Job Description Summary

The Aerospace Business Compliance & Strategic Projects Leader provides domain expertise in the areas of risk management, local regulatory compliance, and demonstrating accountability for functional, business, and broad company objectives. This position will report to the CES & PAT Chief Compliance Officer. In this role you will be the primary compliance partner for the Product Safety, Quality, and Engineering organizations. You will also be responsible for managing strategic compliance projects/program owned by Business & Regional Compliance team.

Job Description

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Leads and executes the compliance program for the assigned organizations and client groups, by setting strategy and immediate priorities in close collaboration with the central compliance team and the business leaders within the assigned organization. 
• Partners with the organization’s business leaders to sustain and grow a culture of integrity within respective division sites and groups. 
• Leads an operating rhythm to engage business leaders and functional stakeholders, such as Business Compliance Review Boards. 
• Leads the compliance network for assigned groups consisting of site compliance representatives & ombuds to promote open reporting and a superior integrity culture. 
• Connects with the organizations’ JVs, understands their compliance risk and drive mitigating actions as appropriate. 
• Provides guidance and coaching to the team in terms of compliance expertise and leadership development. 
• Partners with regional and other business compliance leaders design and implement compliance programs involving ~15 policy and risk areas, to ensure the early warning of new local regulations and practices impacting Aerospace program and the timely localization of the relevant policies and procedures for full compliance. 
• Partners with GE Aerospace Risk Focal review requests and transactions associated with high-risk policy areas or any major areas of concern. 
• Leads their assigned groups program to ensure effective training & communications 
• Leads the compliance risk assessments and abatement actions across assigned groups’ sites and businesses. 
• Identifies, proposes and executes improvements to GE Aerospace's existing compliance program, policies and processes to drive better efficiency and effectiveness. 
• Guides selection of site or organization compliance representatives and creating opportunities for talent development in an area of domain expertise aligned to organizational vision; while building a more diverse compliance network. 
• Lead and support integrity and compliance investigation during surges. Serve as a subject matter expert to support complex or high-risk investigations.
• Provide M&A compliance support as delegated, including due diligence, risk assessment, and post-close integration activities.
• Manages key strategic projects & program owned by the Business & Regional Compliance team, as determined by the CES & PAT Chief Compliance Officer.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 10 years of professional experience in Compliance, Risk Management or similar operational or program/project management roles OR Associates degree with minimum of 12 years of professional experience in Compliance, Risk Management or similar operational or program/project management roles OR High School Diploma with minimum of 14 years of professional experience in Compliance, Risk Management or similar operational or program/project management roles
• Minimum 8 years of professional experience in Compliance, Risk Management, or similar operational or program/project management roles 

Desired Characteristics:

• Strong leadership skills to lead coach
• Develop team members, and work in a matrixed organization 
• Strong oral and written communication skills 
• Demonstrated ability to influence and drive internal and external stakeholders to a decision in a matrix corporate environment 
• Operational Experience in an Aerospace Division, with strong project/program management skills & experiences 
• Inclusive leader with strong culture capability in leading and supporting teams with diversified background 
• Established problem solving and prioritization skills 
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills and a willingness to constructively debate issues, strategies, and tactics with all levels of leadership. 
• Innovative, forward-thinking, and results-oriented with a passion to solve complex problems in a creative and pragmatic way and to translate laws and regulations into actionable policies and procedures that enable business objectives. 
• Strong collaboration skills across all levels of the organization. 
• Ability to make decisions that have deep impact. 
• Actively embraces LEAN, Continuous Improvement and new ways of thinking and  practices that increase efficiency and effectiveness. 
• Communicates and demonstrates a shared sense of purpose. 
• Learns from failures.

GE Aerospace offers comprehensive benefits and programs to support your health and, along with programs like HealthAhead, your physical, emotional, financial and social wellbeing. Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach from GE Aerospace; and the Employee Assistance Program, which provides 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Aerospace Retirement Savings Plan, a 401(k) savings plan with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness.

GE Aerospace (General Electric Company or the Company) and its affiliates each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual.

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This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. Therefore, employment will be contingent upon the ability to prove that you meet the status of a U.S. Person as one of the following: U.S. lawful permanent resident, U.S. Citizen, have been granted asylee or refugee status (i.e., a protected individual under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)).

Additional Information

GE Aerospace will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable). Employees may also be subject to random and reasonable-suspicion drug and alcohol testing.