The NPI Leader for the Endicott Factory is responsible for driving all development‐phase production activity across the Endicott campus, ensuring smooth transition of new products from engineering into production. This role provides strategic and operational leadership for NPI programs, enabling flawless launches, maturation of manufacturing processes, and alignment with the broader CAS Manufacturing and Operational Excellence framework. The NPI Leader reports directly to the CAS Operations Director, ensuring visibility and prioritization of development work across the site. Key Responsibilities • Own all NPI activity for the Endicott factory, providing direction, prioritization, and coordination across Engineering, Operations, Test, Supply Chain, and OpEx teams. • Align site NPI execution to the Common Manufacturing Hub and CAS business area strategy, adopting standardized processes, nomenclature, and RACI structures. • Champion development-phase readiness, resource planning, capacity alignment, and early risk identification to support successful product introduction. • Lead NPI scheduling, readiness, and performance metrics, including HPU variance drivers, aged WIP, and development-phase CoPQ, ensuring systemic improvements and corrective actions are implemented. • Partner cross-functionally to resolve barriers such as material constraints, engineering release issues, test capability gaps, supplier readiness, and digital thread maturity. • Ensure consistent communication of program priorities, readiness indicators, and NPI health to site and BA leadership. • Work closely with the OpEx team to mature development build processes, improve manufacturability, reduce rework/scrap, and enhance first-pass yield for development programs. • Lead and develop a cross-functional NPI team, fostering strong team norms, role clarity, and high accountability. • Support employee engagement initiatives, recognition programs, and communication structures that enhance team cohesion and NPI program transparency. • Build strong working relationships across sites as NPI organizations continue to centralize and align.