Innovation Manager

Role

Summary:

The Manager of Engineering is responsible for accelerating the development and implementation of new, leading edge product technology throughout a product portfolio to provide a competitive advantage to the corporation. This position will align with innovation and growth to develop and execute product development programs for a product portfolio and incorporate the outcomes of technology development efforts into Flowserve products. In addition, this position will coordinate closely with the engineering managers for the business to prioritize work of his/her team in alignment with the business objectives and strategic campaigns of the operations.

This position is responsible for developing and maintaining resources with the capacity and capability to support our product development program and through these resources provide specialist engineering support to the operations

Responsibilities & Requirements:

Collaborate with Product Management, Innovation and Growth Leaders, and Platform Engineering Leaders to establish and execute a strategy to manage the product portfolio through effective rationalization of overlapping products

Oversee and monitor the execution of approved product development projects to ensure that the projects are executed in a professional manner to meet the defined project objectives, and leverage the global capabilities/expertise of the company

Ensure product safety and regulatory compliance through implementation of rigorous design control procedures and protocols

Drive product standardization and component rationalization and reuse

Reinforce the design authority role to drive centralization of product design engineering through clear definition and documentation of product design practices

Identify and develop specialist engineering skills within the Product Engineering team and oversee an effective process to ensure the effective utilization of these skills across the enterprise

Oversee the preparation of RCCP charts to drive the management of Product Engineering capacity while fostering a culture of engineering resource management driven through RCCP

Preferred Experience / Skills:

Demonstrated experience in a supervisory position over technical staff within the rotating equipment industry

Demonstrated ability to apply technology to creatively solve problems and meet business and stakeholder needs

Demonstrated ability to develop and manage strong team, customer, and internal relationships including a history of developing collaborative relationships

Demonstrated ability to accomplish key results through influence

Proven ability to adapt to changing organizational environment and business needs

Demonstrated ability to work with geographically dispersed teams with culturally diverse membershipBS or BA Degree in relevant field and 8-10 years relevant experience
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