Senior Vice President - Engineering Global

About the role

EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, with over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Headquarters are in Reading, PA, USA, with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems plus integrated services and systems, backed by over 100 years of battery experience.

The Senior Vice President of Engineering Global is the senior global leader responsible for operational engineering execution, with direct leadership of NIS and IMS engineering and a strong emphasis on system solutions, disciplined new product introductions, and scalable engineering processes. This role aligns global engineering resources, priorities, and standards to support business growth, operational excellence, product reliability, and customer‑focused system‑level solutions. It partners closely with product management, operations, manufacturing, quality, sales, and regional business leaders to translate market and customer requirements into executable engineering roadmaps, deliver new products from concept through launch, and ensure engineering programs are completed on time, within budget, and with the required quality, manufacturability, and compliance. The incumbent will also build and develop a high‑performing global engineering organization capable of supporting current operations while accelerating innovation, standardization, and continuous improvement across the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global Specialty Engineering organization, including NIS and IMS engineering, to deliver system solutions, product platforms, and engineering support aligned with business priorities.
• Establish and execute a global engineering strategy that supports growth, operational excellence, customer requirements, manufacturability, quality, cost, and lifecycle performance.
• Own the engineering execution model for new product introductions, ensuring disciplined stage‑gate governance, clear resource allocation, risk management, validation planning, launch readiness, and post‑launch performance tracking.
• Partner with product management, operations, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, sales, and regional commercial teams to translate market needs into engineering requirements and executable product roadmaps.
• Drive system‑level engineering solutions that integrate hardware, software, controls, power electronics, connectivity, safety, and serviceability to meet customer and market needs.
• Provide leadership for engineering standards, design practices, technical reviews, documentation, configuration control, and global design consistency across NIS and IMS engineering teams.
• Develop and manage global engineering budgets, resource plans, project priorities, capital needs, and performance metrics to ensure predictable execution and responsible use of resources.
• Build, mentor, and develop engineering leaders and technical talent, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, quality, safety, and continuous improvement.
• Lead cross‑functional problem solving on critical product, customer, field, quality, manufacturing, and operational engineering issues, ensuring timely resolution and lessons learned.
• Support strategic customer engagements, executive reviews, technical presentations,