Sr. Director of Engineering & Technology

At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

THIS POSITION CAN ALSO BE BASED REMOTELY, USA.

Jabil is seeking a Senior Director of Engineering & Technology that will directly contribute to the transformative growth within our Renewables, Energy, Infrastructure Division for the global markets. This Senior Director of Technology will focus on the areas of Energy Generation, Power Distribution, and Building Technology Infrastructure and has responsibility to understand the technical direction of the market and customers, develop technical product definition and roadmaps, and drive design and engineering business. This role must collaborate with business leaders, cross-functional teams, and technology suppliers to enable products that ensure Jabil provides world-class systems and solutions in the areas of energy generation, storage, grid infrastructure, and building technology.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Leadership & Business Development

• Drive Architecture/Technology/Engineering discussions and business for the Energy Generation, Grid Edge Tech and Building Tech industries.
• Position design services to customer base, scope related design opportunities and drive customer RFQs for engineering to commercial offers.
• Manage/lead teams responsible for technical interface to business unit, sales, and customers.
• Contribute to the development of the high-level long-term business strategy.

Technology & Market Insight

• Develop and maintain comprehensive technology, capability, and product roadmap for the business/customer.
• Maintain an awareness of the evolving marketplace including innovative technologies that could be beneficial to integrate into Jabil's portfolio

Team & Capability Management

• Manage/lead teams of architects, engineers, and product/project managers to define and develop products, solutions, and/or capabilities based on the needs of the market and our customers.
• Coach and mentor our engineering community and develop high-performing teams.
• Provide effective and inspiring leadership
• Ownership of design and engineering capability economics managing the ongoing planning, budgeting, and execution of those capabilities.

Customer & Partner Engagement

• Serve as key technical interface with customers for discussing products and capabilities.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with existing and prospective technology contacts at strategic customers and technology partners.
• Align closely with customer technology groups to support innovation and collaboration.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with the operations, sales, and other cross functional teams to support their efforts.
• Proactively address challenges which may arise in achieving the technical and R&D goals
• Cross-divisional alignment with technology teams to ensure technology roadmap captures all Jabil capabilities

Perform other duties and responsibilities as required.

MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Solid-line report to Jabil SVP of Global Business Units
• Job may have direct reports; job title(s) may include Engineering Services Director, System Architect, Engineer, Technical Manager, Project Manager, Product Manager

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong knowledge of Power Electronics markets, product portfolios and requirements for Grid tech, building infrastructure and energy generation.
• Strong knowledge of key players in the Energy Infrastructure, Grid Tech and Building Tech industries (OEM's, Technology Providers, ODM and EMS Suppliers)
• Analytic and decisive decision maker.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams among multiple ambiguous and complex projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; a persuasive communicator.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Degree in Engineering or equivalent experience required
• Or a combination of education, experience and/or training
• 15+ years of engineering experience
• 10+ years of engineering management
• Willingness to travel world-wide up to 30% of the time

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