Chief of Product Design - Digital Design

Chief of Product Digital Design

Indianapolis, IN

An exciting new opportunity has become available to lead the digital team who are forging new paths of digitising the way we design our products. The Chief of Product Design – Digital Design reports directly to the Head of Product Design and as I key member of the Product Design leadership team. The product design organisation has responsibility across the lifecycle leading development of technology strategies, whole engine product system design and resolution of complex issues within service. The rapidly changing digital landscape brings many opportunities with significant benefits in this area and this role is critical to harnessing these and keeping us ahead of our competition.

The Chief of Product Design – Digital Design will work with a broad range of stakeholders to ensure the future needs of our design teams are understood, communicated to ensure suitable enterprise solutions are provided by central groups and then lead our teams to drive adoption within our design teams to ensure that we truly harness the benefit.

There are a broad range of potential digital solutions and opportunities but some of the key immediate change items in play today are: MBSE, VVUQ and the wide spread roll out, Integrated Design Systems and wider application across the Product Systems and embracing AI and its use to bring design data to the fingertips of our engineers. This role is seen as a key change agent and candidates with free thinking and bold ideas are welcomed.

Innovate & Power the World

To ensure we continue to be pioneers of our industry, Rolls-Royce has a team of over 16,500 engineers around the globe. They include everyone from world experts in their field to those who manage hundreds of people and millions of dollars’ worth of investments. We recruit engineers at all levels and in a range of disciplines. And while we encourage specialisation, we also offer freedom to cross-specialise and develop skills across a number of different areas.

At Rolls-Royce, we look beyond tomorrow. We continually pioneer integrated power and propulsion solutions to deliver cleaner, safer, and more competitive power.

Rolls-Royce is a Military Friendly Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. You can learn more here.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide strategic direction for the digitisation of our design process landscape.
• Lead the digital design team made up of some key design and software specialists available to enact the strategy.
• Chair the digital design capability board working alongside component design counterparts to ensure our people, rules, tools and methods are appropriately developing and controlled.
• Be a key member of the Product Design leadership team working together to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of the team and its management.
• Promote an empowered, free-thinking culture which embraces ambiguity, challenges the status quo and works exceptionally well across the diverse digital landscape.
• Support funding submissions and programmes of work to ensure applicable benefits and funding are available for the proposed strategy.
• Identify and issues or constraints early and work with the wider leadership team to knock down barriers.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and 8+ years of experience supporting the engineering function OR
• Master’s degree and 6+ years of experience supporting the engineering function, OR
• JD/PhD and 3+ years of experience supporting the engineering function
• In order to be considered for this position, you must be a US Citizen or permanent resident.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrates sound engineering judgement and knowledge of the Sector Customers and Programmes
• Demonstrates effective leadership & engineering skills
• Capable of building high performing teams and effecting a positive shift in attitudes and behaviours
• Understanding of Company Quality policies and processes deployed within the resource group
• Experienced in applying process improvement techniques and driving business improvements

Pioneer the next generation of innovation. Join us and you’ll develop your skills and expertise to the very highest levels, working in an international environment for a company known the world over for its brilliance.

Our People are our Power

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realize their full potential. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here.

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing Date: January 2, 2025

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.