programs.
  • Knowledge of AI-powered platforms and their implementation.
  • Strong commitment to transparency and intellectual honesty.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the operational process for the IT Business Systems team.
  • Prepare and present monthly business reviews across two user groups.
  • Own and reconcile the team budget and contractor forecasting.
  • Manage the intake governance process and maintain director relationships.
  • Analyze user support data to improve IT system delivery.
  • Develop training content based on analysis of support ticket trends.
  • Support the leadership of the IT Business Systems team.

Benefits

  • Choice of medical plan options: PPO or High Deductible Health Plan.
  • Two dental plan options available: Core and Core Plus.
  • Vision benefits provided.
  • Company paid life and AD&D insurance.
  • Short and long term disability coverage at company expense.
  • Paid parental leave offered.
  • Employee Assistance Program available.
Full Job Description
This position reports to:
IS Manager

The work model for the role is: Hybrid, Cary, NC

Your role and responsibilities

In this role as IT Operations & Enablement Lead, you will own the operational process of the IT Business Systems team including training, governance, planning, reporting, and budgeting - as a single accountable leader. Each day, you will analyze user support data to sharpen our IT systems delivery across five business areas.

This is a role for a builder-operator, not a coordinator. You will own six interconnected functions that define how the IT Business Systems team runs, how the business perceives it, and how effectively it serves its users. This is a high-visibility role with direct impact on continued investment in the team.

You will be mainly accountable for:
  • Business reviews: Monthly packages for five business areas across two user groups. A decision forum, not a status dump.
  • Budget: Owns and reconciles the team budget monthly. Contractor forecasting is the hard part.
  • Intake governance: Runs the APT process. Can tell a director their request is not first this month and keep the relationship.
  • End user training: Reads ticket data, builds what is needed, and knows when training is not the answer.
  • Internal team enablement: Develops our own people across ECC, S/4HANA, Vistex, Vertex and TMS.
  • Provide operational support to the team's leader.
  • AI knowledge platform


Qualifications for the role:
  • Bachelor degree in computer science engineering or related field (MBA/masters degree preferred)
  • Minimum 10 years of experience in enterprise business systems - SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA preferred, with exposure to Vistex, Vertex, SAP TMS, or comparable platforms.
  • Substantial experience (5+ years) running operational governance in a matrixed environment - intake processes, business reviews, prioritization frameworks - across multiple business areas simultaneously.
  • You have managed or co-managed a team or project budget - comfortable with variance analysis, forecasting, and presenting financial narratives to leadership.
  • Demonstrated track record of designing and delivering training programs in a business systems or enterprise IT context - not coordinating someone else's curriculum, but building your own and measuring whether it worked.
  • Skilled in AI-powered platform delivery - you have built or significantly contributed to building a knowledge platform, self-service tool, or intelligent search system using RAG, knowledge graphs, or similar architectures.
  • Passionate about transparency and intellectual honesty
  • Travel requirement less than 20%
  • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.


ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

Health, Life & Disability
  • Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
  • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
  • Vision benefit
  • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
  • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
  • Voluntary life and AD&D - 100% employee paid up to maximums
  • Short Term Disability - up to 26 weeks - Company paid
  • Long Term Disability - 60% of pay - Company paid. Ability to "buy-up" to 66 2/3% of pay.
  • Supplemental benefits - 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
  • Employee discount program


Retirement
  • 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)


Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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About ABB Ltd

ABB Ltd is a Swiss multinational corporation that specializes in electrical equipment. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. ABB operates in a variety of industries, including power generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as automation and robotics. The company's products and services are used in a range of applications, from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. ABB has a global presence, with operations in more than 100 countries. The company is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets for reducing its environmental impact.
Learn more about ABB Ltd
Size
104,400 employees
Market Cap
$59.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.1 billion
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$26.1 billion
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