Associate Director, Continuous Improvement

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Associate Director leading continuous improvement initiatives at Collins Aerospace. Responsible for strategy execution, project management, and operational excellence across teams.

Posted 5/30/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $157,200 - $298,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Direct, lead and execute the long- and short-term strategy to ensure sustainable results that meet or exceed financial and operational targets
Provides primary input into talent and resource management and rewards decisions for direct reports
Manages resources and leads/ facilitates complex projects/transformations/Events that cut across organizational, functional, and internal boundaries, with flexibility to determine how assignments are completed
Works with leadership to develop and implement operational excellence strategy
Establishes operational plans in support of policy deployment goals and initiatives for the organization
Accountable for establishing metrics and ensuring targets are met including event/project closure results achieved
Drives/ Facilitates resolution of difficult or complex problems and manages closure actions
Drives/develops and manages improvement and implementation of current and new processes and standards that will have impact on the achievement of functional results
Coaching, mentoring, and training individuals and organizations within the business on their CORE & CI journey
Interface directly with Executives/Management to positively influence and lead CORE /CI culture and competency improvement across the organization
Develops methods for identifying, sharing, and implementing best practices across the organization
Measures and drives CORE /CI progression across the organization
Facilitates/Sponsors kaizen/CI events including leadership weeks
Successfully builds networks across the organization and discipline
Identifies knowledge gaps across the organization and establishes a closure plan

Requirements

What you’ll need

Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience
U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined
Experience leading cross-functional teams and influencing senior leaders within complex, matrixed organizations
4+ years’ experience with effective change management and Lean tool deployment
Advanced CORE certification (Professional / Expert), or active progress towards
Experience with CI, operational excellence, and enterprise Lean Transformation
Ability to communicate and present to all levels of the organization, including influencing behaviors and change management
Experience leading large-scale, global operating system deployments across multi-site organizations and SBUs
Six Sigma Certification
Cross functional work experience (e. g. Operations, Materials Mgmt , Quality, Business Processes, Supply Chain)
Experience working in a matrix organizational structure.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
Tuition reimbursement program
Student Loan Repayment Program
Life insurance and disability coverage
Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
Adoption Assistance
Autism Benefit
Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program

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Hard Skills & Tools

change managementLean tool deploymentoperational excellenceenterprise Lean Transformationproject managementmetrics establishmentprocess improvementkaizencross-functional team leadershipglobal operating system deployment

Soft Skills

coachingmentoringcommunicationinfluencingproblem-solvingnetwork buildingorganizational leadershipflexibilitytrainingcollaboration

Certifications

CORE certificationSix Sigma Certification