Senior BD Excellence & R&D Innovation Lead

BD; Covington (GA); In loco; USD 140.000 - 210.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

BD in Covington, GA is seeking a Senior Manager, BD Excellence - R&D and Innovation to partner with the UCC R&D leadership team. You will accelerate product development velocity, drive innovation, and ensure quality, safety, and regulatory rigor while connecting Upstream Marketing, Innovation, Engineering, and Operations to move priority products from insight to launch with discipline.

You will help design and deploy the operating system, capabilities, and continuous improvement practices

Competenze

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (engineering, science, product development, or business).
• 5+ years in R&D, innovation, engineering, program management, product management, or related transformation.
• Experience leading cross-functional product development or innovation initiatives from concept to launch.
• Experience improving development speed, schedule predictability, technical readiness, and resource effectiveness.
• Knowledge of phase-gate development, design controls, risk management, and value/time/cost/quality trade-offs.
• Experience applying Lean/Agile methods (Kaizen, Obeya, visual management).
• Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional teams without direct authority.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally.
• Ability to work in a global, matrixed environment.

Mansioni

• Partner with R&D and Innovation leaders to deploy BD Excellence strategy, operating model, and priorities for speed to market and portfolio vitality.
• Support the deployment of the innovation and NPD operating system to improve readiness, scope clarity, schedule quality, and launch predictability.
• Deploy Obeya, visual project management, velocity scorecards, and escalation mechanisms for transparency and accountability.
• Lead and coach schedule Kaizens, critical-path reviews, red-team reviews, and structured problem-solving activities on priority programs.
• Improve project quality by strengthening consumer insight, readiness, prototyping, experimentation, and risk retirement.
• Improve resource visibility, reduce over-allocation, and focus capacity on high-priority initiatives.
• Establish fit-for-purpose development pathways and ensure design controls, quality, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Build BD Excellence capability through coaching, training, and standard work.
• Use metrics to assess performance, trigger countermeasures, and standardize best practices across UCC.

Conoscenze

R&D leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Lean / Kaizen

Agile

Design controls

Risk management

Formazione

Bachelor's degree

Descrizione del lavoro

BD in Covington, GA is seeking a Senior Manager, BD Excellence - R&D and Innovation to partner with the UCC R&D leadership team. You will accelerate product development velocity, drive innovation, and ensure quality, safety, and regulatory rigor while connecting Upstream Marketing, Innovation, Engineering, and Operations to move priority products from insight to launch with discipline.

You will help design and deploy the operating system, capabilities, and continuous improvement practices