Surgical Lean Transformation Leader for Growth & Impact

HC1373 BK Medical Holding Company, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GE HealthCare seeks a Lean Transformation Leader to translate strategy into actionable programs across Surgical Innovations. You will partner with leaders to shape a focused portfolio, convert priorities into outcomes, and deliver cross-functional improvements across the SI P&L.

You will deploy leading Lean practices, mentor teams, and scale successful transformations throughout the organization. You will build analytics-led decisions, establish baselines for benefits, and coach leaders in Lean

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• 8+ years experience in Lean, operational excellence, general management, operations, manufacturing, engineering, supply chain, or a related business discipline.
• Demonstrated success leading complex, cross-functional transformation in a global, matrixed organization and delivering sustained, measurable business results.
• Advanced practitioner in Strategy Deployment, Daily Management, Value Stream Management and Mapping, Leader Standard Work, and structured Problem Solving.
• Experience applying Lean across multiple functions, ideally spanning commercial and technical organizations as well as operations.
• Strong financial and analytical judgment, including the ability to connect initiative-level improvements to segment performance and validate benefit realization.
• Ability to influence and coach senior leaders, align diverse stakeholders, and lead change without relying solely on formal authority.
• Ability to travel 40% Desired Qualiications.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategy into execution.
• Partner with SI leaders, and functional leadership to shape and execute a focused transformation portfolio aligned to the AIS operating plan.
• Convert strategic priorities into clear outcomes, accountable owners, milestones, and measurable benefits.
• Drive full-segment performance. Lead cross-functional improvement across the SI P&L, including commercial, engineering, marketing, operations, service, and enabling functions.
• Connect customer, market, product, and operational insights to the choices that improve business performance.
• Deploy the operating system. Establish and strengthen enterprise operating mechanisms across SI, including Daily Management, Strategy Deployment, Leader Standard Work, structured Problem Solving, and Value Stream Management.
• Ensure these mechanisms support action and accountability rather than adding process for its own sake.
• Lead transformation teams. Mobilize cross-functional teams around the highest-value opportunities, remove organizational barriers, and accelerate delivery of strategic objectives.
• Make interdependencies, decisions, and escalation paths visible so teams can move at pace.
• Build analytics-led decisions. Promote the use of business analytics and Lean tools to make fact-based decisions, understand root causes, test improvement ideas, and track performance.
• Establish baselines and benefit tracking so the organization can distinguish activity from realized impact.
• Coach leaders and teams. Coach senior business and functional leaders in Lean leadership behaviors and the effective application of the AIS Heartbeat Operating System.
• Build leaders' ability to set direction, engage teams, solve problems, and sustain improvements.
• Scale what works. Identify opportunities to standardize and replicate proven practices across SI and AIS.
• Coordinate with regional and functional teams to deploy best practices and deliver strategic priorities while adapting appropriately to local needs.
• Govern benefits and risks. Monitor initiative performance, validate operational and financial benefits with accountable leaders, surface delivery risks early, and recommend corrective action when results or assumptions change.
• Strengthen Lean capability. Partner with the AIS Heartbeat Lean Senior Director to improve enterprise deployment methods, capability development, and operating rhythms.
• Mentor the AIS Heartbeat Lean Lead and build a broader pipeline of Lean leaders across SI.

Skills

Lean

Operational excellence

General management

Operations

Manufacturing

Engineering

Supply chain

Strategy Deployment

Daily Management

Value Stream Management

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree required

Master's degree preferred

Job description

GE HealthCare seeks a Lean Transformation Leader to translate strategy into actionable programs across Surgical Innovations. You will partner with leaders to shape a focused portfolio, convert priorities into outcomes, and deliver cross-functional improvements across the SI P&L.

You will deploy leading Lean practices, mentor teams, and scale successful transformations throughout the organization. You will build analytics-led decisions, establish baselines for benefits, and coach leaders in Lean