Sr. Manager, Business Transformation

Leading the future in luxury electric and mobilityAt Lucid, we set out to introduce the most captivating, luxury electric vehicles that elevate the human experience and transcend the perceived limitations of space, performance, and intelligence. Vehicles that are intuitive, liberating, and designed for the future of mobility. We plan to lead in this new era of luxury electric by returning to the fundamentals of great design – where every decision we make is in service of the individual and environment. Because when you are no longer bound by convention, you are free to define your own experience. Come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. Beyond providing competitive salaries, we’re providing a community for innovators who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more sustainable future, then this is the right place for you.
Driving and leading overall management, direction, coordination, and implementation of high priority change initiatives designed to optimize business processes critical to the operational effectiveness of. In this role the individual will collaborate across multiple stakeholders in identifying and validating opportunities, develop and manage the right teams and plan to execute, and track and report on progress and success metrics for the selected initiatives.

The Role

• Lead a team of stakeholders to review processes/practices of strategic business importance in order to identify inefficiencies and/or areas of opportunity for improvement; be comfortable in challenging existing practices and develop innovative solutions that aim at increasing operational efficiencies
• Provide leadership, direction, and overall oversight for the continuous improvement of products and processes as well as new initiatives 
• Manage and prioritize the portfolio of initiatives based on business impact and investment required, through collaboration with all levels of the organization; manage process improvement initiatives that are measurable and drive value for the organization
• Develop and manage processes to identify any areas of opportunity and potential hurdles supporting the organization’s strategic plans and objectives
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities throughout the organization by imploring opportunity analysis, and reviewing metrics
• Partner cross-functionally to understand demand and drive opportunities for scoping and prioritization across the simplification initiatives
• Develop and maintain appropriate tools/dashboards and establish key metrics to provide visibility on Initiative milestone progress and capacity
• Initiate and lead discussions to facilitate the refinement of the project scope, goals, and deliverables and identify appropriate team actions and risks
• Create and manage the knowledge repository and project artifacts during all phases of the project (e.g., charter, project plan, close out report, etc.)
• Develop and maintain a roadmap of process improvement opportunities including statements of work and resource allocations required to manage project workload demands
• Manage resources and vendors that provide project support and ensure they are effectively onboarded, managed, and delivering on expected milestones
• Identify and deploy tools and techniques to improve efficiency and effectiveness of all processes and operations
• Engage teams to help establish a continuous improvement culture and execute advanced problem-solving activities
• Embraces and demonstrates a diversity and inclusion mindset and role models these behaviors for the organization
• Builds teams across functions and geographies with individuals who have the right skills and experience to deliver on-key organizational initiatives
• Invests time in helping others to enhance their skills and perform at a higher level
• Exercise good judgement in elevating and communicating actual or potential issues to line management
• Functional level leadership with the ability to inspire, motivate and drive results
• Outstanding communicator, able to persuasively convey both ideas and data, verbally and in writing
• Proven skills as an effective leader who can engender credibility and confidence within and outside the company
• Demonstrates senior leadership presence and confidence

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or related experience is required; advanced degree preferred
• 10+ years of demonstrated experience leading teams, managing and mentoring colleagues, preferably in a startup environment
• Proven track records of leading and driving business process transformation and organizational culture change as well as delivering on programs with complex business deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to work across functions, regions and cultures<