Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 6-8+ years of experience in IT operations/support leadership in a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Demonstrated project management experience delivering medium-to-large IT initiatives
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and vendor coordination skills
- Ability to learn and adapt to new technologies and processes
Job Description
Operational IT Leadership
- Own site/regional/Divisional IT Project delivery and Stakeholder alignment; ensure consistent, timely planning and execution
- Lead/Coordinate Business Systems Upgrade/Consolidation & Conversion aligned with Digital and IT Strategy
- Ability to work with cross functional leaders gaining sponsorship and alignment of Business Driven Priorities Project & Program Management
- Lead cross-functional IT and digital projects from initiation through closeout (charter, scope, timeline, resources, budget)
- Drive requirements gathering, solution design alignment, testing strategy, cutover planning, and hypercare support
- Manage project risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications; provide clear status reporting and governance
- Coordinate change management, training, and adoption to ensure project outcomes are realized
- Support continuous improvement initiatives using Lean concepts where applicable Digital Enablement & Manufacturing/Operational Technology
- Partner with Operations to identify digital opportunities (automation, analytics, workflow digitization, data visibility)
- Lead integrations between business systems and shop-floor/OT systems while maintaining security segmentation and uptime
- Improve data quality and report reliability for production, quality, and supply chain decision-making
- Ensure compliance with IT Security, SOX, compliance regulations and policy for applications within domain
- Standards & SDLC/DevOps alignment: Align solutions to approved technology stacks, integration patterns, coding standards, and SDLC/DevOps practices; contribute to improving these practices where appropriate People Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead by example and develop IT support team; set Project task priorities and expectations
- Build strong partnerships with functional leaders; translate business needs into actionable IT roadmaps
- Facilitate governance forums (steering meetings, change management, project reviews) as required for Projects
- Knowledge sharing (no people management): Mentor peers through code reviews, design reviews, documentation, and cross-training; promote feedback and continuous improvement
- Demonstrated experience delivering manufacturing IT solutions and/or integrations in environments such as PLM, PDM, MES, ERP, SCADA, LIMS, IIoT, or data historians
- Hands-on integration experience including REST APIs, event-based integrations, and/or middleware/automation tooling
- Working knowledge of data platforms and patterns: SQL, ETL, and data warehouse concepts
- Proven troubleshooting capability in production environments, including root-cause analysis and corrective action implementation.
- Practical project execution experience working with cross-functional stakeholders (Agile and/or Waterfall)
- Cloud Technologies: Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure DevOps Salary $115k-$145k