Vice President and General Manager

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Job Summary

To drive margin expansion and build muscle to scale and accelerate the growth of the Detection and Analysis business line, Novanta is seeking a Vice President and General Manager. The Vice President & General Manager is responsible for leading all aspects of the business line and owning the full P&L in a matrixed environment. This includes direct responsibility for Commercial, Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing. With indirect responsibility for Operations, HR, and Finance. The Vice President & General Manager will lead the Detection and Analysis leadership team and will hold a key role in Novanta’s overall Precision Medicine leadership team. Novanta is looking for a leader that is humble, hungry and smart in addition to being a self-sustained high-energy, hands-on leader.

The Vice President & General Manager will lead a team of approximately 120 people with locations in Syracuse, NY, Bedford, MA and Lake Oswego, OR and Brno, Czech Republic. The Vice President & General Manager must be a hands-on player/coach working at all levels of the organization, and capable of delivering profitable growth across multiple sites. This role will support the President in implementing and communicating a high growth market strategy.  The ideal candidate must have a proven track record within various functional experiences and knows how to create value translating strategy to execution.

Primary Responsibilities

• Deliver sustainable and profitable growth as business scales organically and inorganically.

• Reduce business complexity, craft and execute new product roadmap and grow market share in strategic segments.

• Demonstrate customer centric mentality and behavior, build deepen and expand penetration in key accounts.

• Continuously improve processes and set up strong business foundation through Novanta Growth System tools.

• Coach and develop individuals and teams that propagate knowledge and share information while fostering a culture of collaboration across and down through the organization.

• Effectively deliver results in matrix organization through collaboration, influence and crisp communication.

Required Experience, Education, Skills and Competencies

• Responsible for leading businesses with global P&L responsibility of 75M USD or higher.

• Demonstrated experience driving business unit growth through organic, inorganic, new go-to-market strategies, and white space expansion.

• Proven commercialization and expertise in hospital workflows and, real-time location services (RTLS)

• Experience in channel selling products / solutions into hospital connected care workflows.

• Operating experience in an OEM business model within a matrixed environment.

• Global leadership experience

• Entrepreneurial, high growth environment orientation.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related technology discipline.

• MBA or other advanced degree is highly preferred.

Results Orientation & Growth

• Proven experience delivering growth and margin expansion in a business

• Prior success driving product innovation, commercial strategy and execution, creating new products / solutions that meet customers’ requirements, and operational improvements.

Change Leadership

• Ability to communicate a clear and compelling vision and help others come to terms with change, supporting and reinforcing transformation of the business as necessary, and setting clear targets in line with any broader change effort.

• Be open to change and to new ideas and have a track record of driving it across geographies.

• Demonstrated curiosity, especially in light of new ways of building relationships and businesses.

Team Leadership

• Proven experience in managing teams for high performance and nurturing a collaborative, supportive culture.

• Leading by example, exhibiting integrity, enthusiasm, commitment, and a sense of teamwork.

• Proven ability to hire, integrate, and develop teams in a growing environment.

Collaboration & Influencing

• Effectively manages relationships up, down, and across, internally and externally, in order to build alignment and followership behind activities.

• Able to impart and encourage a deep understanding of the continuous improvement principles, and influence managers at all levels to personally lead/adopt the program.

Travel Requirements           

• ~30%

Physical Requirements

• None

Compensation and Benefits

• The salary for this position ranges from $243,696 - $335,082 per year depending on the geographic region.

• Dependent on the position offered, annual bonuses and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of the compensation package.

• Novanta supports all aspects of your life’s needs.  This position provides a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits to make your quality of life better.

Novanta is proud to be an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, military and veteran status, disability, genetics, or any other category protected by federal law or Novanta policy.

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