Associate Director, Global Operations
Syneos Health
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Senior Director, Operational Excellence/Quality Lead
Medtronic
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Massachusetts, Minnesota • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $213,600 - $320,400 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Facilitate strategic kaizen events with executive leadership teams
- Establish high-level strategies aligned to business objectives, with a clear roadmap of transformation initiatives tailored for the function(s)
- Develop a robust and effective system to capture relevant data that supports informed, data-driven decision-making
- Collaborate with functional leaders to execute annual development plans to improve business results and operational excellence effectiveness within the global Quality and Development organization
- Identify organizational needs required to achieve strategic plans
- Develop and execute plans that deliver annual improvements in performance, process excellence, and programmatic savings
- Foster a sustainable culture of innovation and continuous improvement to drive year-over-year gains
- Partner with senior leaders and functional subject matter experts to build and assess organizational MPS capabilities to groom “one best way” methods and tools with a specific focus on simplifying complex processes
- Develop and govern scorecards that include quantitative and qualitative assessments of OpEx effectiveness within functions
- Manage team performance, develop talent, promote engagement and inclusion, and direct the team's responsibilities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and 15 years of experience in quality, engineering, product development, strategy, manufacturing, business operations as well as operational excellence roles (TPM, DBS, etc.) or an advanced degree with 13 years of experience in the same areas
- Certified: Lean Six Sigma Black Belt or equivalent
- Deep exposure and knowledge of Quality organizations in a matrixed environment with 5 + years of Quality leadership experience
- Knowledge of FDA-regulated industries, preferably the medical device industry.
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
data-driven decision-makingoperational excellenceprocess excellenceperformance improvementprogrammatic savingsorganizational MPS capabilitiesscorecard developmentquantitative assessmentsqualitative assessmentskaizen events
Soft skills
strategic planningcollaborationteam performance managementtalent developmentengagement promotioninclusioninnovationcontinuous improvementleadershiporganizational needs assessment
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
