[Hiring] Executive Lean Leader @GE HealthCare

Role Description

Based in Europe, this executive role leads the enterprise-wide Lean transformation within GE HealthCare’s Office of Heartbeat. It supports the development, deployment, and sustained alignment of the Heartbeat Business System with the company’s 2030 goals.

• Transformation Leadership: Champions, coaches, and mentors Lean change; leads Heartbeat Lean Leaders; partners with stakeholders to prioritize improvement opportunities; co-leads operating reviews, strategy, and priority planning across regions, segments, and functions.
• Business System Deployment: Supports bootcamps, coaching, and training while embedding standard work, daily management, problem solving, kaizen, value stream mapping, and action planning into business operations.
• Operational Impact: Analyzes work at the genba, diagnoses challenges, tests improvements, and executes Hoshin Kanri priorities to improve business results and culture, strengthen leadership capability, and contribute to improved EBITDA and Free Cash Flow.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least 15 years of general management or Lean operational leadership experience.
• At least 10 years of Lean capability-building experience.
• Regulated-industry knowledge.
• Experience with AI-enabled tools.
• Global Lean-system deployment experience.
• Strong facilitation and program-management skills.
• Executive communication and accountability.
• Commercial focus and change-management expertise, preferably using the ADKAR framework.

Requirements

• Provide overall Lean leadership at the appropriate Region / Segment / Function level.
• Lead and mentor the Region / Segment / Function teams of Heartbeat Lean Leaders.
• Partner with global business stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and execute improvement opportunities.
• Co-lead Region / Segment / Function operating rhythms in partnership with subject-matter experts and senior leaders.
• Support the development and activities of the Heartbeat Business System.
• Establish a Lean capability program that ensures the application of globally recognized standards.
• Demonstrate and commit to servant leadership and partnership with peers and leaders.
• Align behaviors and practices to shared Cultural Operating Principles and Heartbeat Behaviors.

Benefits

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No