Global Engineering Operations Manager

Jobtailor; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced engineering operations leader to standardize and continuously improve how engineering works across the organization in Dallas. You will implement governance, KPI frameworks, capacity planning, and data-driven decision-making to drive predictable delivery.

You will develop and maintain dashboards, report to leadership, and partner with PMO, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality to align priorities and optimize performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field.
• 8–12+ years in engineering, engineering operations, or technical programme leadership.
• Proven track record improving engineering processes, governance, or performance at scale.
• Experience in complex cross-functional environments including manufacturing and operations.
• Lean / Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Defines and continuously improves how engineering operates across the organization.
• Establishes standard operating rhythms, governance forums, and execution frameworks.
• Owns the engineering KPI framework (e.g. on-time design delivery, change volume, cycle time, rework).
• Develops and maintains dashboards, scorecards, and reporting for leadership.
• Defines and enforces engineering governance including stage gates, design reviews, and change control.
• Drives structured, data-driven decision-making across engineering programmes.
• Establishes and manages engineering portfolio visibility across all active programmes.
• Defines and enables prioritization frameworks, providing structured insight to support leadership decision making.
• Provides executive-level insight and analysis to support portfolio trade-offs, prioritization, and strategic decision-making.
• Develops and implements capacity planning and resource management methodologies.
• Provides visibility of demand vs capacity across engineering teams.
• Owns engineering processes, standards, and best practices across the organisation.
• Drives adoption of systems, tools, and digital workflows that improve efficiency and traceability.
• Identifies systemic inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement.
• Leads cross-functional initiatives to improve cycle time, reduce rework, and increase predictability.
• Embeds Lean / continuous improvement methodologies into engineering ways of working.
• Partners with Engineering, PMO, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality functions.
• Drives alignment across teams to ensure effective execution and delivery outcomes.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Process improvement

KPI governance

Data-driven decisions

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field

Job description

Responsibilities

• Defines and continuously improves how engineering operates across the organization
• Establishes standard operating rhythms, governance forums, and execution frameworks
• Owns the engineering KPI framework (e.g. on-time design delivery, change volume, cycle time, rework)
• Develops and maintains dashboards, scorecards, and reporting for leadership
• Defines and enforces engineering governance including stage gates, design reviews, and change control
• Drives structured, data-driven decision-making across engineering programmes
• Establishes and manages engineering portfolio visibility across all active programmes
• Defines and enables prioritization frameworks, providing structured insight to support leadership decision making
• Provides executive-level insight and analysis to support portfolio trade-offs, prioritization, and strategic decision-making
• Develops and implements capacity planning and resource management methodologies
• Provides visibility of demand vs capacity across engineering teams
• Owns engineering processes, standards, and best practices across the organisation
• Drives adoption of systems, tools, and digital workflows that improve efficiency and traceability
• Identifies systemic inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
• Leads cross-functional initiatives to improve cycle time, reduce rework, and increase predictability
• Embeds Lean / continuous improvement methodologies into engineering ways of working
• Partners with Engineering, PMO, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality functions
• Drives alignment across teams to ensure effective execution and delivery outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field
• 8–12+ years’ experience in engineering, engineering operations, or technical programme leadership
• Demonstrated experience improving engineering processes, governance, or performance at scale
• Experience working in complex, cross-functional environments including manufacturing and operations
• Lean / Six Sigma certification preferred