Job Title: Head of Digital Engineering & Industrial IT(Senior Director / AVP / VP Level)**Experience: 20+ YearsReporting To: CEOLocation: Bangalore / Remote
About The Role
We are seeking a senior leader who brings strong IT, data, and systems integration expertise across the engineering and manufacturing value chain.The ideal candidate should understand product engineering (PLM/PDM/CAD) and process/manufacturing systems (MES/MOM/APC/OT) at a strategic level, while being deeply hands-on with AI/ML, industrial data architectures, and digital thread enablement.This role focuses on connecting these domains — not performing them — through modern IT platforms, integration architectures, and data intelligence.The leader will define and scale our Digital Engineering & Industrial IT practice, unifying product data, OT data, process data, and enterprise systems into a cohesive digital ecosystem for global USA/EU clients.Key Responsibilities
- Strategy & Leadership
- Lead the Digital Engineering & Industrial IT practice with a focus on integration, data intelligence, automation, and AI.
- Build the roadmap for Digital Thread, spanning PLM → Engineering → MES/MOM → ERP → Service.
- Provide strategic oversight of both product engineering IT systems and manufacturing/OT systems, without requiring deep domain specialization.
- Manage global distributed teams, capability building, and multi-million USD delivery portfolios.
- IT, Data, and Digital Architecture
- Architect end-to-end solutions across:
- PLM/PDM ecosystems (3DEXPERIENCE, Teamcenter, Windchill)
- MES/MOM and industrial IT layers
- APC, historian, SCADA/PLC system integration
- ERP (SAP) integration and enterprise data models
- Drive AI/ML initiatives for OT data, including:
- Historian data
- Sensor & time-series OT data
- APC model analytics
- OTS logs and manufacturing datasets
- Lead the development of industrial data pipelines, industrial lakehouses, contextualization layers, and cloud architectures.
- Product Engineering IT (Strategic Understanding, IT Leadership)
- Oversee PLM/PDM configuration, workflows, integrations, and digital thread mapping.
- Guide teams working on CAD/CAE integrations, engineering data management, and digital twin (product).
- Ensure alignment of engineering systems with downstream manufacturing and ERP layers.
- Process & Manufacturing IT (Strategic Oversight, Integration Focus)
- Oversee digitalization of manufacturing systems, including MES/MOM and OT/IT platforms.
- Supervise integration of SCADA/PLC, APC, historian systems into enterprise data platforms.
- Drive AI-driven process optimization and predictive analytics from OT/ITS data (not hands-on engineering).
- Support digital twin (process) initiatives via data and modeling teams.
- Client & Business Management
- Lead engagement with USA/EU clients across digital engineering, industrial IT, smart manufacturing, and Industry 4.0.
- Present roadmaps, architectures, and transformation strategies.
- Support sales with solutioning, pricing, staffing plans, and proposals.
- Innovation & Practice Growth
- Build reusable accelerators for:
- PLM–MES–ERP integrations
- Industrial AI models (APC/OT/Process data)
- Digital Thread orchestration
- Industrial data platforms
- Mentor architects across PLM, MES, OT/IT, data engineering, and AI domains.
Required Skills & Experience
- 20+ years in Engineering IT, Digital Engineering, Industrial IT, or OT/IT integration.
- Strong knowledge of PLM/PDM, MES/MOM, APC/OT systems, but as an IT integration leader, not deep domain engineer.
- Expertise in AI/ML for OT data, industrial analytics, and data engineering.
- Experience building digital architectures across PLM → MES → ERP.
- Proven experience with USA/EU clients and global delivery.
- Strong leadership, architecture, stakeholder, and communication skills.
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
- Master’s degree preferred.
