Head Of Mechanical and Design Office
Core
Lead the Mechanical & Design Office organization, ensuring alignment with business needs, managing team structure, and overseeing delivery, quality, and resource planning.
Role type
Senior management (Head of Department)
Builds
Mechanical and design engineering capabilities and organizational structure
Domain
Aerospace/Defense engineering management
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Organizational leadership, resource and capacity management, people strategy (recruitment, succession), technical governance, make/buy strategy, stakeholder management, Lean/Agile principles
Preferred skills
Experience in mechanical engineering, design office, aerospace, or defense industries
Technologies
Lean Management, Agile
Responsibilities
Lead the Mechanical & Design Office through Team Leaders; Define and implement the department's people and competency strategy; Consolidate resource allocation and workload projections; Monitor progress and maturity of development activities; Define and improve operating models and workflows; Develop make/team/buy strategy
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC (Management)