Rotational Leadership Program; RADAR

Accelerated RADAR (Rotational Assignments Developing Alcon Resources)

Accelerated RADAR is Alcon's highly elective, enterprise leadership development program designed to accelerate mid‑career, high‑performing leaders into senior leadership roles in Manufacturing and Quality. The program is structured to develop future senior leaders capable of leading complex, global, and regulated operations.

• Duration: ~4‑5 years
• Rotations: 2 strategic enterprise rotations (~24 months each)
• Placement:
  Roles are strategically selected and aligned to enterprise priorities, with increasing scope, complexity, and accountability.

• Develop advanced enterprise leadership capability through strategically designed rotations across manufacturing operations, quality, and related functions.
• Expose participants to global operations, emerging technologies, and regulated environments to strengthen systems thinking and adaptability.
• Prepare top‑performing talent for enterprise‑wide impact by compounding technical depth and leadership scope across rotations.
• Drive innovation, risk management, and business continuity through strategic projects and a capstone initiative delivering measurable outcomes.

• Rapidly assess, influence, and lead within complex, global, and highly regulated manufacturing and quality systems.
• Demonstrate learning agility by entering unfamiliar technical, functional, or organizational domains and building credibility quickly.
• Translate technical understanding (manufacturing, quality systems, automation, compliance, data) into business, risk, and performance outcomes.
• Lead cross‑functional teams through ambiguity, competing priorities, and enterprise trade‑offs (quality, cost, delivery, risk).
• Build sustainable organizational capability through systems, governance, talent development, and continuous improvement.
• Progressively assume enterprise‑level accountability in preparation for senior leadership roles in Manufacturing & Quality.

First Rotation – Enterprise Foundation

• Management roles within Automation, Manufacturing, Quality, Materials, Supply Chain, MS&T or Program Management.
• Focus on enterprise exposure, systems understanding, and cross‑functional leadership.

Second Rotation – Enterprise Impact

• Senior leadership roles within Manufacturing Operations, Quality Operations, Compliance, Materials Planning, MS&T, or Automation & Engineering.
• Focus on end‑to‑end accountability, strategic decision making, and business critical outcomes.

Each rotation increases responsibility in preparation for a transition to senior leadership roles in Manufacturing or Quality.

This program is intended for individuals who explicitly aspire to senior leadership roles within operations and/or quality, and who are prepared to assume full‑site or enterprise accountability over time.

Includes Steering Committee, HR Program Managers, Executive Mentor, and Local Mentors to build a valuable network of peers, managers, and leaders across the company.

• Pairing with a mentor
• Cohort experience
• Opportunities to interact with senior leaders
• End‑of‑assignment and cohort presentations
• Participation in leadership development training, coaching, & assessments

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +10 yrs; Assoc.+6 yrs; M.S.+0 yrs)
• 5+ years of strong leadership experience and performance
• Proven ability to lead change, drive innovation, and shape Alcon's culture
• Demonstrated cycles of leadership success in a professional business environment.
• Data, automation, and digital/Al technical competence
• Strong problem solving, organizational, communication and analytical skills
• Self‑starter attitude, strategic thinking and ability to navigate through ambiguity
• Global mindset and technology savvy
• Fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• To be considered for the Alcon RADAR Program, you must be a citizen of the country of your current Alcon location.
• Full mobility during program inclusion (typically 4‑5 years). Able to meet the…