Director of Global Strategy and Transformation in Sunbury-on-Thames

Supporting the HVACR Business within Johnson Controls’ Global Products and Solutions organization, your mission will be to deliver exceptional returns across the portfolio of products by driving sustainable value creation through most important growth and commercial excellence, operational improvements, and organization related initiatives. You will be responsible for ensuring delivery of a robust roadmap of Business growth and operations, working closely with the management and broader HVACR teams as well as central strategy, transformation, and functional teams.

The role will be responsible for defining and driving strategic initiatives and leading and overseeing large-scale, complex programs from initiation to implementation. The role involves strategic planning, resource management, and stakeholder engagement at the executive level and will closely collaborate with other program leaders including Engineering/Product, Manufacturing, Finance and external partners as well as drive further linkage by overseeing and managing the execution of any necessary acquisitions or divestitures to support the strategic plan.

• Strategic Planning and execution: Lead development of long-term strategic plan and define new and refine existing strategic initiatives. Collaborate with executive leadership to define new strategic initiatives, ensuring all initiatives are actionable with a clear roadmap for execution (strategic rationale and scope, business cases, budget, schedule, resources). Ensure that overall initiatives plan / roadmap is aligned to the business financial targets.
• M&A and post-merger execution: Work closely with corporate M&A team to identify opportunities that support strategy. Collaborate with product, sales, and operations teams to define integration roadmap and successfully realize value from acquisitions or divestitures.
• Process review and implementation of best practices: Support processes assessments (manufacturing, operational, commercial) and identify opportunities for improvement. Drive internal and external benchmarking and competitive analysis. Capture and support implementation of best practices for any processes impacting business operations and results.
• Program management and performance monitoring: Develop and implement full functioning, global PMO as needed and deliver regular communication of progress for Board of Directors and senior leadership reviews. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to track program progress. Drive decision and actions – performance manage Workstream Leaders and Initiative Owners to meet deadlines (no lateness, no under-delivery). Lead the problem solving on initiative issues and drives resolution with Workstream or through escalation.
• Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams across global organization, fostering a collaborative environment and ensuring all team members are aligned and motivated to achieve desired outcomes. Adapt communication style in response to varying situations, groups, and cultures. Ensure that individuals and team members understand the impact of their contributions.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Cultivate strong relationships with key stakeholders, including executive leadership, clients, and partners, to facilitate communication and manage expectations.
• Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior program managers and team members, fostering professional development and enhancing program management capabilities within the organization.
• Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives by analyzing program outcomes and implementing lessons learned in future programs.

• Required:
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree.
• Background in management consulting.
• Experience in the Building Technologies line of Business.
• Minimum of 12 years of business experience with a minimum of 8 years managing a team, programs, or projects.
• Well-rounded business leader with strong capabilities and understanding of commercial, operational, and financial levers of the business.
• Ability to communicate effectively in a technical environment, including in front of C-level and VP-level stakeholders.
• Ability to engage globally, understand and work effectively in a culturally diverse organization.
• Excellent understanding of financial concepts and familiarity with standard financial reporting.
• Ability to think strategically and adapt quickly to new environment and demands.
• Willing to challenge others and be challenged.
• Ability to operate and influence across a matrix organization and manage team members by influence, without the benefit of direct reporting.
• Experience with a wide variety of structured problem-solving processes and reporting tools.
• Candidate must be well-organized and capable of managing numerous competing priorities.
• Excellent people skills with ability to develop and maintain professional relationships across a matrix, multi-cultural organization.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, including project planning, management, and team building.
• Ability to travel 15-30%.

Your buildings have a purpose. They are places for people to live or work. Facilities for learning or healing. Venues for entertainment and shopping. Sites for the specialized storage of tangible goods or mission-critical data. Your buildings have a huge variety of functions; they are central to your mission. This is where Johnson Controls comes in, helping drive the outcomes that matter most. Through a full range of systems and digital solutions, we make your buildings smarter. A smarter building is safer, more comfortable, more efficient, and, ultimately, more sustainable. Most important, smarter buildings let you focus more intensely on your unique mission. Better for your people. Better for your bottom line. Better for the planet.

At Johnson Controls, we’ve been making buildings smarter since 1885, and our capabilities, depth of innovation experience, and global reach have been growing ever since. Today, we offer the world’s largest portfolio of building products, technologies, software, and services; we put that portfolio to work to transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play.