Manager, Industrial Operations Client Engagement Lead

Manager role focused on leading client engagements in industrial operations and supply chain, driving digital transformation, process optimization, and implementing governance and performance management frameworks. Requires experience in regulated environments and translating analytics into actionable plans.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead cross-functional teams to conduct organizational gap assessments, identify efficiencies, and optimize end-to-end processes across plan, source, make, maintain, and deliver activities
  2. Design governance models, including decision rights, forums, cadences, responsibility assignment matrices, and escalation paths, and establish performance management practices using targets, routines, and issue resolution processes
  3. Translate data analytics and technical solutions into actionable campaign plans with defined workstreams, milestones, benefits, and dependencies
  4. Synthesize stakeholder inputs and data into executive communications, visualization tools, and decision memoranda that improve client experience and adoption
  5. Drive client coordination and prioritization across stakeholders, vendors, and program constraints, including mission readiness, compliance, security, and funding requirements

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Active Secret security clearance
  • 8+ years of experience in operational transformation, process optimization, or sustainment modernization in defense logistics or industrial operations
  • 3+ years supporting government, defense, or similarly regulated environments
  • 5+ years of experience translating analytics or technical solutions into transformation roadmaps, campaign plans, and executive-level communications
  • 5+ years of experience designing and implementing governance models and performance management frameworks
  • Leading cross-functional teams or workstreams
  • Ability to work on-site 100% of the time in Huntsville, Alabama
  • Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in business, supply chain, engineering, public policy, or operations management
  • 2+ years of experience supporting defense logistics, readiness, sustainment, or industrial base programs
  • 2+ years of experience developing executive presentations, decision memoranda, or data visualizations for senior leaders
  • Experience with enterprise resource planning, supply chain planning, maintenance, or asset management platforms

What the JD emphasized

  • Active Secret security clearance required
  • 8+ years of experience leading operational transformation, process optimization, or sustainment modernization in defense logistics or industrial operations, including 3+ years supporting government, defense, or similarly regulated environments
  • 5+ years of experience translating analytics or technical solutions into transformation roadmaps, campaign plans, and executive-level communications
  • 5+ years of experience designing and implementing governance models and performance management frameworks, and leading cross-functional teams or workstreams
  • Ability to work on-site 100% of the time in Huntsville, Alabama