Job Description
If you are an engineering leader looking to grow your career, this role offers the opportunity to lead and shape global engineering strategy for Emerson’s Isolation Valves portfolio, including ball valve, butterfly valve, and knife gate valve solutions. As an Engineering Director, you will combine technical leadership with a strong people-first approach, driving engineering excellence, scalable processes, and effective commercial execution. You will also play a key role in developing and empowering a globally diverse engineering organization while delivering impactful business outcomes.
In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:
- Lead a globally distributed engineering organization supporting order execution, engineered-to-order solutions, product development, research, and product lifecycle management.
- Provide strategic direction to align global engineering priorities with business objectives and customer needs, partnering closely with regional leadership and cross-functional teams.
- Develop, coach, and retain engineering talent by fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning.
- Optimize engineering resources and budgets, balancing near-term execution priorities with long-term capability building and innovation.
- Establish performance visibility through meaningful metrics, dashboards, and capacity planning to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
- Drive standardization of engineering tools, systems, and processes to improve efficiency, scalability, and consistency across regions and product lines.
Who You Are:
You think globally and can effectively evaluate complex situations, focusing on what is most relevant to drive meaningful outcomes. You build strong, collaborative teams by leveraging diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and strengths to achieve shared goals. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, using data and insight to prioritize effectively and deliver results in a matrixed environment. You continuously seek opportunities to improve ways of working by refining processes and driving thoughtful, impactful change.
For This Role, You Will Need:
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proven experience leading engineering teams, including geographically dispersed or global teams.
- Strong ability to work across cultures, time zones, and cross-functional environments.
- Demonstrated success delivering results in a complex, matrixed organization with multiple stakeholders.
- Ability to assess processes, identify gaps, and implement effective solutions.
- Strong communication, leadership, and decision-making skills.
- Legal authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship for this role.
Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:
- Experience in the industrial valves or flow control industry.
- Advanced degree such as a master’s in engineering or a Master of Business Administration (MBA).
- Experience in driving global engineering transformation, standardization, or digital initiatives.
- Exposure to product lifecycle management, engineered-to-order environments, or global manufacturing operations.
Our Culture and Commitment To You:
At Emerson, we foster a workplace where every individual is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We believe innovation thrives through collaboration and diverse perspectives, and we are committed to supporting your development through mentorship, learning opportunities, and leadership growth.
We prioritize employee wellbeing by offering competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and flexible time-off programs, including parental leave. Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion ensures a welcoming and supportive environment where everyone can succeed and make a meaningful impact.
WHY EMERSON
Our Commitment to Our People
At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.
We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.
At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.
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ABOUT EMERSON
Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.
With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.
We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!
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