Associate Director, SBU CORE Lead - Mission Systems (Remote)

Date Posted:

2026-02-12

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-CT-REMOTE

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.

Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

This position reports to the Director, Enterprise CORE. The candidate will work alongside Mission Systems business and Operations leaders and their teams as required to optimize business processes and develop talent within the operating system. They will interact with other members of the Collins CORE Team, as well as CORE focals at the Business Units. 

  

Success will be defined by the successful implementation and progression through the lean operating system with improvement in the maturity and relevant KPIs of each process. Candidate should have awareness of continuous improvement tools such as value stream mapping, root cause analysis, cell design, and material presentation.  Candidate will be responsible for driving the strategic targets for the business, development plans for upskilling the organization, and developing standards and progress reports for CORE achievement. 

  

What You Will Do: 

• Partner with the Mission System business leaders to understand their most important requirements 

• Help drive appropriate improvement strategies based on current opportunities outlined in Mission Systems Goal Alignment 

• Work and mentor with a team of selected Operational Excellence Leaders to set short term and long-term goals and objectives for Mission Systems (MiS) CORE & Lean maturity 

• Partner with Missions Engineering and Quality Team members, Operational Excellence Leaders as a change agent on execution of key initiatives to achieve operational results 

• Lead teams to resolve critical problems that involve consideration of multiple variables across multiple sites/organizations including customers and suppliers

• Explain policies, practices, and procedures and influence others 

• Provide functional knowledge and maintain insight to current industry standard methodologies and how they can be applied 

• Coach plant leadership to implement the Lean Operating System and assist Operations leaders to develop self- sufficiency within sites 

• Positively affect KPI change, including, but not limited to: 

• Lead Time (Days to Manufacture) decreases 

• On Time Start increases 

• Productivity increases 

• SRR Reduction 

• Schedule Stabilization improvement 

• Inventory reduction/optimization 

• Percent of parts with a Plan for Every Part 

• Ability to travel as business needs determine- 40% 

  

Qualifications You Must Have  

• Typically requires a University Degree and minimum 12 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 10 years of experience 

  

Qualifications We Prefer  

• Dem