Talent Lead a global Team of SCADA, Equipment Automation, Controls, & Building Automation professionals.
Manage professionals, across several geographies, promoting career development and continuous upskilling of talent to build diverse teams and the ecosystem to empower them
Activity engage with partners is holistically managing talent within across Manufacturing Value Team, Digital Manufacturing Operations, and supporting services.
Develop a visible and authentic external presence, and strong internal networks, to recruit highly skilled and diverse talent, stay current with industry trends, and establish effective vendor partnerships.
Maintain development plans and regularly update skillsets through a commitment to life-long learning
Operations Strong and frequent engagement with Digital Manufacturing Operations Site IT & Automation Leadership aligning on Product direction including backlog, prioritization, incident management, and performance.
Institutionalize and have accountability of Tier 2/3 application support including managing AMS vendors.
Collaborate with Foundational Services organization on operations management and performance of underlying IT technology, architecture, and cyber resilience.
Perform Product lifecycle management planning consisting of product roadmap and consolidated view of site roadmaps. Provide total cost management of lifecycle activities including multi-year forecast. Own or oversee global administration SOP s
Partner with strategic equipment vendors ensuring operational aspects of automation technology meets our business requirements.
Oversee all lifecycle management activities including upgrades and patching.
Ensure architecture and supporting services align to agreed resilience model.
Delivery Lead a delivery squad that partners with capital Delivery team.
Engage equipment vendors to ensure standardized robust solutions.
Oversee delivery, ensuring time and budget commitments are met. Plan projects and resource accordingly with internal and external resources.
Owns the Delivery Roadmap and all technical implementation standards for Building Automation, SCADA, and Level 1 Controls.
Institutionalize and own delivery best practices including documentation and testing methodologies.
Partner closely with operations teams to ensure seamless transition from project phases to sustaining operations while ensuring retention of critical knowledge within the organization.
Platform Product financial and budgeting accountability and stewardship including MS&O and annual portfolio budgets. Incorporate into overall portfolio management process.
Develop strategic roadmaps across all key technologies in the Product.
Develop strong relationship with key equipment vendors for alignment in technology, architecture, and LCM.
Maintain and enforce global application standards including configuration, SDLC documentation, architecture.
Design a robust solution architecture that meeting operational requirements and integrates with other shopfloor applications as required to meet business and compliance drivers.
High collaboration with suppliers, to ensure a cohesive technology roadmap is in place, maintain overall master agreements, and lead day to day engagement.
Ensure cyber security controls are implemented and maintained.
Develop and own platform standards, architectures, and global business processes.
Leadership Maintain a strong leadership presence, demonstrating thought leadership and educating/coaching leaders on areas of opportunity.
Maintain industry engagement in each of the key technology areas.
Ensures accountability - Takes ownership of all aspects of the product management.
Drive results with clear actions and accountability. Escalates issues timely as required.
Qualifications10+ years of work experience in a GxP manufacturing environment
Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related fields.
18+ year experience with shop floor automation technologies with strong experience with Rockwell, Siemens platforms including PLC s, Industry leading SCADA platforms including Ignition and Wonderware, level 1 controls including control bus technology such as Profibus and Ethernet I/P. Familiarity with Siemens BAS platforms.
Understanding of control panel design best practices.
Strong understanding of operational technologies in life science manufacturing specifically the business use cases and value drivers of these solutions.
Demonstrated superior management skills as well as communication skills that emphasize collaboration in a matrixed organization and ability to align the organization on complex decisions .
Strong quantitative skills and the ability to use data and metrics to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement, using lean manufacturing principles
Self-motivated, value-oriented with a mindset of continuous learning.
Experience managing and motivating a dispersed international team across multiple time zones
Excellent communication and presentation skills for a wide range of audiences; from entry level associates to site-level leaders.
Communicates candidly and fluently in English
Travel Requirements: 25% Travel is expected to USA, Ireland, Europe and Singapore sites to plan, coordinate and connect with the site stakeholders
Ready to work flexible working hours to cover the overlap needed for NA and Europe sites.
