Manager, Engineering Operations

Responsibilities

• Build and scale engineering development processes & stage-gate methodologies.
• Establish engineering operational standards and best practices.
• Ensure engineering processes scale with organizational growth.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across engineering.
• Facilitate engineering process audits and corrective actions.
• Own engineering change management processes.
• Ensure proper review, approval, and implementation of engineering changes.
• Maintain configuration management policies for hardware, firmware, software, documentation, and released products.
• Synchronize engineering releases with ERP and manufacturing systems.
• Lead release governance and product baseline management.
• Define and maintain engineering part numbering standards.
• Manage product structures, model BOMs, and released BOMs.
• Ensure integrity of engineering master data.
• Own engineering software infrastructure including: Project development documentation, CAD systems, GitHub administration, Requirements management systems, YouTrack administration, Wiki administration, etc.
• Coordinate upgrades, licensing, training, and system improvements.
• Develop engineering dashboards and KPIs.
• Monitor engineering productivity metrics.
• Track project execution performance.
• Support resource planning and capacity management.
• Provide executive reporting and engineering analytics.
• Lead adoption of AI tools that improve engineering productivity.
• Work with department managers and engineers to automate repetitive engineering processes.
• Improve knowledge management systems and develop strategies for engineering workflow optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 8+ years of engineering, engineering operations, product lifecycle management, or technical program management experience.
• 3+ years of relevant leadership experience.
• Experience supporting multi-disciplinary engineering organizations.
• Experience with product development and manufacturing environments.
• Experience implementing and improving engineering business systems.
• Strong understanding of product development processes, engineering change management, configuration management, ERP integration, & product lifecycle management.
• Systems thinking with a process improvement mindset.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Data-driven decision making.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to scale teams and processes in high-growth environments.