Program Manager – Manufacturing Digitalization

Program Manager / Digitalization Lead

The Program Manager/Digitalization Lead is responsible for enabling, guiding, and accelerating regional manufacturing digitalization efforts while preserving plant ownership of execution. This role supports pilots and early deployments, builds regional capability through expert networks, and ensures successful reuse and scaling of proven digital solutions. The role provides decision‑ready insights and structured roadmaps to regional and BU leadership, acting as a critical bridge between plant operations, automation/IT, and enterprise digital strategy.

Regional Program Manager/Digitalization Lead Position Summary The Digitalization Lead is responsible for enabling, guiding, and accelerating regional manufacturing digitalization efforts while preserving plant ownership of execution. This role supports pilots and early deployments, builds regional capability through expert networks, and ensures successful reuse and scaling of proven digital solutions. The role provides decision‑ready insights and structured roadmaps to regional and BU leadership, acting as a critical bridge between plant operations, automation/IT, and enterprise digital strategy.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Support and enable digitalization pilots and early‑stage deployments across regional plants without assuming long‑term execution ownership.
• Preserve and reinforce plant accountability while providing hands‑on technical and application support as needed to ensure successful startup and stabilization.
• Lead and coordinate a regional network of digital and automation subject matter experts to provide aligned, timely support without overloading plant resources.
• Capture successful digital solutions and scale them through standardized playbooks, reusable architectures, and deployment patterns.
• Maintain and communicate a 30/60/90‑day rolling regional digitalization execution roadmap, highlighting priorities, dependencies, and risks.
• Provide clear, decision‑ready inputs and recommendations to regional leadership for escalation, prioritization, and resource alignment.
• Partner closely with plant leadership, manufacturing engineering, maintenance, IT, and corporate digital teams to translate operational needs into compliant, scalable solutions.
• Enable knowledge sharing and capability building across plants through best‑practice exchanges, standards, and lessons learned.
• Execute digitalization enablement activities within priorities and direction established through regional digitalization governance.

Other Duties:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time.

Travel is required as needed to support regional plants and pilot deployments (expected up to ~30%).

All employees are responsible for knowing, understanding and complying with the safety policies and procedures. Wear PPE when appropriate in designated campus areas.

• Digital Enablement and Application Support
• Systems Thinking and Integration
• Change Management and Influence
• Structured Problem Solving
• Cross‑Functional Collaboration
• Decision Framing and Executive Communication

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Electrical,…