
Senior Manager – Engineering Operations
Johnson Controls
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New Freedom • Maryland, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $125,000 - $170,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Develop and implement KPIs for Time-to-Market (TTM), productivity, budget adherence, headcount utilization, and technology funnel quality.
- Establish tracking mechanisms and dashboards to monitor engineering performance across global teams.
- Partner with product and engineering leaders to align metrics with business objectives.
- Lead Long Range Planning (LRP) and Project Priority List (PPL) sessions to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
- Drive business planning (Opex and Capex) cadence with finance team.
- Implement a global Engineering Resource Management system; experience with Planview Portfolios software is highly beneficial.
- Organize and oversee the rollout of next-generation timekeeping systems for Applied Products Engineering teams.
- Champion Lean/Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives; lead kaizen events and process optimization efforts across the Engineering organization.
- Apply Six Sigma methodologies and Agile practices to streamline workflows and enhance delivery of Product Design Data.
- Serve as the Business Continuity Planning Lead, managing risk mitigation strategies and documentation.
- Own change management for major engineering organizational initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and stakeholder alignment.
- Lead HVACR Engineering communication efforts, Engineering Leadership Calls and Town Halls to keep the organization informed.
- Connect siloed workstreams across engineering, product management, and operations to foster enterprise-wide alignment.
- Coordinate high-impact presentations and reports (e.g., investment requests, QBRs, board materials).
- Manage select administrative roles, requiring people leadership and organizational skills.
- Drive operational transformation initiatives that span across departments and leadership domains.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in an Engineering related discipline
- 10+ years of experience developing engineering KPI's and metrics; implementing engineering processes & tools
- 5+ years of Lean experience, running Kaizen events and experience with Value Stream Mapping
Benefits
- Competitive Bonus plan
- Competitive benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
KPI developmentbudget adherenceengineering performance monitoringLeanContinuous ImprovementSix SigmaAgile practiceschange managementValue Stream Mappingtimekeeping systems
Soft skills
leadershiporganizational skillscommunicationstakeholder alignmentrisk mitigationcollaborationpresentation skillsstrategic planningprocess optimizationteam management