Digital Manufacturing Transformation Lead - Technical Innovation

Overview

PURPOSE OF THE JOB Within the Digital Manufacturing Transformation (DMT) team, the role of the DMT Lead – Technical Innovation will be responsible to identify and clarify unmet manufacturing needs, and design structured work processes to address all aspects of conceptual design. This includes risk assessment, finalize system requirements and source data, professional services and equipment procurement, application engineering, system engineering/manufacturing, installation engineering, installation/construction, commissioning/startup and consolidating related technical documents toward effective technology transfer/hand-off.

This role will also lead proof-of-concept (PoC) work and execute related pilot implementation to demonstrate proof of value (PoV) on the shop floor and once validated, scale innovations across plants while ensuring secure, reliable operations and measurable business outcomes.

Reports to:

Sr. R&D Leader
Span of Control:
Individual contributor

• Knowing Our Businesses and their Strategies
  • Build relationships within the Global Information Services (GIS) organization, cross-functionally, and with key stakeholders; ensure effective contact to remain aligned with functional objectives.
  • Understand the strategic direction of the company’s businesses and execute functional strategies to support and enhance business results; be knowledgeable of the project work that supports this direction and implications for the business.
  • Understands the relationships with stakeholders and understands what it takes to ensure their success.
  • Knows what best-in-class organizations do and obtain outside-in insights to understand and then apply to positively impact Owens Corning.
  • Build transparent partnerships across GIS, Businesses, CoE, S&T and operations; keep status, priorities, and outcomes visible. Work closely to recognize analogous work streams elsewhere in the organization.
  • Leverage business partnerships to prioritize work streams related to PoCs or pilots within the Digital Manufacturing Transformation portfolio
  • Partnership with technical integration and security teams; leverage external expertise to build out sustainable solutions. GIS Architecture Review Board (ARB) and Project Review Board (PRB) for awareness and approval of architected solutions. Contemplate existing standards and governance when required.

• Discover & Frame Unmet Needs
  • Engage manufacturing leadership, Center of Excellence (CoE) subject-matter-experts, engineers, maintenance and operators, plus Science and Technology (S&T) product and process platform owners, to identify opportunities and unmet needs; translate them into concise problem statements with measurable acceptance criteria.
  • Build business cases for proposed solutions that quantify expected financial value and define success metrics. Inform strategy to execute PoC or pilots that are prioritized in the Digital Manufacturing Transformation portfolio.

• Define end-to-end innovation work processes—from discovery and PoC through pilot execution—aligned to Business, Capital Delivery, S&T and GIS standards.
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders and teams to collect requirements, define well-formed acceptance criteria, and develop the corresponding manufacturing technology solutions roadmap.
• Maintain a prioritized portfolio and 3–5-year roadmap for Manufacturing Controls and Operations Technology (OT) Systems innovations.

• Manage expectations across impacted organizations to plan and execute PoCs or pilots, to validate assumptions, prove value in live manufacturing environments; document outcomes, risks, and learnings.
• Oversee respective budgets, risks, resource utilization, and stakeholder communications, and regular status reporting with success metrics. Engage with business, Capital Delivery, and Global Information Services (GIS) teams to ensure visibility and successful outcomes.
• Define and execute the enterprise rationalization phases of new solutions before deployed ure smooth hand-off to delivery and support areas to scale successful pilots across sites with clear transition, training, and…