Engineering Operations Lead - Launch Readiness
CNH Industrial Group
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CNH is seeking an Engineering Operations Lead - Launch Readiness to own the Chief Engineer’s operating model for our precision technology platform. The role drives execution cadence, defines readiness gates, and leads a connected test-to-readiness value stream across engineering, verification, validation, beta, and regional markets.
This position emphasizes influence, dashboards, and evidence-driven decision making.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years in product development of complex, software-defined systems with at least 2 years leading program execution, release management, quality, or verification/validation.
- Experience running multi-team development cadence and defining release/done criteria across teams not reporting to you.
- Hands-on experience with gated product development: writing entrance/success criteria, assembling readiness evidence, leading formal readiness or launch reviews.
- Experience connecting engineering test, verification, validation, and field/customer testing into a single evidence flow.
- Proven ability to build/operate program dashboards and metrics and drive decisions from them.
- Track record of leading through influence in a matrixed organization.
Responsibilities
- Define and standardize the execution cadence across feature, platform, and integration teams (sprint rhythm, demonstrations, integration events).
- Build and maintain the program quality dashboard as part of the shared program room.
- Drive releasing quality software every sprint with OTA updates and no regressions.
- Convene readiness groups on a standing cadence and run readiness reviews and launch gates.
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Job Description Engineering Operations Lead - Launch Readiness Requisition ID: 5948 Job Location: Oak Brook - Illinois - United States, Sioux Falls - South Dakota - United States, TEMPE - Arizona - United States Category: Engineering and Technical Job Type: Full Time Working Mode: Hybrid
At CNH, we're driven by a clear purpose: we serve and advance the people who feed and build a growing world.
As a global leader in agriculture and construction, we create the equipment, technology, and solutions that help our customers work more productively and sustainably. Our success starts with our people, and we foster a collaborative culture where innovation thrives and every employee has the opportunity to grow.
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If you're ready to make an impact and build a career with purpose, there's a place for you at CNH.
The Operations Lead – Launch Readiness is a senior member of the Chief Engineer's office for CNH's precision technology platform. The role owns two connected disciplines of the Chief Engineer operating model: Operational Execution and Launch Readiness.
On the execution side, this leader sets and runs the program's operating rhythm — sprint and demonstration cadence, product maturity, and the quality dashboard — so that every increment moves the product forward without regressions and progress is demonstrated, not described. On the readiness side, this leader builds and runs one connected test-to-readiness value stream across engineering test, verification, validation, customer beta, and regional market readiness, with shared entrance and success criteria and a single evidence record, so that launch is an objective, collective go/no-go decision.
This role integrates and enables; it does not command. The leader works through the functional engineering, systems, test, quality, product, and regional teams that own the work, publishing the standards and evidence they consume and coaching them to raise their own game.
Operational Execution
- Define and standardize the execution cadence across feature, platform, and integration teams: sprint rhythm, bi-weekly demonstrations of working software and hardware, and quarterly integration events.
- Build and maintain the program quality dashboard as part of the shared program room: defect arrival and closure, aging of critical defects, work-in-progress and queue age on the critical path, interface change traffic, and maturity versus plan.
- Drive the program toward releasing quality software every sprint with no regressions, using over-the-air updates to shorten the path from engineering to the field.
- Walk the quality and metrics in the weekly Chief Engineer program review and ensure every team understands what they mean and what moves them.
Launch Readiness
- Design and run one connected test-to-readiness value stream spanning engineering test, verification, validation and alpha, customer beta, and regional market readiness — one definition of ready, one evidence pipeline, nothing re-proven downstream.
- Author and maintain gate packages: entrance criteria, success criteria, and the evidence standard, agreed in advance with every contributing group.
- Convene the readiness groups on a standing cadence and run event-based readiness reviews and launch gates where evidence drives the decisions.
- Own the objective, documented, multi-party go/no-go recommendation to the Chief Engineer and CNH leadership for Limited Launch, Full Launch, and regional releases.
- Route defects, field findings, and customer sentiment from later test stages back to engineering early, while there is still time to act.
- Report lagging outcomes at the gates: lead time, engineering efficiency, total product quality (performance and experience targets), and customer evidence from alpha and beta.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years in product development of complex, software-defined systems, with at least 2 years leading program execution, release management, quality, or verification and validation for an integrated hardware/software product.
- Demonstrated experience running a multi-team development cadence (sprint, demonstration, and integration rhythm) and defining release and done criteria across teams that do not report to you.
- Hands-on experience with gated product development: writing entrance and success criteria, assembling readiness evidence, and leading formal readiness or launch reviews.
- Experience connecting engineering test, verification, validation, and field or customer testing into a single evidence flow.
- Proven ability to build and operate program dashboards and metrics (flow, quality, and maturity indicators) and to drive decisions from them.
- A track record of leading through influence in a matrixed, cross-functional organization.
- Experience in agricultural, construction, automotive, or other regulated, safety-relevant embedded systems; precision agriculture, guidance, displays, telematics, or connected-vehicle experience is a strong plus.
- Experience releasing software over-the-air to a fleet in the field, including release cadence, rollout, and rollback practice.
- Experience with scaled agile program execution and program-increment planning.
- Working knowledge of flow and lean product development principles (visual management, work-in-progress limits, queue and lead-time metrics).
- Experience coordinating readiness across multiple regions and markets.
The annual salary for this role is $106,725 - $163,645 plus any applicable bonus (Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as skill, experience and qualification for the role.)
For roles open across multiple locations, the salary range indicated refers to the primary location. If a different location is considered, the applicable salary range will be communicated to candidates prior to the first interview.
We offer dynamic career opportunities across an international landscape. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to delivering value for all our employees and fostering a culture of respect.
At CNH, we understand that the best solutions come from the diverse experiences and skills of our people. Here, you will be empowered to grow your career, to follow your passion, and help build a better future. To support our employees, we offer regional comprehensive benefits, including:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Savings & Retirement benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility & Family building support
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Charitable contribution matching and Volunteer Time Off
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US applicants: CNH Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status. Applicants can learn more about their rights by viewing the federal "Know Your Rights" poster here. CNH Industrial participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. You can view additional information here.
Canada applicants: CNH Industrial is an equal opportunity employer. This company considers candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, nationality, place of origin, disability, marital status, family status, age, or any other ground prohibited by applicable provincial human rights legislation.
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