Global Engineering Operations & Process Management

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To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a/an Global Engineering Operations & Process Management to our team.

Reporting to the Senior Global Engineering Director the Global Engineering Operations & Process Management is accountable for defining and driving engineering governance, KPIs, portfolio visibility, capacity planning frameworks, and standardized processes and tools. It enables data-driven decision-making, alignment across regions, and improved execution outcomes across all engineering functions.

What a typical day looks like:

• Defines and continuously improves how engineering operates across the organization

• Establishes standard operating rhythms, governance forums, and execution frameworks

• Owns the engineering KPI framework (e.g. on-time design delivery, change volume, cycle time, rework)

• Develops and maintains dashboards, scorecards, and reporting for leadership

• Defines and enforces engineering governance including stage gates, design reviews, and change control

• Drives structured, data-driven decision-making across engineering programs.

• Establishes and manages engineering portfolio visibility across all active programs.

• Defines and enables prioritization frameworks, providing structured insight to support leadership decision making.

• Provides executive-level insight and analysis to support portfolio trade-offs, prioritization, and strategic decision-making.

• Develops and implements capacity planning and resource management methodologies

• Provides visibility of demand vs capacity across engineering teams

• Owns engineering processes, standards, and best practices across the organization.

• Drives adoption of systems, tools, and digital workflows that improve efficiency and traceability

• Identifies systemic inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement

• Leads cross-functional initiatives to improve cycle time, reduce rework, and increase predictability

• Embeds Lean / continuous improvement methodologies into engineering ways of working

• Partners with Engineering, PMO, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality functions

• Drives alignment across teams to ensure effective execution and delivery outcomes.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team,

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field

• 8–12+ years’ experience in engineering, engineering operations, or technical programme leadership.

• Demonstrated experience improving engineering processes, governance, or performance at scale.

• Experience working in complex, cross-functional environments including manufacturing and operations.

• Lean / Six Sigma certification preferred.

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