Sr Director, Operations Engineering

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the global engineering strategy aligned to business growth objectives.
• Build and lead a high-performing global engineering organization across multiple regions.
• Define global engineering standards, governance, processes, tools, and performance expectations.
• Establish clear roles, competencies, career paths, and succession plans for engineering teams.
• Drive a culture of accountability, innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Standardize engineering workflows, handoffs, KPI management, and execution practices across all regions.
• Lead global engineering reviews to monitor performance, risks, resource requirements, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop resource balancing strategies to optimize capability and workload across sites.
• Ensure engineering support aligns with operational requirements, customer commitments, and business priorities.
• Drive manufacturing process optimization, labor productivity improvement, and operational efficiency.
• Establish global standards for capacity modeling, factory layouts, labor planning, and line balancing.
• Lead footprint studies and manufacturing optimization initiatives supporting business growth and transfers.
• Partner with Operations leaders to eliminate constraints and improve throughput and scalability.
• Lead automation strategy and deployment across the global footprint.
• Develop and prioritize automation roadmaps supporting productivity, quality, safety, and capacity objectives.
• Sponsor advanced manufacturing initiatives including AI-enabled solutions, smart factory technologies, data analytics, and digital engineering tools.
• Ensure automation investments deliver measurable ROI and operational benefits.
• Ensure robust engineering support for NPI, product transfers, customer ramps, and sustaining programs.
• Improve speed-to-revenue through disciplined engineering execution and launch readiness processes.
• Serve as executive escalation point for significant engineering and technical issues.
• Support customer engagements, technical reviews, design-for-manufacturing initiatives, and strategic business opportunities.
• Develop and manage global engineering budgets, capital plans, and resource requirements.
• Support business case development for expansion, automation, capacity investments, and strategic initiatives.
• Drive productivity improvements that improve margins and operational performance.
• Partner with business leaders to support growth, quoting, and strategic planning activities.
• Build global engineering leadership capability and succession pipelines.
• Develop technical talent through competency frameworks, training, mentoring, and career development programs.
• Ensure engineering capabilities evolve to meet future technology and customer requirements.
• Promote global knowledge sharing and best-practice deployment across sites.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Electrical, Automation, or related discipline).
• Master's degree or MBA preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive engineering leadership experience within manufacturing environments.
• 10+ years leading global or multi-site engineering organizations.
• Strong experience in manufacturing engineering, industrial engineering, automation, and new product introduction.
• Proven track record leading large-scale transformation, productivity, automation, and growth initiatives.
• Experience supporting complex global customers and multi-region operations.

Qualifications

• Strategic Thinking
• Executive Presence
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• Change Leadership
• Talent Development
• Financial Acumen
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Global Leadership
• Innovation & Digital Mindset

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Comprehensive health and wellness programs
• Professional development opportunities
• Employee recognition and rewards
• Community involvement and volunteer opportunities
• Work-life balance initiatives

Pay

• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and qualifications

Schedule

• Full-time