Strategic Senior Engineering Manager - Growth & P&L

UL Solutions; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Wellness benefits

401K retirement

Paid time off

Job summary

UL Solutions in Northbrook, IL seeks a senior operational leader to drive regional strategy, growth, and profitability while delivering exceptional customer satisfaction. The role requires strong P&L management, cross-functional leadership, and strategic execution across budgets and forecasts.

The candidate will build partnerships across Sales and Business Development, coach leaders, and advance a high-performance culture within UL's matrix structure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of TIC or fire resistance and containment products industry experience.
• Strong leadership experience. Experience managing leaders preferred.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with diverse groups within the company and customers.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Ability to coach and mentor.
• Demonstrated business and financial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Develops, executes, and implements operational strategy for the region to drive growth.
• Organic/inorganic growth and profitability while ensuring customer satisfaction through a deep understanding of the customer and market intelligence.
• Responsible for P&L activities; manages annual, quarterly, monthly, and weekly budget breakdowns ensuring financial targets are met.
• Responsible for managing costs within assigned budgets.
• Responsible for reporting and forecasting, workflow overviews and providing input into growth targets for customers and the region.
• Closely monitors and manages revenue from engineering activities, including unbilled, aging, and inactive projects, work on hand analysis to balance demand and throughput.
• Drives and leads initiatives to identify new business opportunities for the COU; anticipates customer needs with Sales and Business Development.
• Provides proactive solutions for new business opportunities to secure revenue, profit margin, market share and customer satisfaction.
• Builds customer intimacy and establishes strong relationships through customer visits, analyzing business data and market trends.
• Participates in client seminars, conferences, and trade shows.
• Implements and executes capacity and capability strategies.
• Reviews project status, project management, ensures operational delivery, and closes gaps.
• Translates customer needs into an operational plan to fulfill projects with the right resources.
• Drives a high performing team by managing performance and development of team leaders and members.
• Operates in UL matrix to support culture changes and transformation efforts.
• Coaches and mentors leaders and employees to do the same.
• Reads and follows UL Code of Conduct and security practices.

Skills

Change Management

Continuous Improvement

Customer Relationship

Data Analysis

Engineering Disciplines

Leadership Management

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Financial Management

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or similar

Job description

UL Solutions in Northbrook, IL seeks a senior operational leader to drive regional strategy, growth, and profitability while delivering exceptional customer satisfaction. The role requires strong P&L management, cross-functional leadership, and strategic execution across budgets and forecasts.

The candidate will build partnerships across Sales and Business Development, coach leaders, and advance a high-performance culture within UL's matrix structure.