Vice President, Development

The Vice President Development is a senior executive leader responsible for building and leading a newly established multi-disciplinary development organization serving the Bosch Power Tools division in North America and the Dremel and Rotozip business globally.

Reporting directly to the President & CEO Power Tools North America this role owns the end-to-end product and technology strategy portfolio governance and execution engine that will define the next generation of category leadership. The role will build and lead a high-performance multi-disciplinary development organization that integrates market insight industrial design engineering product management quality regulatory and program execution into a unified innovation system.

This leader will ensure the product roadmap is born from deep North American market insight validated by commercial performance aligned to global platform strategies and executed with speed discipline and world-class technical rigor.

The Vice President Development will directly shape the future competitiveness profitability and innovation leadership of Bosch Power Tools North America and the global Dremel and Rotozip businesses. This role is central to defining how Bosch wins in the marketplace through superior technology disciplined portfolio management operational excellence and deep customer understanding.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Vision & Market-Driven Roadmap

• Define and execute a development strategy aligned with the growth objectives of Bosch Power Tools North America and Dremel globally.
• Build a 5 year product roadmap rooted in North American consumer end user and customer insights and validated by commercial performance.
• Ensure all product investments are backed by rigorous market data application understanding and financial discipline.
• Partner closely with Marketing Sales and Operations to translate strategy into differentiated scalable solutions.

Leadership of a Multi-Disciplinary Development Organization

Lead and integrate a unified organization spanning:

• Market Insights
• Industrial Design
• Engineering
• Product Management
• Quality Management
• Test & Qualification Laboratories
• Product Safety & Regulatory Compliance

Responsibilities include:

• Building a high-performance end-to-end lifecycle operating model.
• Establishing clear decision rights across regional and global matrix stakeholders.
• Developing leadership bench strength and succession pipelines.
• Attracting and retaining top functional talent across all disciplines.
• Driving an agile accountable and performance-oriented culture.
• Leading organizational transformation to improve velocity collaboration and innovation output.

Engineering Quality & Compliance Excellence

• Drive technical innovation while ensuring superior product performance durability and reliability.
• Ensure world-class product performance durability and reliability aligned with Bosch & Dremel brand standards.
• Strengthen validation rigor through advanced simulation digital engineering tools and lab capability expansion.
• Own product safety regulatory compliance (UL CSA DOE EPA global standards) and recall avoidance systems.

Portfolio Governance & Financial Performance

• Accountable for delivering defined revenue contribution from products launched.
• Drive gross margin expansion through innovation cost engineering and platform leverage.
• Own annual R&D capital and operating budgets.
• Implement rigorous stage-gate governance with quantified portfolio scoring (ROI strategic fit capacity load risk profile).
• Establish clear kill/continue decision discipline and portfolio health metrics.
• Reduce warranty costs and lifecycle quality expenses through robust design and validation systems.

Key Performance Indicators include:

• % Revenue from New Products
• Time-to-Market Reduction
• Platform Reuse Rate
• Development Cost per SKU
• Warranty Rate Reduction
• Patent Filings
• Sustainability Impact Metrics

Organizational & Talent Development

• Build develop and inspire high-performing technical and product leadership teams.
• Attract and retain top engineering and product talent in a competitive environment.
• Establish succession pipelines and leadership bench strength.
• Foster a culture of urgency collaboration and continuous improvement.

Qualifications :

• Proven executive leadership experience in product development engineering or R&D within a complex branded multi-channel global consumer and commercial durables products organization.
• Demonstrated success leading large cross-functional development teams with significant revenue impact.
• Track record of launching commercially successful products in competitive North American markets.
• Experience operating in global matrix organizations with regional and global brand responsibilities.
• Strong financial acumen and experience managing significant capital and operating budgets.
• Deep understanding of quality systems product safety compliance and regulatory environments.
• Bachelors degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Strategic architect with the ability to transform a strong existing organization into a high-performance development organization unlocking the full potential of our brands and categories in the North American market.
• Visionary leader who creates clarity from complexity and sets direction with confidence.
• Insight-driven and customer-focused translating market needs into winning and execution-oriented with a strong bias for speed and accountability.
• Talent developer committed to building the next generation of leaders.
• Demonstrated success working effectively across global & local matrixed organizations for local impact while leveraging the best of the global capabilities.

Additional Information :

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives:

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)

Equal Opportunity Employer including disability/veterans.

Thanks to the work of every associate Bosch has been recognized for award-winning culture by the following organizations:

• Great Place to Work Certified 2024
• Fortunes Worlds Most Admired Companies 2024
• Americas Best Large Employers 2024
• Americas Best Employers for Diversity 2024
• Americas Greatest Workplaces for Women Newsweek 2024
• Greatest Workplaces for Diversity Newsweek 2024
• Bosch Power Tools was recognized as one of Newsweeks Americas Greatest Workplaces in Manufacturing 2025
• Forbes Americas Best Employers for New Grads 2025

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $240000 to $308000. Within the range individual pay is determined based on several factors including but not limited to work experience and job knowledge complexity of the role job location etc.

In addition to your base salary Bosch offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health dental and vision plans; health savings accounts (HSA); flexible spending accounts; 401(K) retirement plan with an attractive employer match; wellness programs; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; parental leave adoption assistance; and reimbursement of education expenses. Learn more about our full benefits offerings by visiting:  Pay ranges included in the postings generally reflect base salary; certain positions may include bonus commission or additional benefits. This position includes bonus potential LTI and a company vehicle.

Salary estimates published on online job boards rather than the Bosch US Careers Page may not be a true representation of the actual pay range offered for this position.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time