LAM Product Introduction Director

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Could you be the full-time Product Introduction Director in São Paulo we’re looking for?

Your future role

Take on a new challenge and apply your engineering and project management expertise in a cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside collaborative, driven, and innovative teammates.

You’ll play a pivotal role in managing the overall Product Introduction (PI) activities in the LAM region, including validation support, commissioning, and warranty. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business (such as engineering, quality, and industrial functions), ensure adherence to safety and quality standards, and drive continuous improvement initiatives, and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of optimizing PI costs and ensuring customer satisfaction, but also contribute to the strategic development of PI activities in your business perimeter.

We’ll look to you for:

• Managing all PI activities and resources, including commissioning, validation support, and warranty, for all projects in the region.

• Leading tenders and bids related to the PI scope for all allocated projects.

• Ensuring compliance with Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD) budget commitments for PI activities during both tender and execution phases.

• Driving PI cost optimization and recovery of non-core costs through continuous improvement initiatives.

• Ensuring supplier warranty duration and recovery of charge-backs.

• Managing critical interfaces with customers and supporting project teams to meet PI commitments.

• Ensuring proper implementation of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and railway safety standards.

• Recruiting and developing the necessary competencies to support all relevant PI activities.

• Providing PI Return of Experience (RoE) to other operational functions to drive continuous improvement.

• Deploying and adhering to PI standard processes, including internal and external audits.

• Collaborating with Services organizations to optimize PI execution, where applicable.

• Promoting Alstom’s Code of Ethics and maintaining the highest standards of ethical conduct.

• Ensuring consistency in PI execution across tenders, projects, and product lines.

• Driving PI Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and ensuring proper reporting and analysis.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:

• University degree in Engineering or a related technical field.

• Experience in project execution (technical/industrial) spanning over 10 years.

• Global and team management capabilities.

• Knowledge of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) and railway safety/product liability.

• Strong collaboration and negotiation skills.

• Field experience and data analytics expertise.

• Fluency in verbal and written English.

• Fluency in verbal and written Spanish and/or Portuguese.

• Desirable: RAM, problem-solving skills, engineering knowledge, DFQ, quality and audit skills, customer contact, contract management, and basic finance knowledge.

• Strong leadership, a result-driven mindset, and excellent communication skills.

• Ability to navigate a multi-cultural environment and foster collaboration between diverse stakeholders.

• Availability for travelling

Things you’ll enjoy

Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:

• Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.

• Work with new safety and quality standards for rail signalling and overall operations.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and supportive colleagues.

• Contribute to innovative, impactful projects that shape the future of mobility.

• Utilise our flexible and inclusive working environment.

• Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.

• Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning programs.

• Progress towards leadership roles or specialized areas of expertise.

• Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognizes your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!

Important to note

As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 63  countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.

Job Type:​Experienced​