Associate Director

Position Summary

The Associate Director, Engineering Excellence leads enterprise initiatives spanning cost transparency and BI enablement, facility cost reduction reporting, and cross-PBU technology roadmap facilitation.

This role acts as a key point of contact between Product Business Units (PBUs), Finance, and stakeholder groups, driving data-driven decision-making, financial reporting rigor, and technology alignment across the engineering organization.

The role combines hands-on technical delivery (data modeling, dashboard development) with program facilitation, stakeholder engagement, and growing team leadership responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities

• 1. Cost Transparency & BI Enablement
• Own and maintain the enterprise Cost Transparency data model in Power BI, integrating data from PBU timesheets, Product Hierarchy, and Finance systems.
• Drive data quality validation processes to sustain a data accuracy rate of 95%+ across integrated sources.
• Develop and deploy interactive dashboards visualizing key cost metrics for stakeholder and leadership review (e. g., MBR/QBR reviews).
• Develop and deliver user training materials and enablement sessions to drive dashboard adoption, tracked via user logins and report usage.
• Support ongoing feature development and respond to evolving data requests following dashboard handover and steady-state operation.
• 2. Facility Cost Reduction & Financial Reporting
• Ensure 100% of monthly facility cost savings data is accurately entered into the Wave Portal by the 7th working day of the following month, with documented validation.
• Track and report progress against multi-million dollar facility cost reduction targets, communicating results to stakeholders on a regular cadence.
• Conduct monthly variance analysis between planned and actual cost savings; identify significant deviations and document corrective action plans.
• Partner with data facilitation teams to support ongoing cost-reduction data requests.
• 3. Technology Roadmap Program Management
• Establish and maintain active communication with key stakeholders across all PBUs, documented via meeting minutes and stakeholder feedback.
• Define and document technology roadmap artifacts for all agreed domains in partnership with PBU champions.
• Design and facilitate stakeholder workshops (including ideation sessions), targeting high (90%+) participation rates from PBU departments and generating actionable roadmaps aligned to PBU long-range plans (LRPs) and business priorities.
• Develop reusable program structures and playbooks for workshop execution, and support multi-phase program rollout across PBUs.
• 4. Program & Stakeholder Leadership
• Operate as a program owner across multiple concurrent, high-impact initiatives, structuring programs from initiation through execution.
• Proactively communicate progress and issue resolution to senior stakeholders; manage upward effectively.
• Confidently affirm progress and represent initiative status with a visible, assertive leadership presence in PBU and senior stakeholder engagements.
• Support the transition from individual contribution toward team leadership, including mentoring and scaling impact across domains.
• 5. Continuous Learning & Cross-Functional Contribution
• Proactively pursue opportunities beyond core responsibilities, including areas related to software development and AI.
• Reinforce a culture of data integrity, user adoption, and scalable enablement across all initiatives.

Qualifications Required

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience building data models and interactive dashboards using BI tools (Power BI or equivalent).
• Experience integrating and validating data across multiple enterprise systems (Finance, timesheet, product hierarchy).
• Experience with enterprise financial tracking and reporting tools (e. g., Wave Portal or similar).
• Track record of program management, including stakeholder workshop design and facilitation.
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive initiatives from concept through delivery and handover.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including development of training materials and executive-facing reporting.
• Core Competencies
• Data Modeling & BI Dashboard Development
• Financial Reporting & Variance Analysis
• Cross-Functional Stakeholder Engagement
• Program & Workshop Facilitation
• Data Integrity & Quality Governance
• Executive Communication & Upward Management
• Leadership Presence & Assertiveness (growth area)
• Continuous Learning & Innovation Mindset
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