Business Manager - FactoryTalk MES

Rockwell Automation•Milwaukee, WI

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

Rockwell Automation is seeking a Business Manager for its FactoryTalk MES portfolio within the Manufacturing Performance Excellence group. This role is crucial for defining and accelerating the growth of Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk MES offerings through strategic planning, growth initiatives, and transformation. The position involves overseeing the realization of Rockwell Automation's Autonomous Operations mission. The role reports to the VP/GM, Manufacturing Performance Excellence, and operates on a hybrid schedule from either Milwaukee HQ or Mayfield Heights, OH. The FactoryTalk MES portfolio is a leading industry-focused MES solution for markets such as Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Device, Automotive, Tire, and EV.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. (no sponsorship for employment visas).
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, both domestic and international.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in engineering, business or other relevant program discipline.
8+ years of leadership experience in enterprise software, industrial software, SaaS, MES, manufacturing technology, or related software businesses.
Experience executing long-term product, platform, and portfolio strategies.
Experience growing and transforming software portfolios, including recurring revenue and business model evolution.
Experience modernizing legacy on-premises software into cloud-enabled or SaaS-oriented solutions.
Experience with P&L ownership, investment planning, commercialization, pricing, and go-to-market experience.
Experience developing business cases, evaluating strategic alternatives, and leading portfolio investment decisions.
Experience leading customer-focused product strategy through Voice of Customer (VOC) programs, advisory boards, and direct engagement with strategic accounts.
Knowledge of manufacturing operations, MES, quality management, industrial automation, cybersecurity, and regulated industry requirements.
Experience in Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Consumer Products, Automotive, Tire, Battery, or related manufacturing industries.

Responsibilities

Define and accelerate the growth of Rockwell Automation's FactoryTalk MES portfolio through long-term strategy, growth, and transformation.
Oversee the realization of Rockwell Automation's Autonomous Operations mission.
Define FactoryTalk MES as a core execution layer for Connected Manufacturing, advanced analytics, AI-enabled operations, and future autonomous manufacturing capabilities.
Execute the long-term strategy and roadmap for the FactoryTalk MES platform and associated industry solution suites.
Use customer feedback, market trends, competitive intelligence, industry requirements, and Voice of Customer (VOC) inputs to guide investment decisions and roadmap priorities.
Evaluate future platform strategies and business cases that balance new growth opportunities, modernization investments, and installed-base protection.
Partner with Global Sales and Industry Management to understand evolving industry challenges, regulatory trends, customer use cases, competitive dynamics, and emerging market opportunities that may influence portfolio priorities.
Lead the evolution of the portfolio toward secure, scalable, AI-ready architectures that support analytics, reporting, and autonomous operations.
Balance investments between platform capabilities, modernization programs, and industry-focused solution opportunities to maximize long-term business value.
Oversee portfolio growth, profitability, recurring revenue expansion, investment planning, and market leadership.
Lead adoption of enterprise MES platforms across leading manufacturers in Life Sciences/Pharmaceutical, Medical Device, Battery, Tire, and other target industries.
Use industry insights, customer value assessments, business cases, and market opportunities to inform portfolio investments, commercialization strategies, and growth priorities.
Evolve the software and services business model to increase ARR, improve margins, and expand scalable platform offerings.
Develop commercialization, pricing, packaging, and go-to-market strategies that maximize customer and shareholder value.
Ensure portfolio investments align with both strategic goals and evolving industry and customer requirements.
Build relationships with key customers, prospects, and industry leaders to understand evolving challenges and digital transformation priorities.
Establish a disciplined Voice of Customer process that translates market needs into product strategy and investment decisions.
Partner with Industry Management to gain a deeper visibility into industry-specific requirements, adoption challenges, regulatory considerations, and latest use cases.
Engage in strategic customer engagements, customer advisory boards, industry forums, and market research activities to validate growth opportunities and roadmap direction.
Collaborate with Sales, Account Management, Customer Success, and Lifecycle Services to accelerate adoption and customer value realization.
Represent Rockwell Automation with strategic customers, partners, analysts, and industry organizations.
Lead next-generation technology programs that improve scalability, upgradeability, maintainability, cybersecurity, compliance readiness, and customer experience.
Define lifecycle, support, and versioning strategies that reduce portfolio complexity, increase adoption of current releases, and lower support costs.
Partner with Industry Management to understand the impact of modernization strategies on customer adoption, validation requirements, compliance considerations, and industry-specific deployment models.
Partner with Engineering, Security, LCS, and Customer Success to accelerate customer modernization through migration programs, upgrade services, and tooling that simplify platform transitions.
Establish a modern software foundation that enables secure data management, AI services, advanced analytics, reporting, and future autonomous manufacturing capabilities.
Lead a Product Management organization with clear accountability for strategy, execution, and results.
Foster collaboration and agreement across Product Management, Industry Management, Engineering, LCS, Sales, Customer Success, and Security teams.
Lead growth, modernization, customer success, and long-term portfolio evolution.
Create operating mechanisms that connect portfolio strategy with industry expertise, engineering execution, sales priorities, customer success, and lifecycle services.
Develop the next generation of business and product leadership while promoting a culture of accountability, innovation, and customer focus.