Director of Digital Technology Affiliates

Description

• Identify risks and bottlenecks in technology architecture, providing mitigation strategies to safeguard data and operations.
• Manage budgets, optimizing resource allocation for maximum impact.
• Build relationships throughout the company and industry to understand business needs and goals.
• Drive intelligent, integrated supply chains via real-time analytics, AI-driven forecasting, and unified data architecture.
• Define and execute a digital roadmap for vertically integrated operations, aligning technology solutions with business goals.
• oversee e-commerce platforms, customer self-service portals, and digital product catalogs.
• Promote technology awareness, adoption, and effective use throughout the organization.
• Implement edge-to-cloud architectures and AI/ML for production optimization, defect detection, and yield improvement.
• Facilitate enterprise architecture planning, identifying capability gaps and ensuring technology initiatives support organizational growth and innovation.
• Develop manufacturing dashboards and data visualization tools (preferably Power BI).
• Manage vendor and partner relationships
• Enable digital product flow, pricing, and customer experience across the supply chain.
• Building supply, distribution, and retail operations
• Oversee business applications, acquisition of new technologies, and process improvements.
• Lead and inspire cross-functional product teams, fostering collaboration, innovation, and excellence.
• Oversee systems for sourcing, procurement, staging, transportation, warehouse, and field delivery.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, evaluating their applicability to the organization’s technology stack.
• Integrate automation, robotics, CNC machinery, sensors, and digital twins into production environments.
• Lead solution design and delivery for complex, cross-departmental processes, ensuring downstream impacts are considered and mitigated.
• Lead and oversee the design, development, and deployment of custom technology applications and solutions to meet unique business requirements.
• Lead industrial data collection, historian systems, and analytics pipelines.
• Oversee design and governance standards for IT/OT, robotics, data, and application architectures.
• Manage ERP, MES, CPQ, AVC, MRP, WMS, TMS, and other core business systems, ensuring seamless IT/OT integration.
• Mentor and develop talent aligning growth with organizational goals.

Requirements

• Proven experience managing full lifecycle custom development projects, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, and deployment.
• Demand planning, supplier integration, API connectivity, barcode/RFID/IoT integration
• Strategic leadership and cross-functional influence
• 10–15+ years of progressive IT/OT leadership in manufacturing or industrial environments
• Ability to lead and motivate teams through influence and collaboration
• Effective resource management, organizational skills, and attention to detail
• IT-OT integration and alignment
• Proven experience leading digital transformation initiatives (automation, MES, ERP integration, etc.)
• Strong understanding of enterprise-level software, system integration, and architectural frameworks
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and interpersonal skills
• CAD/CAM and BIM integration (Autodesk, Revit, Rhino, Tekla, etc.)
• Cyber-physical security and IT/OT convergence
• Smart Manufacturing / Industry 4.0
• Construction tech integration (CAD/CAM, BIM-to-fabrication workflows)
• Sawmill or process industry technology (PLC/SCADA, sorting, yield optimization, production analytics)
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Technology, or related field preferred
• Demonstrated success implementing technologies that improved throughput, yield, quality, or uptime
• Scalability mindset for multi-location operations
• Supply chain and logistics technology
• Manufacturing/OT systems: PLC/SCADA, MES, CNC controls, IoT/sensor networks, robotics, RPA, DCS, RTUs
• Data analytics, AI/ML, cloud integration (AWS IoT, Azure IoT), Power BI
• ERP, MES, CPQ, AVC, MRP, WMS, TMS systems

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance