Director, Engineering Excellence & PMO
#remote, PA, US, 00000
At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
Job Overview
The Director of Engineering Excellence & PMO is a critical member of the AD&M Business Unit's Engineering Leadership team, reporting directly to the VP & CTO. This role is responsible for driving engineering efficiency and maximizing return on investment by leading strategy, execution, and talent development across engineering excellence, project and portfolio leadership, and product and environmental compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy
- Develop and implement Strategic and Annual Operating Plans to drive short- and long-term growth.
- Formulate and execute strategies for cost reduction, resource optimization, and business growth.
- Align cross-functional strategies to achieve parallel transformation and maximize growth potential.
- Oversee New Product Introductions (NPI) through all development and launch phases.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements through proactive strategy and process enhancements.
- Define analytics and reporting mechanisms to monitor progress and strategy effectiveness.
Execution
- Enhance product time-to-market and cost management through improved engineering processes.
- Drive standardization, simplification, and digitalization across the product lifecycle.
- Automate compliance coding and introduce tools to streamline regulatory adherence.
- Develop and deploy portfolio management tools in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Establish robust analytics infrastructure to deliver actionable insights throughout product development.
- Manage the engineering software and systems budget, including capital expenditures.
Talent Development
- Design and execute a people strategy to support growth and continuity.
- Optimize team structure and establish competency frameworks for succession planning.
- Provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development opportunities.
- Develop employee engagement and communication strategies to build a high-performing, scalable workforce.
What your background should look like:
Key Skills and Competencies:
- Market Awareness: Strong business acumen with cross-functional integration expertise.
- Technical Proficiency: Advanced knowledge of engineering strategy, project management, and product lifecycle processes.
- Change Leadership: Proven ability to innovate and streamline processes while overcoming execution barriers.
- Collaboration: Skilled at building strong relationships across teams and leadership levels.
- Action-Oriented: Results-driven with ownership of problem-solving and execution.
- Team Leadership: High cultural awareness with a focus on professional development and team-building.
- Resilience and Agility: Ability to adapt to change while fostering accountability and collaboration.
Experience and Qualifications:
- 10+ years of leadership experience in multinational product/technology development environments, particularly in PMO, engineering leadership, or business transformation.
- Proven record of year-over-year improvements aligned with business strategy.
- Experience defining and scaling PMO and engineering design process excellence initiatives.
- Expertise in risk mitigation and risk tracking to improve business performance.
- Background in design engineering and product development stage-gate processes.
- Proficiency with data analysis and reporting tools.
- PMP (or equivalent) certification required; Six Sigma and Lean methodologies preferred.
- Strong IT skills and ability to implement technology-driven process improvements.
Competencies
Building Effective TeamsMotivating OthersManaging and Measuring WorkValues: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, TeamworkSET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)ABOUT TE CONNECTIVITY
TE Connectivity is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. Our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, renewable energy, automated factories, data centers, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 8,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 140 countries. TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
COMPENSATION
• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $189,000 – 283,400 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
• Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
• Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/Vets
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Job Profile
Remote
Benefits/PerksComprehensive benefits Disability Employee stock purchase plan Health insurance Incentives Life Insurance Paid Time Off Professional development Professional development opportunities Voluntary benefits
Tasks- Collaboration
- Develop talent
- Drive engineering efficiency
- Enhance product time-to-market
- Ensure compliance
- Ensure regulatory compliance
- Lead strategy execution
- Maximize ROI
- Oversee product introductions
- Portfolio management
- Product development
- Project management
- Team Leadership
Analysis Analytics Business Acumen Business strategy Business Transformation Coaching Collaboration Communication Compliance Cost Management Cost reduction Data analysis Design engineering Employee Engagement Engineering Engineering Software Engineering strategy Execution Health Innovation Leadership Lean Lean Methodologies Management Planning Portfolio Management Problem-solving Process improvements Product Development Product lifecycle processes Project Management Renewable Energy Reporting Reporting tools Risk mitigation Risk tracking Six Sigma Software Strategy Talent Development Team Leadership Technical Technology-driven process improvements
Experience10 years
EducationBusiness Engineering Equivalent
Certifications TimezonesAmerica/Anchorage America/Chicago America/Denver America/Los_Angeles America/New_York Pacific/Honolulu UTC-10 UTC-5 UTC-6 UTC-7 UTC-8 UTC-9