Smart Factory Value & Learning Lead

Job Description Summary

This role combines the strategic influence of change leadership with the analytical rigor of value management—ensuring our transformation is not only adopted across the organization but also delivers measurable business impact. You will lead the development and execution of change strategies that support Smart Factory adoption, while implementing value management frameworks to track, quantify, and optimize the return on digital investments.

A key part of your mission will be to build a culture of empowerment by launching and scaling a citizen development program—enabling associates to harness data to create solutions that drive real value.

This role combines the strategic influence of change leadership with the analytical rigor of value management—ensuring our transformation is not only adopted across the organization but also delivers measurable business impact. You will lead the development and execution of change strategies that support Smart Factory adoption, while implementing value management frameworks to track, quantify, and optimize the return on digital investments.

A key part of your mission will be to build a culture of empowerment by launching and scaling a citizen development program—enabling associates to harness data to create solutions that drive real value.

This role carries full ownership of the Smart Factory Program’s business case and ROI, serving as the central point of responsibility for its strategic outcomes.

We are the makers of possible
. BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of Med Tech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.

• Develop and execute a holistic change management strategy aligned with digital transformation goals for smart factory.
• Leads and develops a process for idea/use case generation and demand intake for prioritization and value realization
• Conduct stakeholder analysis, change impact assessments, and readiness evaluations.
• Design and implement communication, training, and engagement plans to drive adoption including but not limited to podcasts, events (e.g. hackathons), wesbites videos etc
• Collaborate with Smart Factory Process Owners, Project Manager and Product Managers to create consistent frameworks and approach for the overall Smart Factory Initiative.

• Define and implement value realization frameworks to measure ROI and business impact of transformation initiatives across all of DTO
• Leverage the original smart factory economic model to track progress over the entire portfolio of initiatives.
• Collaborate with finance, operations, and business units to identify value drivers and track performance metrics.
• Establish governance models to monitor progress against strategic objectives.
• Translate complex data into actionable insights for executive decision-making.

• Design and launch a scalable citizen development framework that allows for opportunities to upskill BD Associates in digital literacy as soon as access to data is available
• Establish governance and support models to ensure safe and sustainable development practices.
• Identify and nurture citizen developers across business units, providing coaching, mentorship, and recognition.
• Partner with IT and business leaders to align citizen-built solutions with smart factory architecture and strategic goals.
• Build and manage a Digital Learning Academy focused on digital fluency, automation, data literacy, and agile ways of working.
• Curate and develop learning pathways, certifications, and experiential programs tailored to diverse roles and…