Job Description Summary
The Launch Readiness Excellence Leader will lead enterprise launch readiness for GE HealthCare's Lighthouse New Product Introductions (NPIs).
This is both a business leadership role and a coaching leadership role. The leader will own the launch readiness operating system embedded in Heartbeat, work closely with segment, product and regional commercial teams to accelerate revenue ramp, and provide hands-on coaching to launch teams so every launch is stronger than the last.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Accelerate the Launch Readiness System
Make launch readiness standard work faster, sharper and easier to use.
Own and continuously improve the Launch Readiness Health Assessment (LRHA) process and the Lighthouse NPI Launch Bowler — and drive their integration into visual management and the daily, weekly and monthly management system, truly driving an enterprise standard.
Leverage AI wherever it accelerates the work — using AI to generate launch insights from LRHA and Bowler data, surface risk patterns across launches, and streamline reporting so teams spend their time on action, not administration.
Drive Adoption Across the Enterprise
Make launch readiness the way we launch.
Establish launch readiness as standard work for every Lighthouse NPI, with consistent execution across Global, Region, Cross-Functional and Local teams operating as Team One. Partner with leaders to hardwire launch readiness into milestone (M0–M3+) governance and business reviews.
Keep teams focused after M3 — the critical ramp window where launches are won or lost, and where attention most often drifts.
Coach Launch Teams Hands-On
Be in the room and at Gemba, building capability launch by launch.
Coach NPI launch teams and their leaders directly on using the LRHA to pressure-test launches around the questions that matter: What are the biggest levers to accelerate this launch? What assumption would most derail ramp? Where are we exposed even if milestones are met? What help does the team need now?
Build the leadership Heartbeat behaviors that make the tools work — asking sharp questions, challenging assumptions, raising risks early — and develop a bench of launch readiness coaches and champions across segments and regions so the capability scales beyond one leader.
Embed in the Heartbeat System
Run launch readiness as Heartbeat in action.
Ensure management execution, disciplined standard work, leadership behaviors and continuous improvement operate as one integrated system. Run Lighthouse Learning Exchanges and built-in feedback loops so learnings move across launches, from isolated wins to repeatable launch excellence at scale.
Provide clear, standard reporting on launch health and adoption to the ELT/GLT.
Drive Growth
Turn launch readiness into revenue.
Own the outcomes: faster revenue ramp and customer adoption in the first 6–12 months post-launch, earlier risk visibility, and predictive — not lagging — launch metrics that trigger action. Work closely with commercial and marketing teams to convert readiness into awareness, preference, orders and revenue.
What Success Looks Like
Success will be measured through:
Faster revenue ramp and order funnel growth in the first 6–12 months post-launch.
100% of Lighthouse NPIs operating with the LRHA and Launch Bowler embedded in their management rhythm.
Cross-functional risks surfaced and mitigated pre-M2 rather than discovered in ramp.
Sustained launch team focus and performance post-M3.
An active coaching cadence with every Lighthouse launch team and a growing network of launch readiness champions.
LRHA integrated into the enterprise visual management system.
AI-enabled launch insights embedded in the LRHA and Launch Bowler — improving early risk detection and reducing the reporting burden on teams.
Learnings systematically shared across launches, making each launch stronger than the last
The Leader We Are Looking For
We are looking for a senior leader who brings strong commercial…