Process Excellence Lead

Position Summary

The Process Excellence Leader manages the organization's enterprise change management, continuous improvement, business intelligence, and analytics functions. This role is responsible for driving successful business transformation, fostering a culture of operational excellence, enabling data-driven decision making, and ensuring sustainable adoption of strategic initiatives across the enterprise.

As a strategic leader, the Director partners with Technology, Business Functions, Human Resources, Finance, Operations, and Executive Leadership to maximize organizational effectiveness through structured change management, quality improvement methodologies, and advanced analytics capabilities. The position serves as a catalyst for enterprise transformation by aligning people, processes, and data to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Organizational Change Management

• Develop and execute the enterprise Organizational Change Management (OCM) strategy and framework.
• Lead change management efforts for strategic initiatives, business transformations, digital programs, and organizational changes.
• Establish change management standards, methodologies, tools, and governance processes.
• Oversee stakeholder engagement, communications, training, and adoption activities.
• Assess organizational readiness, change impacts, adoption risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Partner with executive leaders to build change leadership capabilities throughout the organization.
• Measure and report change adoption, business readiness, and value realization outcomes.
• Drive employee engagement and support successful transition through periods of organizational change.

Six Sigma Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Lead the enterprise continuous improvement and quality management program.
• Establish Lean, Six Sigma, and operational excellence methodologies across the organization.
• Identify, prioritize, and facilitate business process improvement opportunities.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective action planning for key operational challenges.
• Develop quality standards, performance measures, and improvement frameworks.
• Lead enterprise process optimization initiatives focused on efficiency, cost reduction, quality improvement, and customer satisfaction.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Coach leaders and teams on process improvement tools and methodologies.
• Ensure sustainable controls and performance monitoring are implemented following improvement initiatives.

Business Intelligence & Analytics

• Define and execute the organization's business intelligence and analytics strategy.
• Lead the development of executive dashboards, KPI frameworks, and performance reporting.
• Establish data governance, reporting standards, and analytics best practices.
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities for data-driven decision making.
• Translate business requirements into actionable insights and analytical solutions.
• Lead development of enterprise reporting, visualization, and self-service analytics capabilities.
• Drive advanced analytics and predictive insights to improve strategic decision making.
• Ensure data quality, consistency, and integrity across reporting environments.
• Promote data literacy and analytical capabilities throughout the organization.

Enterprise Performance Management

• Develop and maintain enterprise performance measurement frameworks.
• Establish key organizational metrics aligned to strategic objectives.
• Provide executive leadership with insights into business performance, trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Integrate change adoption, operational performance, and business outcomes into a cohesive performance management approach.
• Support strategic planning and performance review processes.

Governance & Strategic Enablement

• Establish governance processes supporting change, quality, and analytics initiatives.
• Prioritize improvement and transformation initiatives based on business value.
• Ensure alignment between organizational objectives, strategic initiatives, and performance outcomes.
• Facilitate executive forums focused on operational effectiveness and business transformation.
• Support enterprise-wide strategic planning and execution efforts.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of change management, process improvement, quality, and analytics professionals.
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Build organizational capabilities in change leadership, operational excellence, and analytics.
• Develop succession plans and talent strategies for critical functions.
• Influence senior executives and stakeholders across the enterprise.
• Champion data-driven decision making and continuous improvement at all organizational levels.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Organizational Development, Information Technology, Engineering, Analytics, Finance, or related field.
• 10+ years of progressive leadership experience in organizational change management, operational excellence, quality, analytics, or business transformation.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale organizational change and enterprise improvement programs.
• Strong expertise in process improvement methodologies including Lean and Six Sigma.
• Experience building and leading business intelligence, reporting, and analytics functions.
• Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and lead through organizational complexity.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.

Preferred

• MBA or Master's degree in Business, Analytics, Organizational Development, or related discipline.
• Six Sigma Black Belt or Master Black Belt certification.
• Prosci Change Management Certification or equivalent.
• Experience with enterprise analytics platforms such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar technologies.
• Experience leading enterprise transformation programs.

Success Measures

Success in this role will be measured by:

• Change adoption and business readiness outcomes.
• Strategic initiative implementation success rates.
• Process improvement benefits realized (cost, quality, cycle time, productivity).
• Enterprise KPI performance and business outcome achievement.
• Quality and operational excellence maturity improvements.
• Business intelligence adoption and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Data-driven decision-making effectiveness.
• Employee engagement and organizational capability development.
• Executive confidence in reporting and insights.
• Team performance, retention, and growth.

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Benefits – How We’ll Support You:

• Numerous development opportunities offered to build your skills

• Be part of a company with a higher purpose and contribute to making the world a better place

• Health benefits for you and your family on your first day of employment

• Four weeks of paid time off and two weeks of well-being pay per year, plus paid holidays

• Excellent parental leave which includes a minimum of 16 weeks for mother and father

• Future planning with our competitive retirement savings plan and tuition reimbursement program

• Learn more about our total rewards package here - Corteva Benefits

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Are you a good match? Apply today! We seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we get the best, most creative talent on our team.

Corteva Agriscience is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embracing our differences to enrich lives, advance innovation, and boost company performance. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, military or veteran status, pregnancy related conditions (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), disability or any other protected status in accordance with federal, state, or local laws.