Summary of the Role:
To own the road map covering our R&D, materials development, product development & product management that is aligned with the Global Aerospace BU strategic plan for profitable growth across our chosen value streams. Provide leadership of the global technical teams, ensuring that the team is aligned to our vision of making aerospace safe & sustainable through superior products & services, and is engaged in working towards our mission of becoming bigger and better by working on our six key strategic objectives:
1. Defend & Grow existing business by improving our service & fulfillment
2. Value stream growth & innovation
3. Global replication, fleet management & alignment
4. Elevate safety & sustainability culture to aviation requirements
5. Achieve excellence through a relentless pursuit of marginal gains in everything we do
6. Adopt intent based leadership principles
The Director of Global Technical will support the execution of each of these objectives and actively drive innovation across our range of products, materials and services in each of our value streams. This will require a good understanding of both our product range and our end markets, coupled with strong communication and leadership skills to get the best out of the globally distributed team. The Director of Global Technical will serve as the technical expert representative across teams, clients, and other stakeholders. They will promote and coordinate technical knowledge harvesting within the organization including R&D. Suggest technical solutions to meet client requirements more efficiently, and/or with greater sustainability impacts e.g: from reusability, and/or longer life and/or providing a more fuel efficient end aircraft platform. They will actively look for ways we can grow our business by expanding into adjacencies through the development of new products, suppliers and also via acquisitions They will be responsible for leading product development breakthrough projects. From project launch through to analysis and monitoring until serial production, in coordination with quality, logistics, purchasing, engineering, sales and suppliers. Actively identify new opportunities to drive marginal gains in both product performance and profitability, through establishing a portfolio review and management process. Assists in strategic sales efforts from a technical perspective and identifies the technical risks. Ensures business profitability and customer satisfaction.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
· Strategic planning & policy deployment
· Team leadership & direct employee motivation, management
· Portfolio & product management – performance & profitability
· Application engineering
· Maintaining formulation and material certification approvals listings and ensuring formulation coverage to support on going business plan
· Managing materials supply base avoiding obsolescence issue and supporting supply chain availability
· R&D activities
· Liaison and coordination of external test facilities
· PLM rollout & implementation
· Product development, launches and program / project management
· Supplier management & selection from technological perspective
· Customer support
· FEA & Computational modelling – management of team and activities to directly support customer base and drive competitive advantage
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Last Application Date 11/13/2026
As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran or disability status.
This position requires the use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR. ITAR defines a U.S. person as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e. Green Card Holder), Political Asylee or Refugee.
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