Manufacturing Data Architecture Lead

This is a new position for the business and will be responsible for establishing global data standards and governance, enabling scalable analytics, AI/ML solutions and dashboarding. This role will be driving the development of insights, optimization and alert capabilities, as well as evaluating & deploying predictive maintenance, automated diagnostics and process control technologies. Other responsibilities include:

• Define and lead the global OT data architecture strategy, standardizing industrial data platforms, protocols, middleware and reference architectures to enable secure, and reliable OT-to-IT/cloud data integration across global manufacturing sites
• Lead the development and governance of global manufacturing data standards, asset models, hierarchies and contextualization frameworks to ensure consistent, high-quality and reusable data across sites, equipment, and process technologies
• Drive the development of manufacturing analytics capabilities by enabling dashboards, alerting, anomaly detection and AI/ML-driven insights that improve operational performance and identify OEE optimization opportunities across diverse production environments
• Support the development and scaling of advanced industrial analytics capabilities, including predictive maintenance, process optimization, digital twins and automated decision-making, while partnering with operations and controls teams to integrate analytics into manufacturing intelligence and control strategies

• Demonstrable experience (5+ years) in a Industrial Analytics/Data Engineering role - ideally come from a regulated environment, such as Medical Devices, Pharma, Life Sciences, MedTech or BioTech
• Good understanding of manufacturing systems & automation (PLCs, SCADA, MES, ERPs and historians)
• Hands-on experience with industrial data platforms and protocols (MQTT, REST APIs, OPS UA, etc.)
• Experience enabling or collaborating on AI/ML solutions for manufacturing, as well as time-series data analytics, visualization and alerting
• Understanding of industrial cybersecurity principles and IT/OT security boundaries
• Knowledge of predictive maintenance, reliability analytics, digital twin concepts, closed-loop optimization strategies and process optimization

I’m currently working with a global medical device company who have an exciting new opportunity for a Manufacturing Data Architecture Lead to join their growing Smart Technology team in Dallas. The company are actively driving digital manufacturing, enterprise digital systems and operational technology initiatives across their global manufacturing plants.