Training & Demo Product Manager

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This position reports to

Global Product Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will own a portfolio of training courses and demo systems related to automation products within Process Control Platform (PCP) unit on a global scale. You will be part of an exciting journey, contributing to our Automation Vision strategy, which aims to transform our Distributed Control System (DCS) products by integrating new technologies and capabilities. This transformation necessitates the evolution of our training and demo offerings into modern, digital learning and demonstration tools. You will work within a global product sales enablement team, collaborating with various functions such as product management, product marketing, R&D, and other experts to design and develop accurate and engaging product training and demo tools. Your expertise in automation products and the learning and development field is crucial to creating effective and valuable training and demo materials for our users. Your responsibilities o Owning a portfolio of training courses related to PCP automation products, including Instructor-Led training (classroom or virtual), eLearning and webinar. o Owning a portfolio of demo systems including hardware kits and software applications running on the cloud, with the objective to demonstrate the value proposition and functionalities of our PCP automation products. o Working internally with product management and marketing management to identify training and demo requirements and translating them into training and demo plans. o Leading the design of new/updated training courses, collaborating with subject matter experts and applying instructional design principles. o Defining user stories and demo scenarios, to demonstrate product value propositions and functionalities, collaborating with Product Marketing and Product Management. o Supervising the implementation of training and demo plans, solving problems that may arise and eventually ensuring on time and on quality releases. o Leading training and demo portfolio life cycle management, making decisions on portfolio obsolescence based on product evolution and other metrics. o Informing/presenting to all relevant stakeholders the release of new training programs and new demo artifacts, maintaining updated relevant web pages and other internal repositories. o When applicable, taking an active part in training and demo development and performing technical reviews of drafts and prototypes developed by others. o Identifying and executing projects for process and portfolio improvements. Preferred locations are: Italy, Sweden, Germany

Qualifications for the role

• At least 5 years of experience in the Process Automation field, particularly on Distributed Control Systems and Edge solutions.
• Basic technical knowledge about ABB process control products and especially on System 800xA, Symphony Plus, Freelance, Edgenius, My Control System.
• Beneficial for having product hands-on experience in using, engineering or demonstrating automation products and systems.
• Experience in product training design, development and delivery.
• Knowledge of Instructional Design principles and Learning Management Systems administration are a plus.
• Experience in project management, acting as informal leader of global teams to collaboratively work and deliver desired results.
• Leadership, good communication skills, intercultural and cross functions collaboration, curiosity and eagerness to learn.
• A bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

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