Senior Manufacturing Manager - Digital Innovation

IDEXX•Westbrook, ME

1d•$170,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

IDEXX is seeking an onsite Senior Manufacturing Manager - Digital Innovation in either our Westbrook, Maine or Roswell, GA locations to lead our Smart Manufacturing Industry 4.0 strategy across our multi-site manufacturing operations. You will own the strategy, roadmap, development, and delivery of our enterprise smart manufacturing digital ecosystem. This includes Ignition SCADA platform, OEE system, operational technology (OT) network infrastructure and cybersecurity, and integrations with MES, CMMS, QMS, and other business systems. You will lead and develop a high-performing team of engineers, align cross-functional stakeholders, shape the standards and solutions that allow us to collect, connect, store, analyze, and visualize data from automated manufacturing equipment, and ensure solutions are scalable, secure, reliable, and drive measurable improvements in productivity, OEE, quality, throughput, and cost. Much of this work includes DevOps, systems integration and development, networking and cybersecurity alignment, and long‑term strategic visioning, incorporating industry trends, identifying what technologies are emerging or being phased out, and building our roadmap for Industry 4.0 and beyond. This is an opportunity to work with state‑of-the-art technology, contribute to a science‑forward organization, and drive meaningful impact for the greater good of our industry. If you want to shape how smart technology transforms manufacturing, and lead at the intersection of automation, data, AI, cybersecurity, and digital innovation, this is the role for you.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years in manufacturing automation/digital/OT roles
5+ years of leadership experience managing teams and programs.
Some travel may be required.
Leadership & Execution Skills: Demonstrated ability to lead engineering teams and deliver outcomes in a cross-matrix environment. Knowledge and experience with industrial automation, Industry 4.0, and Smart Manufacturing. Strong program/project management skills, prioritization, roadmap ownership, resource planning, and execution governance. Ability to translate manufacturing needs into scalable technical strategies and measurable business value (OEE, downtime reduction, throughput, quality). Ability to provide innovative solutions to complex smart manufacturing and data challenges. Excellent written and verbal communication, including executive-level updates and ability to align diverse stakeholders. Strong relationship-building skills across Operations, Engineering, Production, IT, and Cybersecurity.
Technical and Domain Skills: Experience integrating OT systems with enterprise platforms (e.g., SAP Digital Manufacturing MES, CMMS, historians, SQL databases, data lake, etc.). Working knowledge of Ignition (Perspective, security model, architecture patterns) and SCADA/IIot/OEE platform best practices. Understanding of industrial automation data sources and controls ecosystems (e.g., Rockwell, PLC and HMI architectures, machine integration, etc.). Working knowledge of IT/OT networking fundamentals and industrial protocols (e.g., Ethernet/IP, OPC UA, MQTT, Modbus, TCP/IP). Ability to guide system architecture decisions: data modeling, tag standards, alarm philosophy, environment strategy, and cybersecurity considerations. Strong analytical/problem-solving skills for complex production issues, including leading cross-functional troubleshooting and root cause resolution.

Responsibilities

Smart Manufacturing Leadership & Strategy: Lead Smart Manufacturing and Industry 4.0strategy across multiple manufacturing sites in the US and Europe. Develop multi-year roadmap, and operating model for OT digital systems (SCADA, OEE, IIoT, analytics). Establish strategy, standards, reference architectures, governance, and success metrics across sites and production areas.
Team Leadership & Talent Development: Lead and mentor a team of OT digital professionals (e.g., Sr. Automation Controls SCADA Engineers, data/visualization resources, integrators). Assign priorities, remove roadblocks, set performance expectations, and build technical depth in Ignition, OT networking, cybersecurity, and system integration.
Enterprise IIoT/SCADA Ownership: Own the architecture, lifecycle management, scalability, and reliability of Ignition based IIoT and SCADA system. Drive platform consistency (templates, tag models, naming standards, alarming, security), environment management (dev/test/prod), and change control.
New Automation Enablement: Partner with Automation Engineering and equipment vendors to ensure new automation is “digitally ready.” Define machine data requirements, connectivity standards, and commissioning/acceptance criteria for SCADA and OEE integration (e.g., machine states, faults, starved/blocked, counts, rejects, cycle time).
Smart Factory Integration: Lead integration of SCADA and OEE with production automation equipment, and enterprise systems like MES, CMMS, and QMS to enable end-to-end actionable insights. Coordinate IT/OT data flows, master data alignment, and system interoperability.
Visualization & Analytics Enablement: Ensure the organization has the data visualizations needed across roles (operators, engineers, supervisors, leadership) to provide data driven insights. Guide the development of real-time and historical views, OEE loss trees, downtime Pareto, and shift/line reviews, ensuring data integrity and usability.
OT Network Infrastructure & Monitoring: Lead OT network strategy in partnership with IT/Network teams, including segmentation approaches and plant-floor connectivity standards. Sponsor/drive OT visibility initiatives such as Cisco Cyber Vision and ensure monitoring supports both reliability and security use cases.
OT Cybersecurity & Policy Alignment: Ensure OT digital systems and connected automation assets align with corporate cybersecurity policies and best practices (including ISO/ISA 62443 concepts). Drive security-by-design for Ignition, edge devices, Windows-based automation PCs, remote access, patching approaches, and risk mitigation.
Stakeholder & Program Management: Lead cross-functional program execution and communication across all IDEXX manufacturing sites. Manage budgets, vendors, timelines, and risks; prepare business cases; and report progress and outcomes to site and enterprise leadership.