Head of Project Management

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world. This Position reports to: EL Commercial Operations Manager Your role and responsibilities: As Sales Support - Head of Project Management in Baden, you lead our Project & Solutions Team and are central to the success of our customer projects in the field of energy distribution and building infrastructure. You ensure that projects are executed efficiently, professionally, and to the highest quality—from the initial customer inquiry and offer preparation to delivery and billing. Are you a responsible, solution-oriented leader with a strong customer focus and a passion for developing your team? Then actively shape the future of energy distribution and low-voltage products with ABB, driving innovations from concept to implementation The work model for this role is: #hybrid Your main responsibilities: - Lead and develop the Project & Solutions Team, ensuring coaching, performance management, and continuous employee growth. - Independently manage projects from the offer stage to completion across the entire value chain, ensuring project excellence through monitoring of KPIs (cost, quality, time), process optimization, and claims/quality management. - Build and maintain customer and supplier relationships, including contract and delivery coordination, while identifying growth and service potential, networking within ABB, and contributing to digital tools and solutions. - Support delivery and logistics activities in close coordination with procurement and product management and develop and implement the overall project management strategy. Qualifications for the role: - Proven leadership experience and experience in developing employees; independent, customer- and sales-oriented working style. - Basic education in electrical engineering with practical experience in switchgear or system business, ideally as a project manager; process- and organization-oriented in a technical environment. - Further education in electrical engineering or business administration is an advantage. - Structured, methodical working style, even under high workload; passion for innovation, improvement, and creative, solution-oriented approaches. - Proficient in MS Office and SAP; experience with digital tools is an advantage. - Excellent German skills; English at least B1, French is an advantage. - Experience working in a global environment. More about us ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division’s technical teams work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division’s portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers, low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world’s largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division’s ABB Ability™ Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions. The recruitment is led by Stephan Himmel, Talent Partner at ABB Switzerland, Ltd. We value people from different backgrounds. Could this be your story? Apply today or visit www.abb.com to read more about us and learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe.