Manager - Virtual Center of Competence - Grid Connect

The opportunity

Electricity will be the backbone of the carbon-neutral future and together, with customers and partners, we are co-creating solutions that are helping to accelerate the energy transition. Customers count on our technologies to help them to integrate huge volumes of renewable energy into the world's grids and manage increasing levels of complexity; and our technologies are also instrumental to the electrification of transportation, industry and smart life sectors. The center equally focuses on catering to grow complexity in domestic and international grids and is a key lever for Hitachi Energy's growth globally.

Your responsibility:

• Technical leadership of Base solutions & CoC offerings. Responsibility for HSE of own organization.
• Accountability for the budget of projects & initiatives you lead/ contribute. Competence development of your organization.
• Managing optimized utilization of global footprint and long-term footprint strategies. Driving continuous improvement and quality improvement within your domain.
• Technical lead governance and processes within your own and extended organization. Hosting/ participating collaboration & coordination meetings with other CoCs, Hubs, units.
• Periodic review of Project / initiatives and Devising, implementing and driving the CoC strategy in alignment with Leaders & stakeholders and Leading / guiding Continuous improvement programs (Technical, Process) People and Target settings and Coach and mentoring and Skill & career development and Functional Competence assessment.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable external and internal regulations, procedures, and guidelines.
• Living Hitachi Energy's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business

• Bachelor's / master's degree within Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Should have at least 3 years of experience in leadership (ideally as Team Manager/ lead) roles, managing multi discipline teams; overall experience of 10+ years
• Lead roles in R&D/ Global initiatives preferable
• Exposure to Latest product offerings & technologies related to power system solutions and experience in solution & system integrated offerings ex: substations, Power plants.
• Experience in competence mapping/assessment, recruitment/handling interviews and exposure to Agile framework would be merit able
• Comprehensive knowledge of related functions in the organization. Understanding and building on the synergies with related business functions.
• Technically innovative, curious and open to challenge status quo. Motivated self-starter, able to lead and coach the team of technical experts.
• Independent, solution-oriented, organized, and responsive with a strong drive and focus on delivering results.
• Facilitate teamwork and communicate clearly at all levels. Excellent English speaker, good communication skills.
• Dynamic and Proactive, willing to take up challenges and develop new applications. Confident, both on a personal level and in your leadership.
• Strong ability to handle simultaneous tasks with prioritization, good in issues & conflict management
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality digital solutions.
• Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required.