Senior Product Operations Leader

Job Description Summary

Connection and interface between Engineering, Supply Chain and Customer facing organizations focused on product/ manufacturing readiness, execution and delivery. Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. Subject to Commercial policy objectives. Has independence in achieving commercial objectives within operating budgets and operating guidelines. Responsible for overall readiness for a given program to execute on-time to customer requirements, as well as develop ramp up and industrialization strategy.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for assigned hardware including technical, cost, delivery and quality. Support the definition of overall program plans and translate plans into requirements and milestones for the procurement of assigned hardware. Serves as manufacturing representative for PCB, Tollgate, MRL, TRL and Technical reviews for assigned hardware
• Requires specialized knowledge across product lines, markets or customer groups. Requires strong industry awareness, and is expected to influence the development of strategy for their hardware.
• Interprets simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may inform work.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems within projects, product lines, markets, sales processes, campaigns or customers. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders or customers. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.
• May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
• Acts as advocate for Flight Deck in Product Operations function.
• Lean practitioner that actively learns and practices to build lean skills from both a cultural and tool based perspective.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college (or high school diploma/ GED with 4 years' experience in product management).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a manufacturing, engineering, or product management role.
• Ability obtain and maintain US DoD Clearance
• This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology.

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence across the matrix
• GE NPI Tollgate and Military Qualification processes
• Active Security Clearance (AP level clearance preferred)
• Familiarity with military-unique advanced engine technologies
• Ability to achieve business outcomes while maintaining compliance to security requirements
• Humble and always in search of a better way: respectful, receptive, agile, eager to learn
• Transparent and values inclusive team: shares critical information, speaks with candor, contributes constructively
• Focused and prioritizes work to maximize impacts: strategically prioritizes work, committed to continuous improvement
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects. Established project management skills.
  Note:
  To comply with US immigration and other legal requirements, it is necessary to specify the minimum number of years' experience required for any role based within the USA. For roles outside of the USA, to ensure compliance with applicable legislation, the JDs should focus on the substantive level of experience required for the role and a minimum number of years should NOT be used.

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity Employer . Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

Relocation Assistance Provided: No