Motorcycle Development Excellence Manager - Hybrid

The Manager, MD Excellence leads a team of Program Managers and Business Analysts driving engineering excellence across resource planning, process optimization, and tool enablement within the Engineering organization. This role partners closely with H-D Execution teams to enhance productivity and accelerate time-to-market.

With a deep understanding of the business and engineering's role in advancing corporate goals, both near- and long-term, the Manager develops and communicates a clear strategic vision for Motorcycle Development Excellence. They ensure successful implementation of initiatives aligned to that vision.

Key responsibilities include managing the engineering budget, overseeing resource planning to support all engineering programs, and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to align Lifecycle Planning (LCP) strategy and execution. Beyond LCP, the role also identifies future competency needs and leads efforts to close capability gaps across the organization.

• Leadership: Leadership of a team of Program Managers and Business Analysts including coaching, performance management and career development. Gain cross-functional alignment based on expert knowledge of New Product Development, H-D Tools and Processes and past lessons learned.

• H-D Product Development Methodology: Owns Product Development Methodology and is responsible for envisioning, implementing, and executing methods inclusive of framework, process, and tools that are in line with strategic goals to reduce complexity, waste, and defects while increasing speed, agility, efficiency, and customer focus.

• Motorcycle Development Metrics: Owns development of key product development metrics. Extract insights from trends and inform initiatives to drive engineering excellence.

• Process Management: Lead implementation, adoption, training and continuous improvement of product development processes to enhance the broader organization's ability to launch products more effectively and efficiently. Processes can include but are not limited to:

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  • Tool Management: Lead implementation, adoption, training and continuous improvement of product development tools to enhance the broader organization's ability to launch products more effectively and efficiently. Tools can include but are not limited to:
  
  
  
  

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    • Power BI, Jira, PPM-MS Project
    • PAC Tools, Timesheet
    • LCP Planning Tool
    • Helix ALM, XFMEA, TIMS, eWO
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

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  • Resource & Competency management:
    
    
    
    
    • Lead implementation, adoption, training and continuous improvement of resource management processes and tools to enable organization's ability to launch products more effectively and efficiently.
    • Creates and maintains Engineering Resource Planning supporting all Engineering goals (LCP, Innovation, Advanced development, engineering sustenance) and facilitate prioritization workshops to balance resources against workload.
    • Identify workforce competency gaps and develop strategy to address ESPs (including current ESP relationships like TCS and L&T)
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  

• Leadership:Be a leader demonstrating the FHPC principles. Fair with team and in communication with others. Honest and realistic about deliverables. Positive in the face of challenges and obstacles. Creative in search of solutions and problem solving. As a member of the Engineering Leadership Group (ELG), provide the "voice of product development" as well as input for the other cross-functional departments within Product Development.

• Engagement: Lead by example, provide stable ground, drive progress and celebrate wins! Build critical cross-functional support and alliances to drive engagement and energy.

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, or related technical field is required.

Required

• Must be a visionary thinker and capable of articulating that vision with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Requires experience in developing enterprise level strategies that support short and long-term corporate goals.
• Requires excellent skills in leadership, communication, strategic planning, collaboration and the execution of process improvement.
• Must have a leadership style that encourages collaboration, cooperation and teamwork and can successfully challenge and motivate others.
• Must be a transformational leader with experience in driving cultural changes through influence.
• Requires strong cross-functional business knowledge based on experience gained through a variety of challenging positions across the company.
• Communicate effectively with individuals at all levels of the organization as well as external parties.
• Proven success managing medium-large scale projects from concept development through successful implementation.