Senior Manager, Value Stream Leader - CNS (Onsite)

Date Posted:

2024-08-15

Country:

United States of America

Location:

HFL34: Melbourne, FL 1100 W Hibiscus Blvd , Melbourne, FL, 32902-2704 USA

Position Role Type:

Onsite

Are you ready to lead the charge in managing the industry-leading Collins Aerospace Radar Surveillance products and helping develop the next-generation Radar Surveillance products?

Join our dynamic team in Melbourne, FL where innovation and excellence drive everything we do. As part of the Surveillance department, you will have a direct hand in devising and executing product lines for the most advanced radar solutions in the world.

What You Will Do:

The Product Value Stream Leader (VSL) is accountable for the full lifecycle of products in the Surveillance portfolio.  This includes pursuit and capture, design and development, on-time delivery, service/support, and long-term strategic business plans.  Primary responsibilities for this position include spearheading strategic planning for assigned product lines, execution of product developments, and promoting cross-business product synergies to support business unit objectives. The product VSL directs all phases of product strategy and development from inception through completion.  This leadership position reports directly to the Director of the Surveillance Portfolio and is an active participant of the leadership team.

• Lead several cross-functional Integrated Project Teams (IPTs) that regularly manage new products/services with new market capabilities and offerings.
• Manage multiple product line solutions (HW and SW) through their life cycle and creating cross-business product synergies to support business objectives.
• Execution responsibilities include cost, schedule, technical performance, risk management, product support, manufacturing, and quality of all assigned product lines.
• Develop product line investment business cases, new business growth strategies and drives annual strategic planning efforts for the business.

• Supervise the appropriate use of all resources allocated to the program to ensure efficient use of resources.
• Manage large risks with meaningful financial and schedule impacts and strategic implications for the enterprise.
• Manage the IPT to drive supply chain resilience and achieve output and delivery assurance targets.��
• Maximize customer satisfaction given your large influence on product and project execution.
• Support negotiation of contracts and contractual changes, including coordinating preparation of proposals, business plans, proposal work statements, operational budgets, specifications, and financial conditions of contracts to ensure legal compliance and to protect the organization’s interests.

What YOU will learn:

• Deepen and grow your leadership skillset as the pivotal leader of your IPT.
• Develop a deep appreciation for the full product lifecycle and gain exposure to all the functional areas involved (R&D, design, manufacturing, quality, operations, field support).
• Increase exposure with senior executive leadership as the primary leader for your product portfolio.
• Gain knowledge on industry-leading air data technologies and capabilities.
• Increase your exposure with aerospace customers across commercial, business, and military market segments.   
• Develop vast internal and external networks

Qualifications You Must Have:

Typically requires: 

Bachelor’s degree and 10 years of prior relevant experience OR  

Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years of experience OR  

In absence of a degree, 14 years of relevant experience is required  

U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status) as defined here: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Experience managing technical projects, including schedule and earned value management, risk management, customer interaction, and briefing executive leadership.
• Experience in a regulated environment and familiarity with aerospace certification standards (e.g. TSO, MIL-STD, DO-160, DO-254, DO-178B/C, DO-297)
• Engineering experience in design, manufacturing, quality, reliability, or aerospace.
• Operations management experience, on-time-delivery, process control/improvement, manufacturing yield and throughput improvements.
• Experience in business capture, strategy, and sales.
• Supply chain management; sales, inventory