Director, Enterprise Value-Stream Transformation

Vontier Corporation; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 164,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

13 paid holidays

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Vontier Corporation is hiring a senior transformation leader to govern and execute portfolio-wide value-stream transformations. You will translate enterprise priorities into KPI-backed charters, allocate capacity, establish baselines, and remove cross-functional barriers to deliver measurable results.

The role partners with sponsors, GMs, and process owners to drive accountability and capability transfer. You will mentor leaders, test root causes, and ensure methods fit the problem while

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive experience in relevant business, operational, or functional field with strong background in lean transformation.
• Proven track record in enterprise transformation and business turnaround using lean methodologies.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or a related field.
• Demonstrated leadership of complex, cross-functional transformations with measurable outcomes.
• Experience mentoring transformation leaders and influencing senior sponsors.
• Demonstrated financial judgment and ability to adapt methods across varied business conditions.
• Expert value-stream transformation and Lean thinking; proficient problem solving, growth thinking, and change leadership; competent strategy execution, 80/20 thinking, financial judgment, data judgment, and development of others.
• Willingness to travel regularly (40–50%) across a global operating company portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Presidents, GMs, VBS Business Partners, and sponsors to define transformation charters.
• Require explicit outcomes, baselines, sponsors, business owners, authority envelopes, resources, risks, and exit criteria before launch.
• Recommend portfolio priorities and start/stop/continue decisions based on enterprise value and readiness.
• Assign VBSLs and other support against approved transformations.
• Establish weekly transformation reviews and transparent health reporting covering milestones, blockers, decisions, Finance validation, and capability transfer.
• Mentor VBSLs in systems thinking, Gemba-based learning, structured problem solving, stakeholder influence, and business judgment.
• Pressure-test root cause, countermeasures, benefits logic, sponsor engagement, and local ownership.
• Remove or escalation cross-functional barriers that cannot be resolved within the assignment.
• Ensure transformation methods fit the problem rather than forcing a preferred tool.
• Capture field learning and improve enterprise transformation standards and charters.

Skills

Lean transformation

Enterprise transformation

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic planning

Executive communication

Problem solving

Stakeholder influence

Global travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or business

Job description

Vontier Corporation is hiring a senior transformation leader to govern and execute portfolio-wide value-stream transformations. You will translate enterprise priorities into KPI-backed charters, allocate capacity, establish baselines, and remove cross-functional barriers to deliver measurable results.

The role partners with sponsors, GMs, and process owners to drive accountability and capability transfer. You will mentor leaders, test root causes, and ensure methods fit the problem while