VP of Engineering - Power Management

Responsibilities & Expectations

The Vice President of Engineering – Power Management Division is responsible for leading, transforming, and scaling the engineering organization to support growth in power systems, engineered services, and complex system integration. This leader must be a strategic and commercial engineering leader capable of creating scalable engineering capabilities and integrating engineering processes, tools, and standards across disparate shops and regions.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership & Functional Transformation

• Define and execute the Power Management engineering strategy aligned with enterprise growth objectives
• Lead transformation from decentralized to centrally governed engineering model with standardized processes, tools, and technical authority
• Establish a scalable enterprise engineering capability for integrated solutions
• Develop a multi-year roadmap for engineering standardization, modularization, and reuse across sites
• Partner with executive leadership to align engineering investments with market opportunities

• Commercial & Market Enablement

• Define standard engineering inputs, design templates, and cost drivers to enable consistent estimating by commercial teams
• Ensure technical consistency and accuracy of inputs into estimating and pricing processes (owned by Commercial)
• Establish clear interfaces between Engineering and Commercial for bid support and solution development
• Engage directly with strategic customers as the technical authority on complex solutions
• Enable IPS to capture larger, system-level projects ($500K–$10M+) through repeatable engineering architectures and integration capabilities
• Partner with commercial teams to translate customer needs into standardized, scalable engineering solutions
• Strengthen IPS’s differentiation as an engineering-led solutions provider

• Technical Leadership & Domain Expertise

• Provide executive-level functional and technical leadership across:
• MV and HV power distribution systems
• Switchgear, switchboards, breakers, and protection systems
• MCCs and motor systems
• Backup and critical power infrastructure
• Ensure engineering rigor in:
• Design standards
• Technical specifications
• Application engineering
• Maintain compliance with applicable codes and standards (IEEE, NFPA, NEC, NETA, UL)

• Product Development & Innovation

• Partner with Product Management to define and launch new offerings
• Lead development of standardized and modular system solutions (e.g., power skids, e-houses, MCC/VFD packages, switchgear, and switchboards)
• Drive innovation initiatives focused on:
• Cost optimization and value engineering
• Performance and reliability improvements
• Integration of digital technologies (monitoring, automation, energy storage)
• Evaluate and integrate new technologies into IPS solutions portfolio

• Functional Engineering Excellence

• Build and scale a high-performing, multi-disciplinary engineering organization
• Define organizational structure to support:
• Systems and applications engineering
• Project engineering and execution
• Operations and local technical support
• Scale engineering across a fragmented footprint
• Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent
• Establish training programs, technical standards, and career progression paths
• Establish operating cadence to drive alignment across engineering teams
• Support talent development and performance management
• Represent IPS in technical forums and industry bodies
• Implement metrics and KPIs for engineering performance and continuous improvement
• Ensure alignment between central engineering governance and regional execution
• Ensure compliance with quality and regulatory requirements
• Support enterprise initiatives in AI, data strategy, and knowledge management
• Protect and leverage intellectual property

• Project Execution & Delivery Excellence

• Ensure delivery with focus on:
• Technical quality and compliance
• On-time delivery
• Margin integrity (through design efficiency, not pricing ownership)
• Reduce cycle time through:
• Standardization and modular design
• Design reuse and libraries
• Improved engineering workflows and tools
• Lead integration of engineering into full lifecycle delivery (design → build → commission → service)

Qualifications and Competencies

• Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (required); Master’s preferred
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• 15+ years of progressive experience in power systems engineering and leadership roles
• Demonstrated success building and scaling engineering teams from early-stage to mature organizations and matrixed organizations
• Proven experience with:
• UL891 and UL1558 design, applications, and certification
• Power distribution systems and system integration
• HV/MV Transformers
• Familiarity with integrated control systems, automation, and digital platforms

• Leadership & Business Acumen

• Proven ability to drive growth through engineered products, services, and solutions
• Strong commercial mindset with experience supporting sales, proposals, and customer engagement
• Demonstrated success leading matrixed organizations with direct and indirect teams
• Experience aligning engineering with multi-business units and localized structures
• Ability to operate effectively at both strategic and execution levels
• Builder with a track record of creating teams and capabilities from scratch
• Commercially aware engineer who enables revenue without owning pricing/estimating
• Collaborative leader who aligns teams across the organization