Job Description Summary

Connection and interface between Engineering, Supply Chain and Customer facing organizations focused on product/ manufacturing readiness, execution and delivery. Impacts approaches, projects and programs in the functional area or affected business organization and ways of working. Impacts quality, efficiency and effectiveness of own team. Guided by commercial practices and policies that may be shaped by the role. Has significant control/influence over commercial priorities. There is moderate autonomy within the role to enter into/execute Commercial arrangements. High levels of Commercial judgement are required to achieve outcomes required.

Job Description

Job Title
Senior Manufacturing Manager – Hardware Owner

Company Intro/About GE Aerospace
GE Aerospace is a world-leading provider of jet engines, components, and integrated systems for commercial and military aircraft. We are defining flight for today, tomorrow, and the future by delivering safe, reliable, and innovative aerospace solutions. Our teams are united by a shared commitment to Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost, partnering closely with customers to drive performance and mission readiness across our global fleet.

Site, Business, OR Functional Area Overview
This role is based in Evendale, OH, within GE Aerospace’s manufacturing programs organization. The team focuses on hardware ownership across the product lifecycle, ensuring technical, cost, delivery, and quality performance for assigned hardware. You will work at the interface of Engineering, Supply Chain, and customer-facing organizations, helping to ensure manufacturing readiness, execution, and delivery that meet program and customer commitments.

Role Overview
The Senior Manufacturing Manager – Hardware Owner serves as the primary connection and interface between Engineering, Supply Chain, and customer-facing teams for assigned hardware. You will provide leadership across technical, cost, delivery, and quality dimensions, support overall program planning, and translate those plans into clear requirements and milestones for hardware procurement and execution. This role has significant influence over commercial and operational priorities, requires strong commercial judgment, and involves participation in key forums such as Product Control Board (PCB), Tollgates, and Technical Reviews to drive product and manufacturing readiness.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

Lead assigned hardware performance

• Provide end-to-end leadership for assigned hardware, including technical requirements, cost, delivery, and quality performance.
• Support definition of overall program plans and convert those plans into requirements, schedules, and milestones for hardware procurement and execution.

Represent manufacturing in key governance forums

• Serve as the manufacturing representative for PCB, Tollgate, and Technical Reviews for assigned hardware.
• Ensure manufacturing perspectives, risks, and constraints are clearly articulated and addressed in design and program decisions.

Drive strategy, best practices, and integration

• Develop specialized knowledge of the latest commercial and industry developments in your area and apply that knowledge to improve approaches, projects, and programs.
• Contribute to strategy and policy development and ensure effective execution within your area of responsibility.
• Leverage in-depth knowledge of best practices and how your area integrates with others, including awareness of competition and differentiating factors.

Problem solving, decision-making, and data-driven recommendations

• Use sound judgment to make decisions and solve moderately complex tasks or problems within projects, product lines, and customer contexts.
• Take new perspectives on existing solutions and use technical experience and data analysis to develop and support recommendations.
• Utilize multiple internal and selected external sources to arrive at well-informed decisions.

Coaching, collaboration, and influence

• Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and, as needed, lead small projects with moderate risk and resource requirements.
• Explain complex or sensitive information in a clear, concise manner and work to build consensus across functions.
• Develop and apply persuasion skills to influence others on topics within your field and shape ways of working.

Required Qualifications

Education Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college, or a high school diploma/GED