Job Description Summary

The Digital Technology Site Lead is responsible for all DT services, infrastructure, and support for our Sterling, VA. This role ensures that digital technologies are safe, secure, reliable, and aligned with business priorities. The DT Site Lead partners closely with site leadership, functional leaders, and central DT teams to deliver high-quality technology solutions that enable operational performance, productivity, and continuous improvement.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing information technology for a manufacturing plant, including all IT infrastructure & software applications necessary for shop operations.
• As the Site IT leader, you will be responsible for performance & availability of IT infrastructure & applications as well as partner with the business enabling process transformation.
• Responsible for a complex site (multiple part families) or specific business need (e.g., military) or large site (>500 employees).
• Sets IT strategy & roadmap to drive digital improvements across the site.
• Influences SPB employees and below on their decisions.
• Performs as part of the Shop leadership team representing information technology.
• Partners with the business  to participate in lean/ process improvement initiatives & enable business transformation leveraging digital tools.
• Leads in the evaluation / implementation/ modification of various software solutions, including ERP, MES & Analytics solutions.
• Works with central digital product teams to resolve systemic recurring issues or enhancement needs.
• Directs a local team of digital resources.
• Drives strategic digital initiatives.
• Initiates and coordinates outsourced supplier efforts.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 4 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 7 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 9 years of professional experience
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in manufacturing IT site management.
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience
• Competent with network & operational topology
• Experience managing cloud services
• Have an understanding or experience of implementing and maintaining Government and Cyber compliance programs (CMMC & DoD)

Eligibility Requirement:

• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required.  We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Desired Characteristics:

• Change Agent - Identifies opportunities for necessary changes and pursues/leads them when appropriate. Evaluates progress and involves peers and team members in analyzing strengths and weaknesses in performance. Works with executive stakeholders to embrace the implications of change. Recommends changes that impact strategic business direction. Leads the planning and implementation of change programs that impact critical processes. Subdivides major deliverables into smaller, manageable components and re-appropriates existing solutions to new requirements and situations. Innovates and integrates new processes and/or technology to add value to GE. Identifies how the cost of change weighs against the benefits and advises accordingly. Proactively learns new solutions and processes to address problems.
• Collaboration - Establishes & communicates team members' roles in relation to their function and data. Shares knowledge, power and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill. Coordinates role responsibilities with that of others to achieve mutual goals. Encourages groups to work together to resolve problems. Proactively coaches and/or mentors others to improve their contribution to the team. Fosters relationship building between team members and those outside the team. Works with others to achieve goals without regard to band/title. Identifies gaps in roles on teams, and is recognized for growing and distributing talent pools across the organization.
• Comfort in Ambiguity - Acts and decides appropriately when all available information may not be possible to obtain. Makes decisions and course corrects as a result of the feedback from those decisions. Presents results with alternatives and scenarios. Creates new tools and methods for gaining data and driving clarity. Supports the team to drive through ambiguity.
• Communication - Creates stories and utilizes two-way communications. Communicates functional strategy and roadmap with detail for teams to utilize. Describes functional area information to leaders. Coaches others on presentation skills