Hybrid Senior Manager – Engineering Operations

at Johnson Controls

• Job title: Senior Manager – Engineering Operations
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $125,000 - $170,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, New Freedom, United States

About the role

• Senior Manager of Engineering Operations at Johnson Controls overseeing HVACR engineering excellence. Managing KPIs, strategic planning, and resource management across global teams in engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement KPIs for Time-to-Market (TTM), productivity, budget adherence, headcount utilization, and technology funnel quality.
• Establish tracking mechanisms and dashboards to monitor engineering performance across global teams.
• Partner with product and engineering leaders to align metrics with business objectives.
• Lead Long Range Planning (LRP) and Project Priority List (PPL) sessions to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
• Drive business planning (Opex and Capex) cadence with finance team.
• Implement a global Engineering Resource Management system; experience with Planview Portfolios software is highly beneficial.
• Organize and oversee the rollout of next-generation timekeeping systems for Applied Products Engineering teams.
• Champion Lean/Continuous Improvement (CI) initiatives; lead kaizen events and process optimization efforts across the Engineering organization.
• Apply Six Sigma methodologies and Agile practices to streamline workflows and enhance delivery of Product Design Data.
• Serve as the Business Continuity Planning Lead, managing risk mitigation strategies and documentation.
• Own change management for major engineering organizational initiatives, ensuring smooth transitions and stakeholder alignment.
• Lead HVACR Engineering communication efforts, Engineering Leadership Calls and Town Halls to keep the organization informed.
• Connect siloed workstreams across engineering, product management, and operations to foster enterprise-wide alignment.
• Coordinate high-impact presentations and reports (e.g., investment requests, QBRs, board materials).
• Manage select administrative roles, requiring people leadership and organizational skills.
• Drive operational transformation initiatives that span across departments and leadership domains.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an Engineering related discipline
• 10+ years of experience developing engineering KPI's and metrics; implementing engineering processes & tools
• 5+ years of Lean experience, running Kaizen events and experience with Value Stream Mapping

Benefits

• Competitive Bonus plan
• Competitive benefits package