Senior Director, Engineering - Industrial Business

Senior Director, Engineering

Sensata Technologies is looking for a Senior Director, Engineering for its 700M+ Industrial Business Unit. Primary responsibilities include overall leadership, management of business processes and design, resource planning (people, capital and expenses), competitor benchmark, and M&A capabilities assessment and integration. This person will be responsible for all new product development and sustaining engineering for the Industrial business. The ideal candidate has a strong background in the Industrial space with responsibilities in a large global engineering team reaching from mechanical and electrical designs to software layer in order to deliver full sub-system capabilities. Operationally, he/she will have strong business acumen in competitive technologies analysis, quality and return on investment. He/She needs to have experience in change management to deliver improved performance and use critical thinking to prioritize business decisions. In addition, he/she will need to have a forward-looking perspective and should be constantly seeking to drive innovation and improvements for the future. Success in this position requires good market trends understanding, good team-building and influencing skills; both in working with internal teams, external teams and customers. Often times this position may require keen negotiations with internal and external teams to develop a win-win situation for the business and customers. This position reports to the Executive Vice President and President of Industrials.

Work directly with Sales/Marketing/Business development teams to identify engineering opportunities that will increase global revenue via custom solutions and integrations

Develop a technology roadmap including a path toward sub-systems with software layer

Benchmarking of competitors' products and strategy

Drive quality within sustaining engineering and new product development

Participate in M&A assessment and due diligence as well as integration of the acquired teams

Work as part of senior leadership team in making decisions related to operations, priority development, and financial performance and customer scorecards

Oversee Program Reviews- evaluate design solutions from the team, concept to full production

Drive New Business Opportunity's (NBO) & New Product Development (NPD) from an engineering excellence standpoint: management of the NPD process for new products, modifications of existing products for quality, cost or continuity of supply and product test processes

Drive strategy & execution based on customer requirements and expectations

Drive actions and schedules needed to support those program expectations which will require working with cross-functional teams including Process engineering, Marketing, the Program Management Team and the Manufacturing sites

Annual planning: short term and long range plans

Talent Management: recruitment, development and retention of top talent. Must possess strengths in effectively evaluating team member's abilities, coaching, mentoring and creating department succession plans

Continue to develop the engineering organization by building effective teams, structures, and processes that can support increase in business scales and complexity

Strong communication, collaboration and team building skills; ability to connect with all levels of the organization

Comfortable working in a global high matrix environment

~20% travel required

A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.

BS/MS Mechanical or Electrical Engineering preferred, MBA a plus

Product design and development experience with experience of the software layer and creation of sub-systems

Experience and passion for inspiring and leading design teams

Must be able to successfully manage and motivate global team members

Demonstrated ability to implement standardized processes and best practices

Ability to work across all functions and levels of an organization

Excellent communication skills

Experience with managing projects and client relations

Solid understanding of materials and manufacturing processes

Base Salary Range: $220,400.00 - $303,050.00

At Sensata, our employees are the key to our success and growth. We recognize that each individual brings their own unique experience, therefore the base salary range information shown above is a general guideline only. Sensata considers several factors when extending an offer, including, but not limited to, a candidate's experience and qualifications, as well as internal equity, market and business considerations. In addition to base salary, Sensata offers competitive medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans, along with education reimbursement, wellness programs, a 401(k) retirement plan with Company matching, and a variety of paid time off, such as vacation or flex-time, sick, bereavement, and parental leave. Certain positions are also eligible for short-term incentive and long-term incentive programs.

Collaborating at Sensata means working with some of the world's most talented people in an enriching environment that is constantly pushing towards the next best thing. Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication. As OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together.