Data Solution Architect
About The Position
Reporting to the Sr. Director, Manufacturing Excellence, the Data Solution Architect owns the strategy, roadmap, governance, and value delivery for Conagra’s Connected Worker ecosystem. The role connects business needs with technology solutions that improve frontline productivity, standard work, employee capability, and operational performance. It leads the expansion of connected worker capabilities through mobile enablement, training, change management, defect handling, device readiness, and future technology solutions that deliver measurable business value. The position serves as business owner for the Connected Worker platform and related frontline applications, establishes enterprise governance and standards, and leads deployment planning and adoption across manufacturing sites. It works closely with plant teams, functional partners, technology groups, vendors, and senior leaders to translate operational needs into scalable solutions, drive continuous improvement, and track value realization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Seven or more years of experience in product management, manufacturing technology, digital transformation, operations, continuous improvement, training enablement, or related disciplines.
- Experience leading enterprise initiatives across multiple functions, locations, and stakeholder groups.
- Experience translating business needs into technology-enabled solutions, product roadmaps, deployment strategies, and business cases.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and influence skills, including experience engaging frontline employees, operational leaders, functional partners, vendors, and senior leaders.
- Experience supporting adoption of frontline technology solutions, including training, change management, mobile device deployment, and support processes.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams to drive sustainable business results.
- Travel 25–50%, dependent on business needs.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in manufacturing or consumer packaged goods environments.
- Experience with Connected Worker solutions, digital manufacturing platforms, mobile technologies, vendor management, or business process transformation initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Own the Connected Worker strategy, multi-year roadmap, enhancement process, and prioritization across manufacturing sites.
- Identify and evaluate use cases to improve safety, quality, productivity, reliability, compliance, and employee experience.
- Translate operational needs into scalable digital solutions, deployment plans, and measurable improvement opportunities.
- Partner with Manufacturing Excellence, Operations, Maintenance, Environmental Health & Safety, Food Safety, Quality, Regulatory and Analytical, Sanitation, and other functions to embed connected worker tools into standard ways of working.
- Build alignment across Plant Operations, Manufacturing Excellence, Information Technology, Digital Technology, Human Resources Technology, Procurement, vendors, and senior leaders.
- Influence stakeholders across functions and locations to resolve tradeoffs, establish ownership, and advance enterprise priorities.
- Serve as business owner for the Connected Worker platform and related frontline applications, including defect handling capabilities where applicable.
- Establish and maintain governance for roadmap intake, standards, deployment, training, support, issue resolution, adoption, data quality, and value realization.
- Define business requirements and standards for mobile device utilization, application readiness, refresh planning, and frontline user support.
- Partner with Information Technology, Procurement, vendors, and plant teams to remove barriers and improve mobile technology adoption.
- Lead Connected Worker training strategy in collaboration with plant champions, functional leaders, Human Resources, Learning, Information Technology, and vendors.
- Develop scalable training materials, communications, standard work, and enablement plans for deployments and platform enhancements.
- Lead vendor business reviews, roadmap discussions, enhancement prioritization, and performance discussions.
- Benchmark external organizations and industry practices to identify future technology opportunities and best practices.
- Lead enterprise deployment planning and sustain adoption through continuous improvement activities.
- Track adoption, training completion, user feedback, issue trends, and business impact to ensure value realization and continuous optimization.
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare plans
- Wellness incentive program
- Mental wellbeing support
- Fitness reimbursement
- Bonus incentive opportunity
- Matching 401(k)
- Stock purchase plan
- Career development opportunities
- Employee resource groups
- On-demand learning
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Flexible work schedules, subject to location and role
- Volunteer opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
