Engineering Process Owner / Document Management

About the role

Polaris Inc. is seeking a high-impact Engineering Process Owner to redefine how world-class products are developed. This role serves as the business process owner for core Engineering processes, driving best-in-class Product Development capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Protect downstream flow by eliminating defects and waste caused by incorrect, missing, or uncontrolled information.
• Serve as the subject matter expert for Engineering Document Management with full accountability for end-to-end process ownership, integration, optimization, and sustainability.
• Own and champion assigned business processes, ensuring they are scalable, sustainable, and delivering tangible business value.
• Lead process design, definition, and documentation. Maintain comprehensive process maps, standards, and training materials.
• Actively lead solution definition, root-cause analysis, problem solving, requirements gathering, validation, user acceptance testing, change management, and implementation.
• Led process improvement initiatives, leveraging LEAN methodologies, and project management frameworks.
• Define which Engineering content needs to be controlled to avoid defects downstream, align process objectives with long-range plans (LRP), capability & technology roadmaps, and organizational strategy.
• Lead collaboration with governance boards and cross-functional teams to prioritize investments and manage process change.
• Ensure clear roles and responsibilities (RACI), stakeholder engagement, and sponsorship for process initiatives.
• Ensure data stewardship resulting in a trusted, single source of truth for product development data and documentation in the digital thread.
• Develop and track metrics / KPIs to create visibility into improvement opportunities and risks.
• Oversee production end-user support for your domain, ensuring quick and effective resolution of issues to ensure user efficiency.
• Lead change management efforts, including communication, training, and adoption strategies.
• Develop and maintain self-service resources and process documentation for a global team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or related technical field.
• At least 5 years’ experience in model-year based New Product Development, working directly with Engineering Bill of Materials and controlled documentation.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience managing complex, cross-functional projects within the following functions: Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Quality, or Supply Chain.
• Experience leading technical document management at a large organization (> 1,000 people).
• At least 3 years’ experience in Product Development business process ownership, optimization, and change management role, preferred.
• Preferred LEAN experience with the following: facilitating Kaizen events, Value Stream Mapping, Stage/Gate Process and New Product Development Process.
• Expert-level proficiency with PTC suite of applications (Windchill) and Microsoft Office applications, including SharePoint and PowerBI.
• Proven ability to lead change, build strong relationships, and motivate at all levels within the organization and across functions within a matrix organization.
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and self-driven individual with ability to multi-task and perform in a very fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative team player with strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Self-driven, forward-thinking individual who questions assumptions, explores new possibilities, and thrives by uncovering better ways to do things.
• Relentlessly curious leader with expertise in controlled and uncontrolled document management.
• Consistently pursues improved operational efficiency.

Skills

• LEAN methodologies
• Project management frameworks
• Product Development business process ownership, optimization, and change management
• Controlled and uncontrolled document management
• Process design, definition, and documentation
• Root-cause analysis, problem solving, requirements gathering, validation, user acceptance testing, change management, and implementation
• Collaboration with governance boards and cross-functional teams
• Data stewardship
• User support and change leadership

Benefits

Competitive compensation, including a market-leading profit-sharing plan, and a comprehensive suite of benefits, including health, dental, and vision insurance, wellness programs, paid time off, gym & personal training reimbursement, life insurance and disability offerings. Additionally, employees receive a generous matching contribution to 401(k), financial wellness education and consultation to plan for their financial future. The Polaris Foundation and Polaris Gives provide paid volunteer time off for employees to support community service.

Pay

The starting pay range for Minnesota is $100,000 to $125,000 per year. Individual salaries and positioning within the range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography.

Schedule

Very fast-paced, dynamic culture in an office environment. Possible Travel to Other Locations less than 10%

Contact

To apply, please visit our careers page at www.polaris.com/careers. For more information about employment discrimination protection under U.S. federal law, see: Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal (eeoc.gov).