Senior Director, Lean Six Sigma

Overview

The Sr. Director, Lean Six Sigma is tasked with driving large, cross-discipline, company-wide process improvement and operational projects with high executive visibility. These projects include improving operational efficiency and reducing cycle times, international operations and offshoring, deployment of new systems, and other projects as directed. The Sr. Director, Lean Six Sigma also designs, administers, monitors, and reports on the company-wide LSS training and certification program. As each improvement project is different, the Sr. Director, LSS must use a variety of tools, approaches, and formal methodologies to successfully complete the objectives. This position is strongly self-driven, with the Sr. Director given an end goal and responsible for independently driving the project, including a small team of direct reports, to success while interacting with a large variety of independent teams and separate disciplines. Efforts can involve simultaneous coordination across the Executive, Finance, Operations, Sales, Marketing, Product Management, R&D, Legal, Compliance, and external parties

Responsibilities

• Develop, lead, and execute a comprehensive, company-wide change management strategy of Lean Six Sigma process analysis and improvement.
• Lead a team of process analysts.
• Drive critical improvement projects to successful completion with impact over $1M per project.
• Coordinate simultaneously across disparate organizations and disciplines with many different owners, tasks, and deliverables from different teams.
• Provide regular executive updates on project status.
• Interact directly with the highest levels of company leadership, including SLT members and company owners.
• Adapt different process improvement approaches based on the specific effort at hand.
• Quickly summarize process improvement status at an executive level while also maintaining detailed project plans.
• Coordinate communication between different organizations in the company.
• Work with the Finance team to track and report on financial impact of efforts.
• Coordinate with other PMO project managers on related projects.
• Act in a senior Project Manager role when required.
• Drive adoption of industry standard process improvement methodologies.
• Remain current in the latest Lean Six Sigma process improvement developments, techniques, and industry trends.
• Develop and run a company-wide LSS training and certification program.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years’ experience directing process improvement efforts at large companies with international operations.
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, Health, or Medical discipline.
• Black Belt certification in Six Sigma, PMP Certification in Project Management, or both.
• MBA or equivalent business knowledge.
• Experience coordinating directly with C-level executives.
• Experience with mergers and acquisitions related process improvement projects.
• Familiarity with major financial reporting techniques and terminology, and experience working directly with a large finance team.
• Experience working remotely with internationally distributed teams.
• Experience working directly with large operations teams.
• Experience working directly with large software engineering teams.
• Publication or conference presentation experience in Lean Six Sigma or related topics is a plus.
• Experience working in large software companies and with software development lifecycle management methodologies is a plus.
• Travel is expected to be less than 10% but may be required for some efforts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong executive presence.
• Highly Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Access, and Outlook), project management tools, video conferencing, and other standard project tools.
• Organized and able to prioritize, multi-task, and work under pressure on multiple simultaneous projects with tight timeframes.
• Self-driven and able to drive efforts that are constantly changing and always working with new groups and processes.

Base compensation ranges from $184,500 to $215,500. Specific offers are determined by various factors, such as experience, education, skills, certifications, and other business needs.” 

This role is eligible for discretionary bonus consideration.

Cotiviti offers team members a competitive benefits package to address a wide range of personal and family needs, including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage, 401(k) savings plans, paid family leave, 9 paid holidays per year, and 17-27 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year, depending on specific level and length of service with Cotiviti. For information about our benefits package, please refer to our Careers page.

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