Flex

Global Engineering Operations Manager

Flex$100K — $130K *
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field
  • 8–12+ years’ experience in engineering, engineering operations, or technical programme leadership
  • Experience improving engineering processes, governance, or performance at scale
  • Experience in complex, cross-functional environments including manufacturing and operations
  • Lean / Six Sigma certification preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Define and continuously improve engineering operations
  • Establish standard operating rhythms and execution frameworks
  • Own the engineering KPI framework
  • Develop and maintain dashboards for leadership
  • Define and enforce engineering governance
  • Drive data-driven decision-making across engineering programmes
  • Identify inefficiencies and lead initiatives for improvement.

Benefits

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement
Full Job Description
Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a/an Global Engineering Operations Manager to our team.

Reporting to the Senior Global Engineering Director the Global Engineering Operations Manager is accountable for defining and driving engineering governance, KPIs, portfolio visibility, capacity planning frameworks, and standardized processes and tools. It enables data-driven decision-making, alignment across regions, and improved execution outcomes across all engineering functions.

What a typical day looks like:

  • Defines and continuously improves how engineering operates across the organization
  • Establishes standard operating rhythms, governance forums, and execution frameworks
  • Owns the engineering KPI framework (e.g. on-time design delivery, change volume, cycle time, rework)
  • Develops and maintains dashboards, scorecards, and reporting for leadership
  • Defines and enforces engineering governance including stage gates, design reviews, and change control
  • Drives structured, data-driven decision-making across engineering programmes
  • Establishes and manages engineering portfolio visibility across all active programmes
  • Defines and enables prioritization frameworks, providing structured insight to support leadership decision making.
  • Provides executive-level insight and analysis to support portfolio trade-offs, prioritization, and strategic decision-making.
  • Develops and implements capacity planning and resource management methodologies
  • Provides visibility of demand vs capacity across engineering teams
  • Owns engineering processes, standards, and best practices across the organisation
  • Drives adoption of systems, tools, and digital workflows that improve efficiency and traceability
  • Identifies systemic inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and areas for improvement
  • Leads cross-functional initiatives to improve cycle time, reduce rework, and increase predictability
  • Embeds Lean / continuous improvement methodologies into engineering ways of working
  • Partners with Engineering, PMO, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality functions
  • Drives alignment across teams to ensure effective execution and delivery outcomes.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team,

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technical field
  • 8–12+ years’ experience in engineering, engineering operations, or technical programme leadership.
  • Demonstrated experience improving engineering processes, governance, or performance at scale.
  • Experience working in complex, cross-functional environments including manufacturing and operations.
  • Lean / Six Sigma certification preferred.

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What you'll receive for the great work you provide:

  • Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Matching 401(k) Contributions
  • Vacation and Paid Sick Time
  • Tuition Reimbursement

Application Deadline:

Applications for this job position will be accepted for at least five days following the job posting start date below and continuing until the end date below or until the position is filled. This posting may close sooner due to application volume.

Job Posting Start Date 06-18-2026 Job Posting End Date 08-18-2026 Job CategoryOperations

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

About Flex

Flex Ltd. is an American Singaporean-domiciled multinational electronics contract manufacturer. It is the third largest global electronics manufacturing services (EMS), original design manufacturer (ODM) company by revenue, behind only Pegatron for what concerns original equipment manufacturers. Flex has manufacturing operations in over 30 countries, totaling approximately 200,000 employees.
Learn more about Flex
Size
172,648 employees
Market Cap
$9.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$421 million
Founded
2016
5 Year Trend
+1.8%
Revenue
$23.3 billion
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