Senior Director, Energy Management & ATO

LOCATION: Irving / Texas (US-TX), United States " BRAND: Knorr-Bremse " REQUISITION ID: 11502 " JOB GRADE: 20 "
ON-SITE/REMOTE: On-site

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Job Summary
The Director of Train Dynamic Systems (TDS) has full P&L ownership over the LEADER product line. This includes ownership of customer-facing projects, internal product development, business development, engineering execution, and accountability of overall business performance (revenue, profitability, and strategic planning).

Reporting Line
Reports to directly to the Knorr Bremse Signaling Managing Director

Key Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and accountability for the TDS project portfolio, ensuring successful execution of customer-facing projects and alignment with business, financial, and customer objectives.
• Responsible for the execution, delivery, and quality of engineering activities for both customer projects and internal product development initiatives.
• Accountable for the financial performance of TDS (revenue, EBIT, margin, CapEx, Return on Sales, etc).
• Lead business development activities including market analysis, customer management, commercial strategy, product road mapping, business opportunity cultivation, and development of strategic planning (STRAP).
• Responsible for leading the strategy, estimation activities, and negotiations for new project commercial opportunities.
• Drive innovation across the organization to increase productivity, reduce costs, and create new growth paths.
• Ensure resource planning and capability development are aligned with customer commitments, strategic business objectives, and long-term growth plans.
• Directly manage the TDS Management Team, with a total TDS team size of 40+ engineers, managers, and project resources.
• Ensure adherence to company processes/policies and applicable industry standards.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in Engineering or Project Management domains
• 7+ years of experience in leadership roles of increasing responsibility
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field required. Master's degree in Engineering, Business Administration (MBA), or a related discipline preferred.
• Proven experience managing large multi-disciplinary engineering or project management organizations

Other Skills & Competencies

• Proven ability to lead, influence, and align large cross-functional engineering and/or project management teams.
• Demonstrated ability to drive project and/or engineering organizations to meet financial targets. Demonstrated history of P&L ownership is preferred.
• Experience building and executing commercial strategy and product roadmaps.
• Ability to interact effectively with Sr Leadership and Executive-level Management
• Open-minded, proactive, motivated, and results driven.
• Very strong communication and presentation skills.
• PMP or PE certification encouraged.

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Irving is $160,500 to $298,100 per year. The final pay offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to the type and years of experience within the job, the type of years and experience within the industry and education. KB Signaling is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect positions that work in other states or locations. Provided they meet all eligibility requirements under the applicable plan documents, employees (and their eligible dependents) will be eligible to enroll in group healthcare plans that offer medical, dental, vision, and basic life and disability insurance. Employees also will be able to enroll in our company's 401k plan. Employees will also receive 120 hours of vacation leave and 40 hours of Personal Paid Absence every year. Employees will also enjoy 12 paid holidays, and 1 floating holiday throughout the calendar year, subject to relevant terms outlined in the employee handbook. 6 weeks of paid parental leave will also be available for use. Requirements for these benefits will be controlled by applicable plan documents and policies. Employees working on federal contracts covered by the Federal Paid Sick Leave requirements will be notified and will receive benefits consistent and compliant with the FPSL requirements. Hired applicant will be able to purchase company stock, subject to the relevant plan documents and annual bonuses based on achievement of certain metrics of up to 4% of annual salary. This is intended to provide a general description of benefits and other compensation and is not a substitute for applicable plan documents or company policies. Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis
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