FLIGHT DECK Leader – Combat & Trainer Engines

As part of the Defense Engines & Services (DES) FLIGHT DECK Leadership team, this role drives transformation through FLIGHT DECK, GE Aerospace’s lean operating model. FLIGHT DECK combines lean principles, results management, and respect for people to create value for customers and fulfill our mission to invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely.

As part of the Defense Engines & Services (DES) FLIGHT DECK Leadership team, this role drives transformation through FLIGHT DECK, GE Aerospace’s lean operating model. FLIGHT DECK combines lean principles, results management, and respect for people to create value for customers and fulfill our mission to invent the future of flight, lift people up, and bring them home safely.

This role leads process improvement and lean implementation across the Combat & Trainer Engines (CTE) Value Stream. The FLIGHT DECK Leader will champion lean transformation, foster a culture of continuous improvement, and provide lean education, training, and support to the CTE organization.

This role will require up to 35% Travel.

Reporting to the Executive FLIGHT DECK Leader, DES, this role serves as coach, facilitator, and advocate to the DES organization, driving understanding and adoption of FLIGHT DECK. This will be accomplished through:

• Partnering with DES and CTE organizational leaders to prioritize and solve problems based on voice of the customer and voice of the process.
• Implementing and coaching the Daily Management process, including daily management meetings, genba walks, and Kata coaching cycles.
• Championing kaizen and facilitating kaizen events to drive improvements.
• Coaching and developing team members at all levels to build lean skills, effective KPIs, action plans, problem solving, and operating cadences that drive sustainable results.
• Delivering step-change performance improvement through execution of Hoshin Kanri improvement priorities and action planning.
• Working with colleagues to quickly deploy new, best-practice capability and processes.
• Embracing lean, digital tools, and rigorous prioritization to drive continuous improvement and increase employee and customer satisfaction.
• Supporting the function to accelerate problem-solving application.
• Sharing best practices across segments of GE Aerospace Defense & Systems.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college
• At least 5 years’ experience applying Lean in a global, matrix organization

• 8+ years in business operations, with 5+ years in lean or operations leadership
• Proven ability to achieve results using the Lean toolset
• Experience facilitating 5-day kaizen events end-to-end — preparation, coaching stakeholders on problem‑statement framing, facilitating the session to identify opportunities and drive decision‑making, assigning ownership, and managing follow‑up
• Lean practitioner capable of facilitating Value Stream and kaizen events and coaching core tools such as Daily Management, structured problem solving, and Standard Work; continuous improvement experience in both transactional and supply chain environments
• Experience delivering Hoshin Kanri (HK) breakthrough objectives.
• Proven ability to drive outcomes in large, matrixed organizations — able to influence without direct authority
• Experience developing senior leadership communications and maturing executive operating cadences
• Change agent able to make the case for lean, demonstrate immediate impact, and drive adoption and maturity through change management
• Demonstrated bias for action, with ability to manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines
• Humble: respectful,…