Global Engineering Operations Manager

Anord Mardix

Global Engineering Operations Manager overseeing engineering governance, KPIs, and portfolio visibility. Leading cross-functional teams to enhance engineering processes and decision-making in a dynamic environment.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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 programmes
Establishes and manages engineering portfolio visibility across all active programmes
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 organisation
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.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
Life Insurance
Short-term and Long-term Disability
Matching 401(k) Contributions
Vacation and Paid Sick Time
Tuition Reimbursement

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Hard Skills & Tools

engineering operationsKPI frameworkcapacity planningresource managementdata-driven decision-makingprocess improvementLean methodologiesSix Sigmagovernance frameworksreporting and analytics

Soft Skills

leadershipcross-functional collaborationstrategic decision-makingexecutive-level insightprioritizationcommunicationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsanalytical thinkingchange management

Certifications

Lean certificationSix Sigma certification