Sr Director R&D Strategy & Operations

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Job Function:

Strategy & Corporate Development

Job Sub Function:

Strategic Planning

Job Category:

Professional

All Job Posting Locations:

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America, Raynham, Massachusetts, United States of America, Warsaw, Indiana, United States of America, West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Job Description:

We are searching for the best talent for s Senior Director R&D Strategy & Operations. This is a hybrid role available in multiple cities within the United States. While specific cities are listed in the locations section for reference, please note that they are examples only and do not limit your application. We invite candidates from various locations to apply and encourage you to review the following locations where this opportunity is available:

Raynham, MA

Boston, MA

Palm Beach, FL

West Chester, PA

Raritan, NJ

Warsaw, IN

 

The Sr Director Strategy & Operations R&D Digital & Robotics plays a critical strategic and operational role in ensuring the effective execution of our research & development strategy. This leader will be responsible for building and leading the execution of strategic R&D roadmap, initiatives special projects and that deliver multi-platform improvements to people, culture, process, products and infrastructure opportunities identified in partnership with leadership.

This leader will be responsible for the R&D Digital & Robotics  department operational aspects as GOs performance dashboard and Portfolio dashboard, delivering valuable, real-time insights to leadership into how R&D is progressing towards their vision, goals and objectives. Additional responsibilties will include:

• Drives R&D Budget planning process/updates, coordination and full consolidation/roll-up for Digital & Robotics R&D in partnership with other key leaders/supporting functions to ensure robust, well-coordinated, broadly thought-out budget plan across Digital & Robotics.

• Serves as key Digital & Robotics R&D liaison with finance business partners. Provides day to day business partnership with Finance to deliver a best in class R&D financial plans that bridges across Robotics, Digital & Capital.

• Lead Business partner for Digital & Robotics R&D on all special project and/or critical business initiatives planning and consolidation for rollup. (i.e. Gross profit, freshness index, NPV values and related)

• Directly responsible for the administration of uniform operating mechanisms,  process improvements; effectively leads and owns meeting setup, communications, is responsible for the content and cadence across project groups.

• Shapes & delivers a uniform partnership across Digital & Robotics R&D projects for Supply Chain & SCR reviews

• Maintain and supports executional alignment across R&D to supporting functions/COE's.

• Owns input and operational expertise to R&D mgt reviews, including scenario development, trade-off implications and the evaluation/assessment of capital improvement opportunities.

• Responsible to lead the Digital & Robotics RD LT meeting agendas and cadence.  Ensure agenda driven membership, meetings and efficient/effective decision making; Monitor and Track action items and plans to ensure rapid follow-through and progress against commitments.

• Build organizational knowledge of external trends in R&D and best practices in Industry.  Work with R&D Leadership to apply where appropriate.

• Responsible to consolidate and provide R&D input required for Senior ad hoc management requests, monthly reporting, quarterly exec Mgt reviews, etc.., as requested. Individual will take input from projects teams and LT and own formatting the consolidation into requested documentation.

• Owns input across Digital & Robotics R&