Robotics Project Manager for Foodservice applications

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world.

This role sits within ABB's Robotics business, a leading global robotics company. We're entering an exciting new chapter as we’ve announced the plan for SoftBank Group to acquire ABB Robotics. SoftBank is a globally recognized technology group and investor/operator focused on AI, robotics, and next-generation computing.  By joining us now, you’ll be part of a pioneering team shaping the future of robotics—working alongside world-class experts in a fast-moving, innovation-driven environment.

This Position reports to:

Operations Manager

 

Your Role and Responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to grow our robotics business by expanding into the foodservice automation space. Leveraging our broad portfolio of products and cutting-edge technology, Service Robotics is focused on bringing the benefits of automation to customers in foodservice and retail environments—enhancing efficiency, consistency, and operational performance.

As part of the Service Robotics Operations team, you will have the opportunity to lead the execution of medium-size projects globally, driving deployments across multiple regions. Each day, you will ensure that all related activities are executed in accordance with procedures, regulations, standards, specifications, and targets. You will also showcase your expertise by leading project team members worldwide to meet project requirements, deliver contracted outcomes, and achieve committed results.

In this role, you’ll help run what runs the world, by taking on meaningful work that drives real impact.

- Work model: LI-hybrid

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Support the proposal phase by engaging with customers to clarify requirements, define and adjust project scope, contribute to concept design, prepare technical solutions, estimate costs, assess risks, and coordinate vendor evaluations.
• Leading the project team, establishing the project execution approach, and overseeing planning, monitoring and control activities for internal and external resources to accomplish all project goals.
• Monitoring and controlling project progress, efficient resource utilization, and project financials.
• Identifying, qualifying, quantifying, managing project risk, and ensuring all opportunities are identified and pursued.
• Driving the formal acceptance of the project, contract close-out, and acknowledgment by the customer, all in accordance with the contract.

Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the Role

• You are highly skilled in and passionate about working with robotics systems, automation platforms, and project management methodologies. Experience in customer-facing and/or operational environments (e.g., solution delivery, system deployment, or on-site implementations) is a plus.
• You bring 8+ years of experience in robotics, automation, or related technical fields, with a proven track record of delivering complex projects and large-scale programs, ideally in international environments.
• You have hands-on experience supporting proposal and pre-sales phases, including engaging in customer discussions to clarify requirements, defining and adjusting scope based on technical and commercial constraints, presenting tailored technical solutions, estimating costs, and coordinating vendors.
• You are driven by innovation and collaboration, with strong stakeholder management, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership skills, and the ability to manage international and multi-site stakeholders.
• You have experience reporting project status, risks, and financials to senior and executive management, and demonstrate the ambition to grow new business and contribute to building and scaling new organizational capabilities.
• You hold a degree in Engineering (e.g., Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics, Automation), Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience, with solid knowledge of automation and robotics technologies, and you have an excellent command of English, both written and spoken.

What’s in it for you?

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day. 

Benefits

ABB provides competitive benefits, ask us!

• 🛡️ Comprehensive Insurance Coverage: You’ll be covered by our collective insurance plans in Spain – life, accident, and travel assistance – so you can feel secure whether you're at work or on the road.
• 🍽️ Lunch Allowance / Cantine: Enjoy subsidized meals or canteen access depending on your location.
• 🏡 Home Office Flexibility: Work from wherever suits you best thanks to our flexible remote work options.
• 📱 Company Mobile Phone: Stay connected with a corporate phone – no need to mix work and personal calls.
• 🅿️ Employee Parking: We’ve got employee parking so you can start your day stress-free!
• 💻 Benefits Platform: Enjoy exclusive deals and discounts on everything from tech to travel through our employee benefits portal.
• 📈 Employee Share Acquisition Plan: Want to invest in your future? Join our share acquisition plan and grow with the company.
• 🎓 Learning & Training: Take advantage of a wide range of learning opportunities grow, upskill, and move forward in your career.
• 🚀 Career Development: Expect plenty of chances to advance your career internally with our Open Job Market, with support to explore new roles and take on exciting challenges!
• 🕓 Flexible Work Practices: We get that life happens – we support a healthy balance between your professional and personal life.

• 💚 Wellbeing Program: From mental health support to wellness activities, we’ve got your back—mind and body.

More about us

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, enabling a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. By connecting its engineering and digitalization expertise, ABB helps industries run at high performance, while becoming more efficient, productive and sustainable so they outperform. At ABB, we call this ‘Engineered to Outrun’. The company has over 140 years of history and around 110,000 employees worldwide. ABB’s shares are listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (ABBN) and Nasdaq Stockholm (ABB). www.abb.com

At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity, generations, etc. Together, we are embarking in a journey where each one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.

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