Head of Business Operations, Advanced Imaging Solutions

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Act as the execution partner to the GVP and President of Advanced Imaging Solutions.

• Set focus, alignment, accountability, and ensure follow-through on key priorities.

• Lead and continually enhance leadership cadence, staff meetings, operating reviews, strategic priority assessments, and business forums.

• Convert priorities into operational mechanisms, decision rights, ownership, milestones, resources, risks, and measurable outcomes.

• Direct the Business Operations team and develop standard operating procedures, management information, and capabilities.

• Enhance transparency and decision-making quality through integrated reporting, dashboards, and analytical tools.

• Maintain a comprehensive view of priority execution matters across subsegments, functions, and enterprise partnerships.

• Monitor execution progress and value realization, identify gaps, and facilitate corrective measures.

• Address duplication, friction, competing priorities, resource limitations, unclear ownership, and cross-functional obstacles.

• Collaborate with Strategy & Transformation to incorporate proven capabilities, playbooks, tools, standards, and ownership models into regular operations.

• Oversee the setup and consistent application of AIS Heartbeat.

• Lead and cultivate the AIS Lean function while directing resources toward high-impact initiatives.

• Ensure Lean initiatives have clear charters, baselines, targets, milestones, accountable owners, and benefit metrics.

• Integrate Heartbeat deployment to ensure visibility of priorities, resources, risks, decisions, and benefits to AIS leaders.

• Guarantee that Lean-supported initiatives achieve measurable and sustained improvements in growth, productivity, quality, delivery, customer impact, and financial performance.

• Strengthen Lean capabilities, Heartbeat practices, structured problem-solving, and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Embed proven enhancements into standard operations, management information, leadership cadence, and line ownership.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor's degree is required; a master's degree is preferred.

• A minimum of 10 years of progressive leadership experience, typically ranging from 10 to 15+ years, in business operations, general management, finance/P&L leadership, or another key operating function.

• Experience in leading within a complex, global, matrixed business or enterprise setting.

• Proven success in translating priorities into quantifiable business outcomes.

• Experience in establishing and managing executive operating structures, business reviews, strategic forums, governance rhythms, decision processes, dashboards, and action tracking.

• Background in leading or sponsoring Lean practices, continuous improvement, transformation initiatives, or similar performance-enhancement efforts linked to critical business priorities.

• Financial acumen and operational judgment, including the ability to interpret business performance, assess trade-offs, allocate resources, and connect execution to P&L and other quantifiable business results.

• Capability to link operational and improvement activities to measurable growth, productivity, quality, delivery, customer, and financial results.

• Strong executive presence and influence, with the ability to align senior stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and drive decisions without relying solely on direct authority.

• Exceptional skills in executive communication, facilitation, synthesis, structured problem-solving, and stakeholder management.

• Proficient in structuring ambiguous business challenges, simplifying complexities, clarifying decision rights, and driving sustained action and accountability.

• Willingness and capability to work across global time zones and travel as necessary.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States; GE HealthCare will not provide employment visa sponsorship.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• Paid time off.

• 401(k) plan with opportunities for employee and company contributions.

• Life, disability, and accident insurance.

• Tuition reimbursement.

• Professional development opportunities.

• Engaging and challenging career paths.

• Competitive salary.

• Performance-based incentive compensation, potentially including cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives (LTI).

• Relocation assistance.