Sr. Program Manager - FVL Process & Transformation Leader

Job Description Summary

The Sr. Program Manager – FVL Process & Transformation Leader will lead high-impact transformation initiatives supporting Future Vertical Lift (FVL) efforts through process excellence, FLIGHT DECK fundamentals, AI-enabled solutions, and data-driven execution. This role is responsible for identifying, designing, and deploying improvements that simplify workflows, improve operating rigor, and deliver measurable business impact across safety, quality, delivery, and cost.

This leader will work across program, engineering, digital technology, and functional teams to accelerate process transformation, drive adoption of new ways of working, and establish the training, communication, and governance mechanisms needed to sustain results. The ideal candidate brings strong process acumen, a track record of demonstrated FLIGHT DECK impact, hands‑on experience enabling AI and data-driven solutions, and the ability to operate with limited guidance in a highly collaborative environment.

This role also carries clear responsibility for training, communication, and measurable impact associated with transformation efforts.

This role is critical to helping Future Vertical Lift teams simplify how work gets done, accelerate adoption of better processes and digital capabilities, and improve business performance through disciplined transformation. Success in this role will be measured not only by ideas generated, but by training completed, adoption achieved, and measurable impact delivered.

Joining GE Aerospace means you're part of a team that values your unique insights, innovative mindset, and the drive to push boundaries. We're committed to advancing aerospace technology for future generations, and we believe in giving voice to your ideas. Here, your concepts have the potential to soar.

• Lead transformation of critical FVL business processes using FLIGHT DECK principles, process rigor, and continuous improvement methods.
• Partner with process owners and business leaders to identify priority opportunities, map current‑state workflows, define future‑state processes, and implement sustainable improvements.
• Conduct value stream analysis to identify waste, reduce complexity, and improve execution effectiveness.
• Establish operating mechanisms, ownership, and performance measures to ensure improvements are sustained over time.

• Identify and prioritize high‑value opportunities to apply AI, automation, analytics, and digital solutions to improve FVL execution and decision‑making.
• Lead the development and deployment of practical digital and AI‑enabled solutions, from ideation and proof of concept through implementation and adoption.
• Partner with DT and business stakeholders to improve the data fabric / trusted data foundation needed to enable scalable analytics and AI solutions. This includes data quality, accessibility, lineage, semantic structures, and governance alignment.
• Ensure deployed solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with business priorities.

• Own the training and communication strategy for transformation initiatives to build awareness, capability, and sustained adoption.
• Develop and deliver training that enables teams to effectively adopt new processes, digital tools, and AI‑enabled ways of working.
• Create clear communication plans, executive updates, and stakeholder messaging to maintain alignment and momentum.
• Monitor adoption, training effectiveness, and business impact; adjust deployment strategies as needed to improve outcomes.

• Work collaboratively across engineering, program, FLIGHT DECK, DT, and functional teams to drive aligned execution and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Operate effectively with limited guidance, translating broad objectives into actionable transformation plans and deliverables.
• Support governance, risk assessment, and implementation discipline for digital and AI‑enabled solutions, including coordination with privacy, security, compliance, and Cyber/CUI stakeholders where…