Sr. Manager - OT Program Enablement

We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.

A path to a better career. A better future.

Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we're named one of the World's Most Admired Companies.

They're the secret to our success-empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.

Are you ready for a better career? A better future?

• Birmingham, AL
• Columbus, OH
• Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
• Detroit, MI
• Grand Rapids, MI
• Louisville, KY
• Montgomery, AL
• Traverse City, MI
• Tuscaloosa, AL

Business Unit: Seating

Function: Industrial Digitalization & Excellence (iDEA)

Department: Global Operational Technology (OT)

Reports To: Director, Global OT

Direct Reports: Sr. OT Development and Support Engineer, OT Program Enablement

Travel Requirement: 25-35% global travel

This position leads OT program enablement for Lear Seating's Global Operational Technology organization. Reporting to the Director, Global OT, the manager turns manufacturing priorities into coordinated implementation plans, readiness requirements, and standards adoption activities. The role manages the program enablement engineer, partners with the Sr. IT-OT Architect on technical requirements, and coordinates with the Sr. Manager, Operational Technology on deployment and sustainment.

Lear needs dedicated program leadership to coordinate prerequisites, resolve dependencies, and apply OT standards consistently across plants and regions. This role connects business priorities and approved technical requirements with practical implementation plans.

The manager works with Global OT leadership, the Sr. IT-OT Architect, Regional Support, manufacturing engineering, IT, and cybersecurity. The role leads program governance and readiness reviews, coordinates standards adoption, and engages the architect and relevant technical owners for architecture decisions.

• Translate the OT roadmap into coordinated program plans, priorities, dependencies, and measures of progress.
• Coordinate the development, review, and adoption of OT standards and procedures with the responsible technical owners.
• Lead program readiness and governance reviews; coordinate design reviews with the Sr. IT-OT Architect and technical owners.

• Coordinate solution evaluations against manufacturing needs, approved standards, deployment readiness, and supportability.
• Coordinate IT, OT, networking, and cybersecurity requirements without changing the ownership of those functions.
• Define standards adoption and compliance review processes, including documented exceptions and remediation follow-up.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables, deployment prerequisites, training readiness, and handoff requirements with Regional Support and plants.
• Track audit findings, readiness gaps, program risks, and corrective actions through resolution with accountable owners.
• Report program progress, readiness, material risks, and decisions needed to the Director, Global OT.

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Automation, Manufacturing Technology, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline preferred.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in OT, industrial automation, manufacturing systems, controls engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of people leadership, project leadership, technical leadership, or program leadership experience.
• Experience coordinating manufacturing technology programs, deployment readiness, standards adoption, or governance processes.
• Strong understanding of industrial automation, OT cybersecurity, industrial networking, and manufacturing operations.
• Ability to lead cross-functional reviews, communicate technical tradeoffs, and resolve competing business and operational needs.

• Experience with Ignition, MQTT, Unified Namespace (UNS), industrial historians, and manufacturing analytics.
• Experience leading multi-site OT programs, standards adoption, and engineering teams in a global manufacturing organization.

Lear…