RD&E Director, Dishmachine Program – Institutional North America
Core
Lead strategy, new product development, and lifecycle management for Ecolab's dishmachine, dispensing, and connected equipment portfolio in North America.
Role type
Director, RD&E (Institutional Warewashing)
Builds
Connected dishmachine and dispensing solutions for foodservice, hospitality, healthcare, and education markets
Domain
Industrial equipment / Foodservice hygiene / IoT
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
RD&E strategy, cross-functional leadership, product lifecycle management, customer insight translation, portfolio governance, field validation, stakeholder influence
Preferred skills
IoT/embedded systems, hardware/appliance portfolio leadership, reliability engineering, talent development
Technologies
IoT-enabled products, embedded systems, digital platforms
Responsibilities
Define North America RD&E strategy, own end-to-end portfolio roadmap, translate customer insights into solutions, establish portfolio priorities and governance, champion customer validation and launch readiness, build high-performing technical organization, influence senior stakeholders on strategic recommendations
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on program oversight