Job Title: Division Vice President, Business Unit Manager
Herndon, VA, US, 20171
Division Vice President / Business Unit Manager – Telular
AMETEK seeks a Division Vice President / Business Unit Manager to lead Telular, a $195M revenue and $61M EBITDA business with approximately 270 employees. This executive will own the P&L and lead strategy, profitable growth, operational excellence, product development, talent, and culture across a global IoT, SaaS, and recurring-revenue business. This position reports directly to the VP/GM of the Measurement, Communications & Testing Division. The Business Managers for SkyBitz and Telguard and functional leaders will report into this role.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Financial & Growth Leadership
- Reliably achieve revenue, profit, ROTC, and working-capital commitments; drive 15% to 18% annual bottom-line growth.
- Deliver 5%+ annual organic revenue growth and additional growth through M&A, pricing, innovation, productivity, and higher-margin subscription revenue.
- Develop and execute global sales, market expansion, and go-to-market strategies while maintaining key customer and market relationships.
2. Product & SaaS Leadership
- Build integrated hardware, software, and service roadmaps aligned with strategy and vice of the customer.
- Drive SaaS revenue through a “land and expand” approach, strong product management, and disciplined new-product development with differentiated value proposition and cost reductions.
- Use AI and digital tools appropriately to improve productivity, decisions, quality, customer value, and cost.
3. Operational Excellence
- Drive operational rigor, continuous improvement, productivity, and cost reduction through Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and AMETEK Operational Excellence tools.
- Establish effective operating reviews, clear metrics, timely decisions, disciplined follow-through, and accountability.
4. Team & Organizational Development
- Lead the team through five direct reports, building engagement, accountability, and followership.
- Continuously assess and strengthen talent with a goal of building a team of more than 80% A players; develop succession depth for future growth.
5. Culture & Enterprise Leadership
- Embrace AMETEK’s culture of ownership, integrity, personal responsibility, respectful engagement, and entrepreneurial leadership.
- Operate with an enterprise mindset and the maturity and gravitas to balance BU, division, corporate, customer, and stakeholder needs.
Qualifications:
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience, including at least 5 years in a senior executive role with full P&L responsibility.
- Proven success leading a manufacturing or industrial technology business in a public-company environment.
- Experience with high-volume products and SaaS, subscription, managed-service, or recurring-revenue business models.
- Strong commercial, operational, financial, and new-product-development leadership; M&A experience preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science, Business, or related field; MBA preferred.
Traits & Experiences We Value:
- Tanks, fleets, telematics, remote monitoring, industrial IoT, security communications, or adjacent-market experience.
- Hands-on, metrics-driven operator who creates accountability, makes timely decisions, and consistently delivers results.
- Strong talent developer with executive presence, sound judgment, communication skills, and the ability to earn followership.
- Must work from a Telular office at least four days per week. Herndon, VA preferred; Atlanta, GA secondary. Relocation support is available, with relocation expected within six months.
Nearest Major Market: Washington DC