VP, Engineering Excellence

Vice President, Engineering Excellence 

The Company 

It takes great people to achieve greatness. People with a sense of purpose and integrity. People with a relentless pursuit of excellence. People who care about making things better For Those Who Make The World™.  Join our top-notch team of more than 50,000 high-performing professionals globally who are making their mark on some of the world’s most beloved brands, including DEWALT®, STANLEY, CRAFTSMAN, BLACK+DECKER, and other strong brands. 

The Role 

Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) is seeking a Vice President of Engineering Excellence to provide strategic oversight for end-to-end new product development program management, engineering performance and portfolio management for our core Tools & Outdoor segment.  Reporting to the Chief Engineering & Technology Officer, this role will oversee the full spectrum of Program Management for all Engineering functions, including our stage-gate development process, deployment of global standards, and oversight of the Program Management Office (PMO) in major Engineering and Design Centers around the world.  

The VP, Engineering Excellence will be responsible for establishing and driving the engineering operational cadence for Stanley Black & Decker through process and program management standardization and improvement.  

This position is based at our Tools & Outdoor headquarters in Towson, Maryland, though remote locations will be considered.  This role oversees a team of global engineering professionals in the areas of Program Management, Compliance, Testing, Simulation and Portfolio Management/Analytics. 

Primary Accountabilities 

• Provide strategic oversight of the Program Development Portfolio across all core brands including development agility, business performance, risk management and on-time delivery.  Drive continuous improvement across the organization to achieve best-in-class performance. 

• Develop and executive a global strategy to drive engineering design effectiveness with robust standards, maturity models, tools, methods and performance metrics.  This includes creating a strategic roadmap to enhance design via computational modeling and analysis, optimized testing and verification, and robust design. 

• Ensure Engineering Operations adhere to relevant regulations, ISO standards and internal policies with safety protocols and training in place. 

• Develop and manage systems for collecting, analyzing and reporting performance data and key performance indicators (KPIs) within Engineering.  Partner closely with the Chief Engineering & Technology Officer to drive consistency in performance across the globe. 

• Manage strategies to decrease new product development cycle time, increase the innovation pipeline, and work as a business leader to maximize Stanley Black & Decker’s competitive position, top line margin expansion, productivity gains, free cash flow, meet customer growth objectives and deliver world-class operational metrics. 

• Lead a best-in-class technolo