Engineering Business Process Improvement Manager

Saab, Inc. is a leading defense and security company dedicated to helping nations keep their people safe. They are seeking an Engineering Business Process Improvement Manager to support process standardization and continuous improvement initiatives across engineering disciplines, reporting to the Director of Engineering Excellence.

Responsibilities:

• Identify and execute improvements in engineering processes, workflows, tools, and training
• Support development and implementation of metrics and KPIs across multiple engineering disciplines, establishing a foundational framework for collection and reporting
• Facilitate cross-discipline collaboration among engineering teams with a focus on compliance, process improvement, resource utilization, and competency development
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and engineering best practices across all levels of the organization
• Partner closely with training owners to inform design and execution of engineering learning & development initiatives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
• 12+ years of engineering experience, with at least 2 years focused on process improvement, operational excellence, or engineering excellence
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering and systems thinking, system development lifecycles
• Proven experience establishing metrics/KPI frameworks, gathering/collections processes, reporting frameworks, specific for engineering data
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and organizational skills
• Familiarity with industry standard toolsets; Jira, Confluence, Requirements Management applications, SYSML/UML (Cameo/MagicDraw preferred), PowerBI, etc
• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Candidates will be required to pass a pre-employment drug screen
• Desired: Six Sigma Black Belt Certification