Idea to Value Stream Lead

About the Role

We're seeking a strategic and collaborative Global Fabrics Idea to Opportunity (ITO) Value Stream Lead (VSL) to drive process excellence across Gore Fabrics. This role translates business strategy into actionable goals, fosters cross-functional alignment, and champions transformation within the ITO domain. The VSL is responsible for optimizing end-to-end processes to eliminate waste and increase efficiency. Key duties include analyzing processes, facilitating cross-functional teams, and driving continuous improvement.

This role requires strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence a cross functional team of stakeholders.

This position will be located in Elkton, Maryland, with the possibility of a hybrid work arrangement.

Pay and Benefits:

• $135,000-$149,000 per year
• Factors considered in extending an offer within this pay range include (but not limited to) education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Medical, Dental and Vision benefits effective on Day 1 of employment! We offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including competitive benefits. More details are available at

Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnership:
  Collaborate with global functional leaders to define business needs, shape and prioritize requirements, user stories, and bridge the gap between functional process owners and digital teams.
• Process Expertise:
  Serve as a subject matter expert in ITO processes, ensuring alignment with application capabilities and industry best practices.
• Future-State Design:
  Lead the vision development of future-state processes and documentation in sync with Gore Fabrics' systems architecture roadmap.
• Digital Enablement:
  Manage scope, document requirements, and oversee delivery of digital capabilities. Support training, testing, and go-live readiness.
• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Act as the primary liaison influencing leaders and stakeholders and communicating between the value stream and business functions, ensuring transparency and alignment with strategic priorities.
• Process Modeling:
  Identify and address business impact gaps, prioritizing core process improvements, and coordinating resolution across teams.
• Change Leadership:
  Drive adoption of new processes through functional SMEs and change management strategies.
• Agile Software Development:
  Lead Agile product development by managing roadmaps, prioritizing backlogs based on business value, and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver iterative, high-impact solutions across multiple platforms.
• Systems Integration:
  Navigate complex interactions between PLM (Centric), ERP (SAP/legacy E1), CRM (Salesforce), MDM (MDG SAP), Analytics/Reporting (MDE), IMS (ETQ Reliance), and other critical applications.

Required Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, engineering, or computer science
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in the Idea to Opportunity domain, with deep knowledge of product data used in PLM solutions and process interactions between systems
• Minimum of 3 years of experience driving design and implementation of future-state processes in alignment with IT systems
• Broad exposure to global business functions and plant operations, with a strong grasp of Gore's culture and end-to-end process thinking
• Proven ability to integrate diverse functions and dismantle organizational silos through exceptional communication and facilitation, fostering alignment and collaboration across complex, cross-functional teams
• Proven ability to lead change and deliver results in dynamic environments
• Analytical systems-thinking mindset with strong problem-solving capabilities
• Experience managing multi-regional or divisional process and data requirements
• Track record of establishing new capabilities that drive business value
• Strong collaboration and team-building skills including risk mitigation
• Requires ability to travel approximately 10%

Desired Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Centric PLM and/or ERP SAP S/4 HANA solutions and system integration
• Agile Software Development Certification (e.g. SCRUM, SAFe)
• Experience assessing digital readiness and implementing process management strategies building future state business process…