Job Summary

If you are an Engineering Leader looking for an opportunity to grow your career, this role offers the chance to lead and shape global engineering strategy for Emerson's Isolation Valves portfolio, including Ball Valve, Butterfly Valve, and Knife Gate Valve solutions. As the Engineering Director, you will combine your technical leadership with a strong people-first focus, driving engineering excellence, scalable processes, and commercial execution while also developing and empowering a globally diverse engineering organization.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

Lead a globally distributed engineering organization supporting order and engineered-to-order execution, product development, research, and product lifecycle management across the Isolation Valves portfolio.
Provide strategic leadership to align global engineering priorities with business objectives and customer needs, partnering closely with World Area leadership and cross-functional teams.
Develop, coach, and retain engineering talent by fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture that values collaboration, continuous learning, and accountability.
Optimize engineering resources and budgets to focus on the highest-value activities, balancing near-term execution with long-term capability building.
Establish clear performance visibility through meaningful metrics, dashboards, and capacity planning tools to guide decision-making and continuous improvement.
Drive global standardization of engineering tools, processes, and systems to improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability across regions and product lines.

Who You Are
You think globally and excel at viewing issues on a worldwide basis, readily distinguishing between what is relevant and what is less critical to make sense of complex situations. You build effective teams by leveraging the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and strengths of others to achieve shared goals. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity, using insight and data to prioritize work and drive outcomes in a matrixed environment. You continually seek better ways of working, identifying opportunities to improve processes through thoughtful refinement or meaningful change.

For This Role, You Will Need:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering
Minimum 10 years of experience in engineering.
Proven experience and demonstrated success leading global or geographically dispersed teams, with the ability to work across cultures and time zones.
Strong track record of delivering results in a highly matrixed organization, navigating competing priorities and multiple stakeholders.
Ability to assess complex processes quickly, identify gaps, and drive solutions.
Legal authorization to work in the United States - sponsorship will not be provided for this position

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

Experience or knowledge of working in the Industrial Valves industry.
Master's degree or MBA preferred.

Our Culture & Commitment to You

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives-because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

Director of Global Engineering