Job Description Summary
The Engineering VCP Leader is responsible for leading engineering-driven Variable Cost Productivity (VCP) initiatives across the PCS product portfolio, with a focus on improving product cost competitiveness, design efficiency, and lifecycle value.
This role develops and drives the engineering VCP strategy and pipeline, leads cross-functional execution, and partners with Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Quality, and Product Management to convert technical opportunities into sustainable business impact while maintaining product quality, safety, and performance.
GE HealthCare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our purpose is to create a world where healthcare has no limits. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.
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Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
- Define and drive the engineering VCP strategy, roadmap, and project pipeline, aligned with business cost and product competitiveness objectives.
- Identify and prioritize VCP opportunities through design optimization, component/platform standardization, alternative technologies, and supplier/component changes.
- Lead cross-functional teams from opportunity assessment through technical validation, implementation, and realization of business value.
- Establish strong engineering rigor around business cases, technical risk assessment, prioritization, execution, and benefit tracking.
- Partner closely with Engineering, Sourcing, Manufacturing, Quality, and Product teams to remove execution barriers and accelerate VCP delivery.
- Build a sustainable VCP culture and operating mechanism within Engineering, developing organizational capability and continuous value creation mindset.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical discipline.
- Significant engineering experience in product development, lifecycle engineering, cost optimization, or value engineering, including demonstrated leadership of complex cross-functional programs.
- Strong understanding of product design, technical trade-offs, cost drivers, and engineering change processes.
- Proven ability to influence and lead across functions in a matrix organization, translating technical opportunities into measurable business outcomes.
- Strong communication, prioritization, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- 10+years experiences in prodcut development and engineering team leadership
- Experience in leading VCP / Value Engineering / Design-to-Value / product cost-out programs at portfolio or organizational level.
- Experience in medical devices or other regulated product environments.
- Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to connect engineering decisions to product cost, margin, and lifecycle economics.
- Demonstrated ability to build organizational capability, influence senior stakeholders, and drive change across global teams.
Inclusion and Diversity
GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.
Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.