Digital Analytics & IIoT Manager

Who We Are:

Challenge Manufacturing’s mission is to manufacture with operational excellence by empowering our employee-owners. As a leading tier 1 supplier of complex metal assemblies for the global automotive industry, we drive innovative solutions for future mobility. We believe the best ideas come from individual unique perspectives. These ideas combined with the teamwork of industry leaders allow us to accomplish any challenge. Our team members take pride in the work we do and embody our core values of safety, ownership, and teamwork every day;

they are the true driving force in our operations.

Challenge is proud to be one of the largest employee-owned automotive companies in North America. One of the many benefits of joining the Challenge team is the ESOP program. This program allows Challenge to give shares of the Company to all employee-owners annually. These shares are an additional retirement benefit that will continue to grow during your time ng part of an ESOP means our employee-owners share in Challenge’s success!

Challenge is #Quality Driven and #People Powered!

Who We Want:

The Manager, Digital Solutions & Development leads the team responsible for enterprise application development, Azure Dev Ops governance, software delivery practices, Microsoft Fabric administration, Power BI governance, and digital solution delivery across the Operational Technology organization. This is a player-coach leadership role responsible for establishing development standards, governing Azure Dev Ops, driving Dev Sec Ops  maturity, and delivering scalable, secure, and supportable digital solutions.

The role leads a team of developers while partnering closely with OT Automation, SMS/MES, IT, and business stakeholders to support Challenge Manufacturing's digital transformation initiatives.

What You’ll Do:

Lead, coach, and develop a team of software developers, BI developers, and future data architecture resources.

Own Azure Dev Ops administration, governance, standards, and adoption across Operational Technology teams.

Establish and govern Git workflows, repositories, branching strategies, pull request standards, CI/CD pipelines, and release processes.

Develop and maintain software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Dev Sec Ops  standards that ensure quality, security, and traceability.

Lead development of internal web applications, business tools, reporting platforms, and digital solutions.

Oversee API-based integrations between manufacturing, business, and third-party systems.

Govern Microsoft Fabric and Power BI platforms, including standards, lifecycle management, security, and supportability.

Drive development governance, architecture reviews, and technical quality across all team deliverables.

Establish standards for application architecture, documentation, testing, deployment, and support.

Partner with OT Automation, SMS/MES, IT, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable digital solutions.

Manage development backlogs, priorities, resource allocation, and delivery commitments.

Support data governance, access control, audit readiness, and compliance requirements including IATF and ISO standards.

Monitor and improve development performance through deployment metrics, platform adoption, solution quality, and user satisfaction.

Manage vendor relationships and third-party technical integrations.

Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, innovation, and operational excellence.

When and Where:

This will be a 1st Shift / 8:00AM-4:30PM M-F position located at our Plant in Walker, MI.Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.

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