Alcon Rotational Leadership Program (RADAR)

Alcon • Johns Creek, GA

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Accelerated RADAR (Rotational Assignments Developing Alcon Resources) is Alcon’s highly selective, enterprise leadership development program designed to accelerate mid-career, high-performing leaders into senior leadership roles in Manufacturing and Quality. This program is structured to develop future senior leaders capable of leading complex, global, and regulated operations. The program is approximately 4-5 years long and includes two strategic enterprise rotations of about 24 months each. Roles are strategically selected and aligned to enterprise priorities, with increasing scope, complexity, and accountability. The program's intent is to develop advanced enterprise leadership capability through strategically designed rotations across manufacturing operations, quality, and related functions. It exposes participants to global operations, emerging technologies, and regulated environments to strengthen systems thinking and adaptability. It also prepares top-performing talent for enterprise-wide impact by compounding technical depth and leadership scope across rotations, and drives innovation, risk management, and business continuity through strategic projects and a capstone initiative delivering measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school +10 yrs; Assoc.+6 yrs; M.S.+0 yrs)
• 5+ years of strong leadership experience and performance
• Proven ability to lead change, drive innovation, and shape Alcon’s culture
• Demonstrated cycles of leadership success in a professional business environment.
• Data, automation, and digital/Al technical competence
• Strong problem solving, organizational, communication and analytical skills
• Self-starter attitude, strategic thinking and ability to navigate through ambiguity
• Global mindset and technology savvy
• Fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
• Must be a citizen of the country of your current Alcon location.
• Full mobility during program inclusion (typically 4-5 years).
• Able to meet the requirements for relocation, travel and all other requirements for potential International Assignments during the program.

Nice To Haves

• Self-motivated, with strong analytical, strategic thinking and decision-making skills.
• Proven leadership capability
• Experience in MTO/QRA, engineering, manufacturing, or quality
• Passionate about driving performance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Execution of data, AI and automation into the business
• Project management, Lean/Six Sigma and regulatory compliance
• Internal Associates must have at least one (1) year tenure at Alcon (other criteria may be considered)
• Scientific education preferred
• Recognized as a high performer, with leadership skills

Responsibilities

• Rapidly assess, influence, and lead within complex, global, and highly regulated manufacturing and quality systems.
• Demonstrate learning agility by entering unfamiliar technical, functional, or organizational domains and building credibility quickly.
• Translate technical understanding (manufacturing, quality systems, automation, compliance, data) into business, risk, and performance outcomes.
• Lead cross-functional teams through ambiguity, competing priorities, and enterprise trade-offs (quality, cost, delivery, risk).
• Build sustainable organizational capability through systems, governance, talent development, and continuous improvement.
• Progressively assume enterprise-level accountability in preparation for Senior Leadership roles in Manufacturing & Quality.

Benefits

• The program includes a Steering Committee, HR Program Managers, Executive Mentor, and Local Mentors to build a valuable network of peers, managers, and leaders across the company.
• Pairing with a mentor
• Cohort experience
• Opportunities to interact with senior leaders
• End of assignment and cohort presentations
• Participation in leadership development training, coaching & assessments

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level