Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Senior Leader
4 days ago
Detroit
Job Description Role Overview: This role is the single global integrator responsible for end-to-end commercialization and manufacturing launch readiness. This leader drives a unified, cross-functional launch engine-spanning product management, engineering, supply chain, operations, quality, marketing, and regional manufacturing teams-to ensure new products enter the market on time, at scale, at target cost, and at target quality. This role owns the global NPI launch framework, execution governance, manufacturing readiness standards, and cross-regional integration. Ensures manufacturability, scalability, supply assurance, and product robustness are fully validated before launch, while preserving regional execution ownership and plant-level accountability. Core Responsibilities: 1. Global NPI & Launch Program Leadership • Lead global, cross-functional NPI programs from concept through EVT/DVT/PVT and mass production., • Own the end-to-end NPI launch framework, including phase-gates, milestones, scorecards, readiness criteria, and governance cadence., • Ensure alignment between product roadmaps, engineering release schedules, manufacturing readiness requirements, and business case targets., • Run global launch reviews across North America, EMEA, and APAC to drive synchronized execution and issue resolution.\n\n 2. Manufacturing Readiness & Launch Execution • Lead global readiness reviews covering tooling, capacity, labor, DFM/DFA maturity, yield expectations, and factory validation., • Ensure APQP/PPAP readiness, BOM stability, work instructions, process capability, and manufacturing sign-off before release., • Coordinate closely with regional manufacturing engineering teams, maintaining global governance while respecting local execution ownership., • Proactively drive risk identification, escalation, mitigation, and cross-regional alignment on launch blockers.\n\n 3. Supply Chain, Quality & Reliability Alignment • Ensure supply chain readiness, including risk assessments, dual-source strategies, component qualification, and lead-time stability., • Collaborate with Quality, Reliability, and Supplier Quality Engineering to validate robustness, enforce release discipline, and minimize early field failures (EFFR)., • Ensure scalability and operational robustness are designed in early, not inspected in late.\n\n 4. Cross-Functional Integration • Act as the primary integrator between Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME), Product Design Engineering, Process Engineering, Supply Chain & Procurement, Quality & SQE, and Plant Operations., • Ensure manufacturability, serviceability, and cost-down pathways are embedded early in the development cycle., • Partner with field engineering and customer-experience teams to ensure early-access customers receive seamless deployment support and rapid feedback loops.\n\n 5. Global Standards, Best Practices & Continuous Improvement • Define, maintain, and institutionalize global NPI standards, including APQP, PPAP, tooling readiness, validation frameworks, and launch maturity models., • Standardize tools, dashboards, operating mechanisms, and global governance processes across the product portfolio., • Drive continuous improvement cycles, capturing lessons learned post-launch (30/60/90 days) and evolving the global launch playbook.\n\n 6. Organizational Leadership • Build and lead a global NPI & Launch Readiness organization distributed across regions., • Champion operational excellence, cross-team collaboration, transparency, and predictable execution., • On-time, on-budget launches with high manufacturability maturity., • First-pass success on factory builds and validation gates., • Supply chain readiness with minimal shortages, allocation risks, or escalations., • Strong early-field performance (low EFFR, low RMA)., • Stable ramp-to-volume manufacturing and predictable yield., • High customer satisfaction in early-access and general-availability phases., • Adoption and continuous improvement of global standards and playbooks.\n\n About Us The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv's Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities. OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion. OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES • Customer Focus, • Operational Excellence, • High-Performance Culture, • Innovation, • Own It, • Act With Urgency, • Foster a Customer-First Mindset, • Think Big and Execute, • Lead by Example, • Drive Continuous Improvement, • Learn and Seek Out Development\n\n At Vertiv, we offer the stability of a global leader in a growing industry and the opportunity of a startup. We design, manufacture and service the mission-critical infrastructure technologies for vital applications in data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial environments. With $5 billion in sales, a strong customer base and global reach in nearly 70 countries, our move to establish a standalone business enables us to deliver greater value to our customers and create new opportunities for our people. Vertiv is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability. If you have a disability and are having difficulty accessing or using this website to apply for a position, you can request help by sending an email to [email protected]. If you are interested in applying or learning more about this role, please visit the company's career page located on Vertiv.com/Careers Work Authorization No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire. About the Team Work Authorization No calls or agencies please. Vertiv will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire. Equal Opportunity Employer We promote equal opportunities for all with respect to hiring, terms of employment, mobility, training, compensation, and occupational health, without discrimination as to age, race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression (including transgender status or sexual stereotypes), genetic information, citizenship status, national origin, protected veteran status, political affiliation, or disability.