Submersibles & GWI Value Stream Director

Application deadline: October 23rd

Workplace: Hybrid Position

Job Location: Bjerringbro, Midtjylland, Denmark

Contract Type: Full-Time

Employment Type: Regular

Do you have a passion for innovation, collaboration, and driving product development? Then this is an exceptional opportunity for you to make a significant impact.


Join our Water Utility division as leader of the renowned Ground water and submersibles technology. Here, you will play a crucial role in transforming our solutions and taking them to the forefront of the market. Reporting to the WU VP Head of Product Development, you will be an integral member of the Product Development Leadership team and the Divisional Extended Leadership Team. Furthermore, you will navigate and collaborate within a complex stakeholder management landscape.

What is the job about?
You will lead and guide the Product Development Group in developing and maintaining best-in-class products within the Water Utility Groundwater & Submersibles Product Group. Moreover, you execute the product roadmap as planned, ensuring innovation impact, budget adherence, and timely delivery.

Your main responsibilities:

• Budget accountable for all activities within product group.
• Ensure a meaningful work environment aligned with Grundfos Values and Purpose.
• Ensure Product Group portfolio performance in the market.
• Take accountability for the development of complete technical solutions and product development, including large, small, and solution development projects, in close alignment with Product Management and Global Program Development Management.
• Manage capabilities linked to product visions and roadmap, driving the execution of Division strategy within the value stream.
• Collaborate, align, and agree on capability needs outside Product Development with stakeholders such as Product Management, CTO, OPS, and external partners (make/buy).

Your background

• Master’s- or bachelor’s degree in engineering or a similar field.
• Preferably hold an E-MBA or similar qualification.
• Proven business acumen with several years of experience in leading and developing people within a global context.
• Experience working in cross-functional teams, preferably in product development.
• Agile experience and change management know-how.
• Fluent in English, both verbal and written.
• Willingness to travel when required.

What’s in it for you?
You’ll be an invaluable part of our global leadership team, a diverse network of pioneers guiding others in seeing possibilities, not problems. You’ll be instrumental in spreading our optimistic, can-do attitude to advance global innovation and a clear sense of purpose, embodying our six core values, guiding our colleagues in living them day by day, and making a difference in global projects. We support you in navigating your own career and development path, offering you tools to hone your leadership craft, both within your field and to broaden your interest or expertise in areas such as diversity & inclusion, coaching and culture.

In addition, your day-to-day benefits include:

• Diverse, inclusive environment with employee-led forums offering colleagues a safe place to connect and share openly.
• We encourage you to be at the offices, where you can engage, learn, and have fun with colleagues. If you’ll be working from your home office, we’ll make sure you are well equipped with a good workstation.
• On the top of it, flexible working hours and up to 3 days’ additional paid leave for volunteering.
• Annual bonuses, health insurance, parental support, internal well-being consultants and programs.
• Access to the modern Grundfos Academy to pursue further both personal and professional development.

Do you want to learn more?
If you have questions or would like to know more about this position, please contact Head of Product Development, WU, Steven Davis at Swdavis@grundfos.com

If this job sounds appealing, please send your resume by clicking “Apply”.

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