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This position reports to:
Global Head of Strategy and Business Intelligence, Motion
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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.
As part of our strategic growth agenda, we are hiring a new Strategy Manager for our Motion Business Area.
This role is open globally, with preferred locations near our main Motion hubs in Switzerland, Spain, Germany, and Italy. The work model is hybrid #LIhybrid.
This role aims at strengthening our Motion Business Area’s strategy capability by driving strategic analyses, projects, and narratives that inform senior leadership decision-making. It is designed for a strategy professional who can operate with autonomy, lead strategic workstreams end to end, and translate insights into clear, compelling, and leadership-ready outputs.
The role will collaborate closely with the Motion Leadership Team, Divisions, and key Business Area functions such as M&A, Ventures, Finance, and Sustainability. It will contribute both to core strategy processes and to forward-looking strategic topics, including new growth areas and long-term opportunities.
This role reports to our global Head of Strategy & Business Intelligence, Motion.
Strategic studies, deep dives & projects
External market & growth opportunity screening
Screen external markets, technologies, and competitive dynamics to inform Motion’s strategic priorities, in close collaboration with the Business Intelligence team.
Identify and assess new growth opportunities, including Horizon 3 topics, emerging sectors, geographies, and business models.
Strategic deliverables & leadership narratives
Support strategic deliverables for Motion by shaping clear, insight-driven narratives for the Motion Leadership Team, internal stakeholders, and selected external audiences.
M&A and portfolio support (strategy perspective)
Contribute to commercial and strategic assessments for Motion-led deals, including market attractiveness, strategic fit, and value creation logic.
Several years of experience in strategy, management consulting, corporate development, business intelligence, or a related strategic role
Proactive mindset & ownership: Demonstrates initiative, curiosity, and a strong sense of accountability; Pushes topics forward and delivers on commitments, even under time pressure
This opportunity is open to candidates in multiple countries, with the final work location determined based on the selected candidate. As compensation may vary by location, we are committed to being transparent throughout the hiring process and will share details of the salary range, variable compensation and benefits package with candidates who progress to the first interview stage for a location in the European Union, covered by the EU Pay Transparency Directive.
The final offer will be tailored based on your role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and alignment with ABB internal standards.
ABB Motion, a global leader in motors and drives, is at the core of accelerating a more productive and sustainable future. We innovate and push the boundaries of technology to contribute to energy efficient, decarbonizing and circular solutions for customers, industries and societies. With our digitally enabled drives, motors and services we support our customers and partners to achieve better performance, safety and reliability. To help the world’s industries outrun – leaner and cleaner, we deliver motor-driven solutions for a wide range of applications in all industrial segments. Building on over 140 years of domain expertise in electric powertrains, our more than 22,000 employees across 100 countries learn and improve every day. go.abb/motion
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