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Vinith VIJAYAN

Activist · DISC type Cd
Director of Engineering Competitiveness at OPmobility
📍 United Kingdom

Vinith is an engineering management professional with two decades of international experience, currently serving as the Director of Engineering Competitiveness at OPmobility. He focuses on enhancing global engineering operations through process optimization and talent development. Colleagues describe him as a meticulous, deeply focused, and natural leader.

He is a proponent of applying first principles reasoning to break down complex problems and believes in understanding human motivation to create effective solutions. Vinith is also interested in the intersection of technology and human thinking, particularly how AI is utilized.

He recently won the 2023 IES Leadership Competency Award for People and uses a personal pencil drawing as a metaphor for misusing powerful tools like AI.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Director of Engineering Competitiveness
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Vinith shows up

Perfectionist
Logical And Quick
Value Conscious

They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Priorities

Topics Vinith cares about

First Principles Thinking
A core part of his professional philosophy, mentioned in his headline and introduction, for breaking down complex problems to their fundamentals.
Human-Centric Leadership
His profile emphasizes business growth through human empowerment and understanding the motivations of people to drive results and build effective teams.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Director of Engineering Competitiveness
OPmobility
2-2021 - 6-2024
Director - India Technical Centre [Expat]
OPmobility
11-2017 - 2-2021
Product Engineering Group Manager
OPmobility
6-2012 - 5-2014
Project Manager
Bertrandt Group
1-2012 - 5-2012
Product Design Manager
Renault Nissan Automotive India Pvt Ltd
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
Bachelor (Honours) Degree
Mahatma Gandhi University
Senior School Certificate
Naval Public School, Kochi
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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