Head of Process & Data Excellence (PDE)

Company Overview

At Mitsubishi Power, we're not just building better clean energy technologies; we're architecting a better future. Our team is boldly redefining power generation to accelerate the world's energy transition. We operate as one team, pushing toward our vision of the future. We value problem solvers, prioritize collaboration, and support each other in an inclusive culture built on accountability and authenticity by demonstrating our values: Safety, Family, Innovative, Inclusive, Accountable & Courageous. Together, we’re building the future we all aspire to - making net zero a reality.

Role Overview

The Head of Process & Data Excellence is a senior leader responsible for optimizing how PG operates by improving business processes, strengthening data governance, and enabling data-driven decision-making. This role defines and executes the strategy for process standardization, master data integrity, and business intelligence across the organization.

This leader serves as the critical bridge between business operations and technology, ensuring that processes, data, and digital tools work together to drive measurable performance improvement.

The role has direct accountability for three core capabilities—Process & Data Governance, Master Data Management, and Business Intelligence—and is responsible for building an integrated, scalable operating model that supports both enterprise priorities and business unit execution.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and execute the PG transformation and execution strategy
• Align transformation initiatives with PG priorities and business outcomes
• Establish a clear roadmap of initiatives, capabilities, and investments

Business Unit Partnership

• Partner with BU leadership to translate strategy into executable initiatives
• Ensure alignment across functions and eliminate execution barriers
• Drive shared accountability for results and outcomes

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Drive adoption of CI methodologies and tools across the organization
• Identify and prioritize opportunities for performance improvement
• Ensure improvements are sustained and embedded

 

Execution & Delivery Excellence

• Ensure disciplined execution of cross-functional transformation initiatives
• Drive on-time, on-scope, and on-budget project delivery
• Establish consistent execution frameworks and governance models

 

Organizational Effectiveness & Change Leadership

• Lead organizational efforts to enable adoption of transformation initiatives
• Drive change management, communication, and capability building
• Improve organizational health, engagement, and performance

 

People Leadership

• Ensure disciplined execution of cross-functional transformation initiatives
• Drive on-time, on-scope, and on-budget project delivery
• Establish consistent execution frameworks and governance models

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, Computer Science, or a related field
• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience, including significant roles in operations management, business execution, process improvement, IT, or data/analytics-driven environments
• Proven track record of driving business performance improvement through process improvement, process engineering, data insights, or system enablement
• Strong understanding of end-to-end business operations and how process and data impact execution and performance
• Experience leading cross-functional, enterprise-scale initiatives in a matrix environment
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement and process standardization initiatives
• Strong leadership and tea