Sr. Manager - OT Program Enablement

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Job Description

OT Program Enablement

• Birmingham, AL
• Columbus, OH
• Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
• Detroit, MI
• Grand Rapids, MI
• Louisville, KY
• Montgomery, AL
• Traverse City, MI
• Tuscaloosa, AL

Business Unit: Seating

Function: Industrial Digitalization & Excellence (iDEA)

Department: Global Operational Technology (OT)

Reports To: Director, Global OT

Direct Reports: Sr. OT Development and Support Engineer, OT Program Enablement

Travel Requirement: 25-35% global travel

Position Summary

This position leads OT program enablement for Lear Seating's Global Operational Technology organization. Reporting to the Director, Global OT, the manager turns manufacturing priorities into coordinated implementation plans, readiness requirements, and standards adoption activities. The role manages the program enablement engineer, partners with the Sr. IT-OT Architect on technical requirements, and coordinates with the Sr. Manager, Operational Technology on deployment and sustainment.

Why This Role Exists

Lear needs dedicated program leadership to coordinate prerequisites, resolve dependencies, and apply OT standards consistently across plants and regions. This role connects business priorities and approved technical requirements with practical implementation plans.

What This Role Will Do

The manager works with Global OT leadership, the Sr. IT-OT Architect, Regional Support, manufacturing engineering, IT, and cybersecurity. The role leads program governance and readiness reviews, coordinates standards adoption, and engages the architect and relevant technical owners for architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Translate the OT roadmap into coordinated program plans, priorities, dependencies, and measures of progress.
• Coordinate the development, review, and adoption of OT standards and procedures with the responsible technical owners.
• Lead program readiness and governance reviews; coordinate design reviews with the Sr. IT-OT Architect and technical owners.

Manage, coach, and prioritize work for the program enablement engineer.

• Coordinate solution evaluations against manufacturing needs, approved standards, deployment readiness, and supportability.
• Coordinate IT, OT, networking, and cybersecurity requirements without changing the ownership of those functions.
• Define standards adoption and compliance review processes, including documented exceptions and remediation follow-up.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables, deployment prerequisites, training readiness, and handoff requirements with Regional Support and plants.
• Track audit findings, readiness gaps, program risks, and corrective actions through resolution with accountable owners.
• Report program progress, readiness, material risks, and decisions needed to the Director, Global OT.

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Automation, Manufacturing Technology, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline preferred.

Experience Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in OT, industrial automation, manufacturing systems, controls engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of people leadership, project leadership, technical leadership, or program leadership experience.
• Experience coordinating manufacturing technology programs, deployment readiness, standards adoption, or governance processes.
• Strong understanding of industrial automation, OT cybersecurity, industrial networking, and manufacturing operations.
• Ability to lead cross-functional reviews, communicate technical tradeoffs, and resolve competing business and operational needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ignition, MQTT, Unified Namespace (UNS), industrial historians, and manufacturing analytics.
• Experience leading multi-site OT programs, standards adoption, and engineering teams in a global manufacturing organization.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.

Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.