Vice President and General Manager

Build a career powered by innovations that matter! At Novanta, our innovations power technology products that are transforming healthcare and advanced manufacturing—improving productivity, enhancing people’s lives and redefining what’s possible. We create for our global customers engineered components and sub-systems that deliver extreme precision and performance for a range of mission-critical applications—from minimally invasive surgery to robotics to 3D metal printing.

Novanta is one global team with over 26 offices located in The Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Looking for a great place to work? You have found it with a culture that embraces teamwork, collaboration and empowerment. Come explore Novanta.

Overview

As Vice President & General Manager, you\\\’ll oversee all aspects of a business line. You\\\’ll have profit and loss responsibilities. You\\\’ll play a crucial role in shaping the Novanta\\\’s overall direction and success. You\\\’ll lead and motivate employees to achieve business goals and ensure customer satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Managing at least three functions for the product line directly. Indirectly, managing all functions, including Finance, Product, Operations, Technology, Sales, and Marketing.
• Setting strategic goals, identifying opportunities, and driving business initiatives that deliver profitable growth.
• Developing and executing operational plans to ensure efficient and effective business operations.
• Building and maintaining good relationships with customers, partners, and stakeholders.
• Leading high-performing teams to achieve business objectives, driving a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement; Revenue growth.

Qualifications

• Skill – Possess outstanding leadership skills in Product Line of business leadership roles to proficiently oversee cross-functional teams and achieve the intended results with P&L.
• Skill – Possess excellent business acumen and a deep understanding of the industries in which we operate.
• Skill – Able to collaborate and influence effectively cross-functionally, across product lines, and across business units.
• Skill – Able to analyze complex problems, evaluate risks, and develop effective strategies to overcome challenges.
• Skill – Able to adapt to market dynamics, and champion innovation and continuous improvement to drive growth. Builds Inclusive Winning Teams – Eye for Talent: Consistently hires, promotes and exports talented individuals. Mentors & Develops People: Builds organizational capability by investing in the development of people.
• Manages Performance: Sets clear expectations and holds people accountable for performance.
• Embraces Diversity: Builds inclusive teams of diverse individuals that find the best solutions together.
• Champions Customer Value Creation – Wins with Customers: Delivers innovative solutions that help customers differentiate themselves. Champions
• Customer Insights: Seeks feedback and utilizes VOC in order to optimize value. Market Foresight: Employs business acumen and market intelligence to anticipate trends.
• Innovation: Skilled at enabling and pursuing breakthrough innovation that customers need.
• Critical Thinking: Synthesizes data into crisp and sound strategic insights and conclusions.
• Strategic Thinking: Takes a global and long-term perspective when making business decisions.
• Learning Agility: Able to navigate ambiguity and complexity in order to adapt quickly.
• Intellectual Curiosity: Possesses a desire to learn new things and seeks out knowledge.

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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