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Johnson Controls

Provides smart building technology and services

Director Systems Operational Excellence

Full-Time
No salary listed
Expert
London, UK
In Person
Business & StrategyBusiness Operations

About the job

Requirements
  • A minimum of 10 years of experience in a leadership or operations management role, ideally in construction.
  • Six Sigma or Lean certification.
  • Strong project management skills.
  • Experience with change management in a dynamic environment.
  • Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization structure, with strong leadership and influencing skills.
  • Experience managing or working with a wide variety of stakeholders.
  • Strong performance management, initiative, problem-solving, and continuous-improvement capabilities.
  • Ability to influence and gain credibility quickly across a diverse business.
  • Ability to work across and progress multiple projects or initiatives simultaneously.
  • Strong analytical, process-driven, and problem-solving skills using data to find issues and solutions.
  • Ability to manage priorities and adapt quickly to change.
  • Exceptional oral and written communication skills.
  • Demonstrated customer-service mindset.
Responsibilities
  • Own and drive operational excellence for the EMEA Systems business by defining, developing, and deploying standards and capabilities that support the business vision, growth strategy, and market needs.
  • Partner with regional, country, and domain Systems Leaders to drive end-to-end operations through roadmaps, support, process improvement, and strategic initiatives.
  • Act as a business champion, subject-matter expert, and escalation point for Systems operations teams, driving adoption and effectiveness of standard processes and tools through change management.
  • Lead Systems Operations Excellence for the region through standardization and simplification of tools, reports, processes, and operating procedures.
  • Drive short-, mid-, and long-term enhancement and continuous improvement of end-to-end Systems delivery operations.
  • Develop, coordinate, and implement performance-improvement initiatives and process-standardization programs within the Systems installation function.
  • Track and drive key metrics and key performance indicators, identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities, and ensure improvement actions are implemented across the region.
  • Develop a continuous-improvement culture within operational delivery teams, focusing on installation safety, quality, cost, and delivery.
  • Manage the Installation Excellence Risk and Escalation Process on major projects, ensuring stakeholder engagement, risk identification, and mitigation actions.
  • Coordinate and deliver strategic initiatives with operational businesses, Service, Learning and Development, Commercial, Finance, Legal, Procurement, Pricing, and other departments.
  • Monitor and control risk within contract agreements in accordance with company procedures and corporate governance.
  • Lead the Lessons Learned Process across EMEA, using historical project-data analytics to identify poor-performance trends, develop improvement actions, disseminate them across the region, and promote best practices.
  • Support tracking and management of contingency values within the backlog to ensure optimum utilization.
  • Support and drive the development and use of self-service data analytics and process automation.
  • Implement and manage the Installation Excellence auditing process for compliance and quality, including bid review, sales-to-execution handover, and backlog review processes.
  • Identify where existing procedures require change and where new procedures need to be developed, particularly for business-process and organizational alignment.
  • Own Systems operational and financial metrics.

About the company

Johnson Controls transforms environments where people live, work, learn, and play by providing smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings. It offers comprehensive digital solutions through its OpenBlue platform, serving healthcare, education, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing, and government sectors with a portfolio of building technology, software, and services focused on efficiency, safety, and sustainability. The company operates in more than 150 countries with about 100,000 experts and aims to reimagine building performance to benefit people, places, and the planet.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Cork, Ireland

Founded

1885

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What believers are saying

  • Q3 2026 sales hit $6.6 billion; organic growth reached 10%, lifting margins.
  • Record backlog reached $21 billion in July 2026, fueled by data-center orders.
  • JCI closed Alloy and Nantum in 2026, expanding OpenBlue and cooling capabilities.

What critics are saying

  • A 2026 HVAC price-fixing lawsuit names JCI alongside Bosch, Carrier, Trane, and others.
  • The 2024 restructuring plan still targets $400 million costs through fiscal 2027.
  • PFAS, asbestos, and environmental liabilities persist after the June 2026 Wisconsin settlement.

What makes Johnson Controls unique

  • OpenBlue now embeds Nantum AI’s occupancy-based HVAC optimization across air and water systems.
  • Alloy Enterprises gives JCI proprietary liquid-cooling components for AI data centers.
  • Johnson Controls sells mission-critical service and controls across 150 countries, creating sticky installed-base revenue.

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