Associate Director, Avionics Change Lead (Onsite)
About The Position
Collins Aerospace is seeking an Associate Director, Avionics Change Lead to help drive critical change initiatives shaping the future of their Avionics business. This high-visibility, business-facing role involves partnering closely with the Avionics Chief of Staff and Transformation Director, and Avionics senior executives to guide teams through complex, enterprise-level transformation. Responsibilities include influencing strategy, accelerating adoption, and ensuring teams are equipped to deliver on the transformation vision, particularly in areas like digital modernization and operating model evolution. The role requires a dynamic change professional with strong consulting experience, excellent program management capabilities, and a proven ability to implement change effectively in complex, technical, and highly regulated environments.
Requirements
- University Degree and a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience.
- 3+ years of direct experience in enterprise change management, consulting, transformation, or equivalent roles.
- Previous people management experience (hiring, performance management, salary planning, etc.).
- Experience leading process and systems change efforts within complex, global organizations, ideally in technology, aerospace, manufacturing, or engineering-driven environments.
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are authorized to access information under this program/contract.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a matrixed organization.
- Organizational and digital tool deployment and advisory experience with executive-level stakeholders.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with a polished, executive-ready presence.
- High level of business acumen and strategic thinking.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic change partner to the Avionics Transformation leadership team, enabling successful execution of key enterprise and business-level initiatives.
- Act as a trusted change consultant to Avionics leaders, providing insights, recommendations, and strategic direction.
- Drive cross-functional change efforts across the Avionics organization, including digital transformation, process redesign, and organizational realignment.
- Assess change readiness across engineering, program, and functional teams, identifying risks and developing mitigation strategies.
- Translate transformation goals into actionable change roadmaps, communication plans, and measurable outcomes.
- Partner with the Enterprise Change Lead to oversee execution of the Avionics change plan, ensuring alignment to transformation milestones and proactively identifying activation risks.
- Foster a culture of agility, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the Avionics business.
- Build and lead a high-performing team by creating an engaging work environment, strategically deploying employee strengths, hiring and coaching employees to high performance, supporting career development, and recognizing achievements.
- Hold self and team accountable to goals and performance standards.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages: pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand, virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons, child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts, second opinion program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
