Senior Manager - Digital Transformation (Medical Device Manufacturing) at Flex Ltd in Buffalo Grove, IL

Job description

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. Job Summary 

 Position Summary The Senior Manager, Digital Transformation is responsible for executing the site’s digital manufacturing and Industry 4.0 strategy established by the Director of Engineering & Digital Transformation. This role leads implementation of technologies that connect manufacturing equipment, OT infrastructure, data platforms, analytics, and business systems to improve operational performance, reliability, quality, and manufacturing intelligence. A critical responsibility of this position is bridging Information Technology (IT) and Operational Technology (OT). The successful candidate must possess significant experience with industrial networking and IT/OT architecture and be capable of leading technical discussions with IT, cybersecurity, controls engineering, equipment suppliers, and manufacturing stakeholders. This individual must understand both enterprise IT requirements and the unique availability, latency, lifecycle, protocol, support, and operational constraints of manufacturing environments. This is a technical digital transformation leadership role with program-management responsibility. The Senior Manager translates the digital transformation roadmap into executable programs, resolves technical and organizational barriers, establishes scalable architectures with appropriate stakeholders, and drives initiatives from concept through deployment, adoption, and sustained operation. Key Responsibilities · Execute the digital transformation strategy and roadmap established by the Director of Engineering & Digital Transformation, converting strategic priorities into technical workstreams, milestones, resource plans, and measurable deliverables. · Lead cross-functional implementation involving Engineering, Operations, IT, cybersecurity, Quality, equipment suppliers, and technology partners. · Drive complex initiatives from concept and proof-of-concept through validated production deployment, adoption, support, and sustained operational ownership. · Identify and resolve infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, data, integration, and equipment-connectivity dependencies before they become project execution barriers. · Establish implementation discipline, governance, KPIs, risk management, and executive-level reporting for the digital transformation portfolio. · Travel: up to 10% (e.g. Austin, TX HQ) IT/OT Architecture, Networking & Cybersecurity · Serve as a primary Engineering interface between manufacturing OT organizations and corporate/site IT for digital transformation initiatives. · Lead technical discussions concerning IT/OT network architecture, segmentation, connectivity, data flows, industrial Ethernet, edge computing, virtualization, firewall requirements, remote access, and system integration. · Translate manufacturing and equipment requirements into technical infrastructure requirements that IT, cybersecurity, vendors, and Engineering teams can execute. · Ensure architectures account for manufacturing realities including production availability, latency and deterministic communications, equipment lifecycle, vendor support, maintenance access, change control, and production continuity. · Partner with IT and cybersecurity to develop secure, scalable architectures for connecting manufacturing assets to enterprise and cloud-based systems while maintaining appropriate separation and protection of OT environments. · Apply working knowledge of managed switching, VLANs, routing concepts, firewalls, network segmentation, industrial DMZs, secure remote/vendor ac