Director, Business System – Innovation Execution

About the Role:
Position is a foundational leadership position within Johnson Controls’ innovation ecosystem. The mission is to accelerate growth from innovation. This leader will help accelerate innovation projects, remove executional barriers, and ensure their timely delivery to the market.

How you will do it:

• Lead the creation of standard work for project management and innovation execution within Johnson Controls.

• Assess the current maturity of innovation execution. Coach project managers and teams on applying the business system towards faster and better execution of key innovation projects.

• Lead problem solving to identify and solve systematic problems across innovation projects in Johnson Controls. Identify and share best practices for faster and better execution.

• Facilitating improvement workshops (Kaizen) to accelerate specific projects.

What we look for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, or related field; MBA preferred.

• Evidence in delivering results in innovation or new product development (NPD).

• Demonstrated success using Lean or Continuous Improvement in project management to deliver business results.

• Certified Practitioner in Visual Project Management (VPM) strongly preferred. Experience in compressing NPD projects is a plus. Experience in facilitating large and complex improvement workshops is a plus.

• Experience in operating effectively in large, complex, matrixed organizations – delivering results through people.

• Experience in developing people is a plus.

• P&L leadership, strategic planning experience, or domain expertise strongly preferred.

• Travel Requirements: 50%+ travel as needed.

Key Competencies:

• Sees Continuous Improvement, Lean, and 80/20 as means to run a better business, not ends in themselves.

• Values visibility, flow, and human interaction over tools and templates.

• Comfortable standing in the tension between ambition and reality and resolving it through systems thinking.

• Passionate about developing people while delivering results.

• Pragmatic, hands-on, and credible with engineers, product leaders, and executives alike.

HIRING SALARY RANGE: $158,000 - $237,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data. This role offers a competitive Bonus plan that will take into account individual, group, and corporate performance. This position includes a competitive benefits package. The posted salary range reflects the target compensation for this role. However, we recognize that exceptional candidates may bring unique skills and experiences that exceed the typical profile. If you believe your background warrants consideration beyond the stated range, we encourage you to apply. To support an efficient and fair hiring process, we may use technology assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help identify and evaluate candidates. All hiring decisions are ultimately made by human reviewers. For details, please visit the About Us tab on the Johnson Controls Careers site at https://jobs.johnsoncontrols.com/about-us.

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