Director, IT - Automated Manufacturing Suite

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Position Summary:

The Director, AMS IT provides strategic, technical and hands on leadership for the Automated Manufacturing Suite, supporting GoSolo's digital manufacturing transformation. This role is accountable for building strategic roadmaps, architecting, building, and integrating the technology systems that enable scalable, reliable manufacturing operations—including MES platform modernization, recipe execution environments, DeltaV automation integration, and manufacturing scheduler capabilities.

The Director, AMS IT leads a team of technical architects, engineers, and integration specialists by balancing workload, resolving technical conflicts, and achieving operational excellence through hands-on execution and accountability. This leader partners closely with cross-functional teams including Manufacturing, MS&T, Quality, IT PMO, GxP, and vendor organizations to anticipate requirements, manage integration risks, allocate resources, and ensure alignment with manufacturing priorities.

This role also serves as a key contributor to digital manufacturing innovation, leveraging AI-enabled automation, data analytics, and modern DevOps practices to strengthen system reliability, reduce operational risk, and accelerate time-to-therapy for patients. This role also supports the development of future-ready technical talent within the manufacturing systems domain.

Key Responsibilities:

The Director, IT — Automated Manufacturing Suite (AMS) serves as the primary technology leader partnering with the AMS Business Lead to deliver an integrated digital manufacturing foundation supporting GoSolo. This role connects MES platform modernization, DeltaV integrations, MES recipe lifecycle, and manufacturing scheduling into a unified execution stack that enables scalable, compliant, and reliable manufacturing operations. The Director translates manufacturing priorities into technology strategy and coordinated delivery, ensuring systems, integrations, and data flows operate cohesively to support execution today and scale for the future.

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary IT partner to the AMS Business Lead, translating manufacturing needs into technology strategy, roadmap, and delivery alignment.

• Build the strategic 3+ year roadmap and own development for the build out of AMS through partnership within the IT and the business teams.

• Lead through a matrix organization on the integration of MES, DeltaV, recipes, and manufacturing scheduling into a cohesive execution platform.

• Provide technology leadership across MES platform scaling, DevOps, validation, and system architecture.

• Establish MES as the central execution environment connecting automation, recipes, and scheduling.

• Drive integration between DeltaV automation systems and enterprise manufacturing platforms, including process data and equipment signals.

• Define and standardize recipe lifecycle, data models, and configuration patterns across sites.

• Enable end-to-end execution by embedding the manufacturing scheduler into MES and connecting it to DeltaV.

• Coordinate priorities, dependencies, and technical decisions across AMS workstreams.

• Partner with Manufacturing, MS&T, Quality, and enterprise IT teams to align delivery and operational outcomes.

• Ensure compliance with GxP, validation, and data integrity requirements across all systems and integrations.

• Lead continuous improvement through adoption of modern DevOps, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities.

• Manage technical escalations, delivery risks, and cross-program