Responsibilities
- Act as the primary point of contact for all factory software systems at a given site
- Drive coordination across production system administration, digital IOT, MES, Controls, robotic automation, and manufacturing test teams teams
- Ensure deployments are sequenced correctly across infrastructure, applications, and automation
- Maintain a real-time view of site readiness, risks, and dependencies
- Identify integration gaps before they impact production
- Work directly with Heads of Production and Manufacturing Engineering to align software with how the factory actually operates
- Push teams to resolve blockers quickly and make decisions under uncertainty
Requirements
- Experience operating in complex, cross-functional environments
- Strong understanding of production systems and manufacturing workflows
- Ability to work across software, infrastructure, and automation domains
- Comfort making decisions with incomplete information
- High ownership and bias for action
Nice to Have
- MES / ERP / factory software systems
- Industrial automation or controls environments
- Deploying systems into live production settings
What This Role Is (and Isn’t)
- This role is: A site-level integrator across multiple technical domains
- This role is: A driver of execution, not a passive coordinator
- This role is: A translator between production needs and technical teams
- This role is: A force multiplier for teams that are otherwise operating in parallel
- This role is not: A traditional project manager tracking tickets
- This role is not: A purely software-focused TPM
- This role is not: A role that waits for perfect clarity before acting
