Director Engineering APAC, Commercial transportation

Job Overview

This role provides leadership for cross functional engineering teams. They work with senior management to define technical road maps aligned with market directions and communicate across other Business Units to share applicable technology. This role leverages TE global technology to increase competitive position and increased value to our customers. They identify relevant technology trends and opportunities, develop relationships and partnerships with key customers, industry leaders and core suppliers, define and manage IP strategy, assess talent and implement development plans to assure succession planning and organization capability.

This position is located in Shanghai, with travel as needed.

Responsibilities

Leadership and Management

•    Leadership: Leading APAC R&D and contributing to the development and growth of the business unit. Mentoring and growing the engineering team.
•    Create excitement for the future: Understanding the importance of motivating the team to achieve objectives and promoting the organization's characteristics to enhance commitment.
•    Drive diversity and inclusion: Recognizing and respecting individual differences and diverse perspectives at all levels of the organization.
•    Coach & develop people: Facilitating individual team members' growth and helping them continuously develop their knowledge and capabilities.
•    Collaborate across boundaries: Building networks with people from different countries and cultures to bring positive impacts and business results.
•    Customer Market Focus: Remaining aware of shifting market priorities and responding to internal and external customer needs to add consistent value.
•    Envision the future: Adapting to changes and innovations in the business environment to improve the organization's competitive advantage.
•    Results Orientation: Driving critical activities to completion and meeting or exceeding established targets.
•    Improve processes and policies: Determining budgets and timelines for key projects, enhancing engineering process efficiency, and product quality.
•    Strategic Thinking: Applying organizational acumen to identify and maintain focus on key success factors

Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales

•    Product Engineering: Mastering professional methods to design, build, and process hardware products or components.
•    Manufacturing Trends & Directions: Utilizing knowledge of manufacturing industry developments and trends in various business environments.
•    New Product Development: Developing an effective NPD strategy aligned with the organization's overall marketing and business strategy.
•    Product Development Life Cycle: Adopting the right methodology in each development phase towards launching new or enhanced products.

What your background should look like:

• Education background in engineering related field, MSc or higher is plus
• 10+ years’ experience in R&D/PDE in commercial transportation, Automotive or industrial industries.
• Strong experience in leading sizable global engineering teams, motivational and influencing abilities.
• Ability to align stakeholders and collaborate across functions and engineering teams.
• Confident appearance, structured and forward-looking approach to work.
• High degree of independence, initiative, resilience, and flexibility.
• Strong communication skills that is able to influence, negotiate and collaborate at local and global scale.
• Fluent English ability.
• Focus on execution.
• Cross-cultural, integrative, collaborative mindset

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