Vice President, Commercial Global Product Management

12 Minutes ago • 12 Years + • Product Management • $194,700 PA - $277,400 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Wabtec Corporation is seeking a Vice President, Commercial Global Product Management - Mining to drive global product strategy, commercial excellence, and revenue growth. This strategic leader will focus on customer engagement, identifying growth opportunities in new markets, and partnering across product, engineering, operations, digital, and regional commercial teams. The role involves understanding customer pain points, driving continuous improvement, and pulling cross-functional teams to meet customer needs from cost to performance and market share. Key responsibilities include owning the end-to-end product lifecycle, translating voice-of-customer insights into actionable strategies, and leading teams to achieve customer commitments and business targets.
Must have:
  • 12+ years in Mining industry Sales/leadership
  • Manage complex global customer relationships
  • Strong understanding of mining industry dynamics
  • Global product strategy & lifecycle management
  • Executive presence and communication skills
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering/business
  • Willingness to travel globally (25-40%)
  • Strong business and financial acumen
  • Develop strategic vision/roadmap
  • Experience developing pricing models
Good to have:
  • MBA or advanced technical degree
  • Knowledge of regional market dynamics
  • Ability to influence across all organizational levels
  • Experience developing and maintaining customer relationships
  • Strong customer service mindset
  • Experience leading change
Perks:
  • Health benefits
  • Welfare benefits
  • Retirement benefits
  • Annual bonus
  • Equity offerings

Job Details

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

*This position requires experience in the mining equipment industry or an industrial equipment industry.

Role Summary

The Vice President, Commercial Global Product Management - Mining will serve as a strategic leader responsible for driving global product strategy, commercial excellence, and revenue growth across Wabtec’s mining portfolio. This role will lead customer engagement, while also identifying opportunities for growth in new markets and segments. The VP will partner cross-functionally across product, engineering, operations, digital, and regional commercial teams to deliver long-term growth, innovation, and customer satisfaction.  

Key Responsibilities

  • Work with customers around the globe, learn their pain points, drive continuous improvement to serve their needs, discover opportunities to grow the business and then pulling the cross functional teams across the company to serve the customer needs, all the way from cost, lead time, performance, value and market share. 
  • Work with global customers and mines to seek opportunities to grow the mining business.
  • Own the end-to-end product lifecycle across the mining portfolio, aligning product roadmaps with evolving customer and market needs.
  • Translate voice-of-customer (VOC) and market insights into actionable product development and enhancement strategies.
  • Drive customer satisfaction, retention, and expansion.
  • Lead cross functional teams across Wabtec to deliver upon customer commitments and business targets. 

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 12 years in Mining industry Sales, and/or Sales leadership
  • Proven track record of managing complex global customer relationships and driving business growth.
  • Strong understanding of mining industry dynamics, trends, and operational priorities.
  • Demonstrated experience in global product strategy and lifecycle management.
  • Exceptional executive presence, communication, and relationship-building skills.
  • MBA or advanced technical degree preferred; bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or related field required.
  • Willingness to travel globally as needed (25–40%).
  • Strong business and financial acumen, demonstrated commercial savviness
  • Knowledge of regional market dynamics, customer needs, and go-to-market strategies
  • Demonstrated ability to develop a strategic vision/roadmap
  • Ability to interface, navigate and influence across all levels of Wabtec’s organization to drive execution of the strategy
  • Experience in developing and maintaining customer relationships, strong customer service mindset
  • Experience developing pricing models optimized for customer segments
  • Experience leading change

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between

$194,700.00-$277,400.00

The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus and equity offerings, if eligible.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.  

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

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About The Company

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life? At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours! Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

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