Principal Flowline Leader - Aero Engine - Bangalore

Job description

We are looking for a **Principal Flowline Leader** to join our leadership team in **Bangalore**! Exp: 15 to 20 Years **Job Requirements** **Lead business development and operational delivery across a regional portfolio of flowlines (or a major single client where scale requires).** - **Act as an Architect for 90% of the role, designing operating models, flowline structures, governance, and maturity plans; act as Executor for 10%, handling escalations and targeted interventions.** - **Apply Lean principles and continuous improvement to drive productivity, flow, OTD, and performance (Green/Black Beltlevel competence desirable).** - **Use datadriven decision making, gathering and interpreting fragmented or complex data to create clear insights and improvement actions.** - **Operate as a systems thinker with strong commercial understandingfocused on outcomes, not traditional engineering detail.** - **Demonstrate excellent communication, teamwork, curiosity, and the ability to influence at all organisational levels, including the Executive Board.** **Role Purpose** **The Principal Flowline Leader** **is responsible for the strategic architecture, performance, and growth of a portfolio of operational flowlines. This role blends business development, operational delivery leadership, and systemslevel design to ensure the flowlines operate efficiently, profitably, and in alignment with customer and business expectations.** **Approximately 90% of the role focuses on being an Architect—designing the operating model, shaping the flowline structure, aligning capabilities, and driving continuous improvement. The remaining 10% focuses on execution, providing leadership on escalations and targeted intervention when necessary. The role may span a regional portfolio of clients, or—where scale requires—be dedicated to a single strategic client.** **This is a role for a systems thinker, commercially minded and deliveryfocused—not a traditional engineer—capable of turning complex data, fragmented information, and business needs into clear operational strategies and results.** **Key Responsibilities** **1. Flowline Architecture & Operating Model Design (90% of time)** - **Architect endtoend flowline structures including workflow, staffing models, governance cadence, maturity plans, and performance measures.** - **Design scalable, repeatable delivery frameworks that improve speed, productivity, OTD, and margin.** - **Define standard work, visual controls, problemsolving routines, and continuous improvement rhythms.** - **Ensure flowline design aligns with customer strategy, commercial objectives, and longterm business growth.** **2. Operational Execution & Escalation Leadership (10% of time)** - **Provide senior-level intervention on escalations, delivery risks, and customer-critical issues.** - **Partner with Flowline Leads to resolve blockers, restore delivery stability, and protect customer trust.** - **Mentor Flowline Leads on planning, prioritisation, and decision-making.** **3. Business Development & Client Growth** - **Identify and shape new business opportunities across regional clients or within a large client ecosystem.** - **Support bid development, contract extensions, rate card evolution, and capability proposals.** - **Act as the strategic partner for customer stakeholders—linking operational capability to business outcomes.** **4. Lean Leadership & Continuous Improvement** - **Apply Lean principles to diagnose waste, inefficiencies, and variability within flowlines.** - **Facilitate Kaizen events, A3 problem solving, and CI activities targeting throughput, OTD, and cost efficiency.** - **Drive a culture of continuous improvement, coaching teams on Lean behaviours and structured problem solving.** **5. DataLed Decision Making & Performance Management** - **Gather and interpret fragmented, incomplete, or complex data to create clear insights and actionable plans.** - **Own portfolio performance dashboards: OTD, cycle time, productivity, cost-to-serve, capacity, and financial health.** - **Ensure Flowline Leads are managing to targets and understanding the drivers behind performance shifts.** **6. Stakeholder, Customer & CrossFunctional Leadership** - **Engage confidently with stakeholders at all levels—from Executive Board to frontline teams.** - **Build strong relationships with customers, positioning yourself as a trusted advisor on operational performance and future capability.** - **Collaborate with Finance, HR, PMO, Engineering, and Delivery to ensure the flowlines operate as an integrated system.** **7. Culture, Capability & People Leadership** - **Coach and mentor Flowline Leads to elevate operational maturity and leadership capability.** - **Develop cross-functional collaboration, shared learning, and operational transparency across flowlines.** - **Foster curiosity, openness, and evidencebased decision making across the portfolio.** **Work Experience** - **Proven track record in operational leadership, service delivery, or portfolio management in engineering, technical services, or similar complex environments.** - **Demonstrated success applying Lean principles and continuous improvement (Green Belt or Black Belt level desirable).** - **Experience designing or optimising operating models, delivery flows, or multi-team systems.** - **Strong commercial awareness and experience with business development or customer growth initiatives.** - **Skilled in analysing and interpreting complex, incomplete, or fragmented data into actionable insights.** - **Comfortable engaging at Executive level and influencing without authority.** - **Excellent communication, collaboration, and relationshipbuilding skills.** - **A natural systems thinker—structured, curious, and openminded.** - **Strategic systems thinking** - **Lean/CI expertise** - **Data-driven decision making** - **Strong commercial acumen** - **Exceptional communication and influencing**