Technical Business Unit Manager -Battery Cell Manufacturing Experience Required

Overview

Manages the alignment of an assigned customer's technology roadmap with Jabil's technology roadmap, serving as the technical expert and primary relationship owner for that customer's design and development work, with a focus on lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing.

What you'll do

• Ensure Jabil's integration into the customer's technology roadmap.
• Act as technical expert on the customer's products and technology.
• Technically develop, manage and deliver very highly complex technology projects, including complex detailed Statements of Work (SOW), business proposals, project schedules and financials, managing multiple global projects, and design service agreements (DSA).
• Present and sell Jabil's technology to the assigned customer or program.
• Act as the main escalation point between Jabil Design and the mass-production business unit.
• Serve as primary contact relationship owner with the customer's design/central engineering group and support all of their technical projects.
• Function as the point of contact for technical questions between Jabil and the customer.
• Establish strategic direction for Jabil Design and Product Development teams.
• Sell and increase exposure of Jabil Technology Services, such as design services, layout services and Global Operations Services, inside the customer's organization.
• Serve as primary point of contact for early supplier involvement on new customer R&D projects.
• Know and understand the assigned business unit's strategic directions and identify its strategic and technical direction.
• Use tools to monitor cost and cost trends, continuously striving to improve value.
• Manage the Jabil Design forecast and workcell statement process.
• Manage the business unit global technical team.
• Manage Jabil development operations for a particular customer.
• Own the AROD (Accretive Return On Design) program; no P&L responsibility.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Six (6) to eight (8) years of work-related experience required, preferably in engineering or technology fields (such as R&D, product design/development, roadmap processes), or an equivalent combination of education, training or experience.
• Lithium-ion knowledge.
• Cell manufacturing process experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent technical skills (engineering, R&D, product design/development per assigned sector or customer) to align Jabil with the customer's technology roadmap.
• Knowledge and good understanding of Jabil Design and Technology Services.
• Strong financial skill knowledge and aptitude (such as balance sheet and income statement).
• Strong operational knowledge (such as manufacturing, supply chain).
• Knowledge of Jabil tools (financial system, AROD, quote process, etc.).
• Contract knowledge fundamentals.
• Leadership and people-management skills.
• Strong customer service skills and experience.
• Proficient computer skills, including word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications.
• Strong project management skills.
• Comfortable presenting to external senior-level engineers.

Nice to have

• Master's degree preferred.
• Degree in Engineering or Computer Science preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.

Details

• Location: Remote - USA.
• Pay range: $115,500 - $207,900.
• Eligible for a short-term performance-based incentive.
• Anticipated close date of the requisition: December 04, 2026.