The Opportunity
We are seeking a Technology Center Manager to lead our South Asia Technology Center (TC SAS) in Vadodara, India. TC SAS develops and maintains a broad range of High Voltage Products, comprising Air- and Gas-insulated Switchgears, Circuit Breakers, Disconnectors and Power Quality. In this role, you will oversee a world-class R&D organization and drive the development of innovative, competitive products that support longterm business growth. You will build and nurture a highperforming technical team, ensuring the delivery of cuttingedge solutions that strengthen our market position and meet evolving customer expectations. As a leader at Hitachi Energy, you foster excellence through strong collaboration, empowerment, and forwardthinking innovation.
How You'll Make An Impact
- Define and implement the Technology Center's mission, vision, and organizational structure aligned with the long-term global strategy.
- Ensure R&D projects are delivered on time, within budget, and within scope, while developing the capabilities and competencies needed to support future technologies and systems.
- With HR support, ensure the organization is properly staffed, skilled, and effectively lead, coach, motivate, and develop team members through structured talent processes.
- Collaborate closely with the global Technology Management Team and cross-functional partners to share best practices and enable knowledge transfer across the organization. Establish channels for sharing insights and emerging technologies from internal and external sources (e.g., Hitachi Energy R&D, universities)
- Foster a culture of quality, openness, and continuous improvement empowering employees to challenge established assumptions in technical work, projects, and processes.
- Represent Hitachi Energy in internal and external technical forums. Promote R&D activities to strengthen collaboration with external partners such as universities and industry communities. Ensure relevant participation in international technical committees.
- Serve as a local technical expert for special assignments and manage strategic cooperation with regional universities.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks. Support the protection of intellectual property and assist in IP enforcement and monitoring.
- Prepare annual and multiyear budgets in collaboration with local and global leadership, ensuring expenditure remains within approved limits.
- Responsible to ensure 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.
Your background
- Master's or Doctoral degree in engineering or a related field.
- 15+ years of experience in research and development of Power & Energy products with 5+ years in leadership role preferably within multinational organizations.
- Strong business acumen and demonstrated global mindset.
- Solid understanding of R&D activities and project management.
- Excellent influencing, coaching, and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse teams and global stakeholders.
- Proficiency in both spoken & written English language is required
Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader in electrification, powering a sustainable energy future through innovative power grid technologies with digital at the core. Over three billion people depend on our technologies to power their daily lives.
With over a century in pioneering mission-critical technologies like high-voltage, transformers, automation, and power electronics, we are addressing the most urgent energy challenge of our time balancing soaring electricity demand, while decarbonizing the power system.
Headquartered in Switzerland, we employ over 50,000 people in 60 countries and generate revenues of around $16 billion USD. We welcome you to apply today.
