Fortive Business System - Director

Job Summary

Accruent is seeking a qualified candidate to become our Director, FBS. This leader will develop, promote, and drive adoption of the Fortive Business System (FBS) throughout Accruent, drive strategic initiatives, and produce world‑class results in customer experience, quality, on‑time delivery, customer value, and exceptional financial performance. The individual will provide thought leadership, roadmap, and development of FBS leaders across Accruent, and will provide executive coaching and development to all functional leaders including Customer Experience, Sales, Product & Technology, Operations, and Marketing.

Location

Austin, remote is possible.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Utilize FBS to drive alignment, growth, and productivity to deliver on strategic and operational goals.
• Serve as thought partner with leadership regarding strategic improvement initiatives and change management.
• Identify additional opportunities for operational & commercial improvements.
• Using a consultative mindset, work side‑by‑side with business and functional leaders to drive operational and financial improvements.
• Develop FBS leaders in every corner of the business to ensure FBS is part of the Accruent culture.
• Ensure FBS tools are utilized for driving business operations and meeting performance goals.
• Assist leadership in meeting and exceeding annual performance objectives for Accruent.
• Develop FBS talent through on‑the‑job and classroom training, certification processes, and recruitment.
• Concisely and effectively communicate with clients and team members with status updates.
• Be the advocate for the customer and be able to have crucial conversations with clients to manage through difficulties.
• Go to “Gemba” as needed to hear directly from staff and clients about their needs.
• Prepare regular, thorough, and articulate executive summaries for senior leadership on project and team performance.

Mandatory Competencies

• 5+ years of experience leading continuous improvement and transformative initiatives in a business function.
• Shows a commitment to serve customers; aligns with organizational objectives with customer interests.
• Excellent problem‑solving and decision‑making skills are essential.
• Excellent presentation, oral communications, and writing skills are required.
• Display the ability to adapt to technical challenges quickly in unfamiliar environments, and to apply current knowledge to unknown topics to accomplish appropriate results.
• Develop insights into situations quickly; question conventional methods and find best solutions.
• Encourage innovative ideas to increase efficiency and productivity.
• Make appropriate‑level decisions independently.
• Make recommendations for improvement for existing processes.
• Possesses a high sense of urgency to deliver results.
• Targets breakthrough performance, believes in achieving the unachievable.
• Highly autonomous and self‑directed but listens to leadership for high‑level direction.
• Comfortable in a very direct and candid environment, focused on results and improvements.
• Has the ability to create followership to drive effective change management.
• Possess the technical skills necessary to resolve a broad array of business issues.
• Effectively articulate issues, facilitate their resolution, and report results to leadership.
• Provide examples of use of Project Management & FBS tools to provide results in organizational improvement. The tools must include at least: Kaizen, VOC, VSM, Standard Work, Daily Management, 5S, Visual Management, PSP, Transactional Process Improvement, etc.

Desired Competencies

• MBA or equivalent with 5+ years of experience.
• Prior Danaher/Fortive Business Systems Tools experience and Champion in multiple fundamental and advanced growth tools.
• Experience as a Project Management Professional (PMP).

Fortive Corporation Overview

Fortive's essential technology makes the world safer and more productive. We accelerate transformation in high‑impact fields such as workplace safety, build environments, and healthcare. We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit, leading the way in healthcare sterilization, industrial safety, predictive maintenance, and other mission‑critical solutions. Our dynamic, inclusive culture empowers limitless learning and growth, and we use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.

About Accruent

Accruent is a leading provider of solutions for unifying the built environment—spanning real estate, physical and digital assets, and the integrated technology systems that connect and control them. With U.S. headquarters in Austin, Texas, Accruent serves over 5,000 customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal‑opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at .

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