Plant IT Manager, Own a Major Plant IT Strategy

𝗢𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗧 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗜𝗧 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗻𝗼 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗽.

This is the senior seat for someone who wants to run a plant's entire manufacturing IT relationship without managing headcount. You set the strategy, you drive it through influence, and you answer for the outcomes.

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗬

Pave Talent is hiring on behalf of our client, a large-scale, regulated manufacturer with a major production site in Fremont, CA. The site runs audited, compliance-heavy operations and is investing in digitalizing the plant floor.

𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲

- Senior individual contributors who own a plant's IT relationship solo or near-solo today and like it that way

- People who drive outcomes through influence across operations, quality, supply chain, and global IT, with no direct authority

- Business partners fluent in balancing global IT standards against local plant needs

- Operators who want scope and visibility, not span of control

If your best story is growing a team from 3 to 12, this is not your role. This seat is built for the person who moves the plant forward through partnership, not headcount.

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡

You will be the face of IT for an entire manufacturing site, sitting between site leadership and global IT delivery. That is board-level visibility on the plant side and enterprise reach on the IT side, the kind of exposure that usually takes years to earn inside a large organization.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗬

You own the plant-level manufacturing IT strategy and roadmap end to end. You partner with global IT on delivery, coordinate heavily across cross-functional site teams, and champion digitalization on the floor. Expect 10 to 20 percent travel.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘄𝗻

- Define and drive the plant's manufacturing IT strategy and multi-year roadmap

- Bridge manufacturing operations and IT, translating floor needs into IT delivery

- Balance global IT standards with local plant requirements, and negotiate the trade-offs

- Partner with global IT delivery teams to land projects on the site

- Support Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls and internal and external audits

- Champion digitalization and shop-floor technology adoption across the site

- Coordinate across operations, quality, and supply chain to align IT priorities with plant goals

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗞

This is a solo senior seat. You will not have a team, and cross-functional coordination is the core of the job, not a side task. You get things done by influencing people who do not report to you, in a regulated environment where audit and compliance are constant. If you want a fully staffed function with direct reports on day one, this is not it. If you want real ownership of a major plant's IT with the autonomy to run it your way, it is.

𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦

𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱:

- Bachelor's in IT, Computer Science, or Business Process Management, or equivalent experience

- 7 years technical experience, including 5 years in IT business-partner roles in a manufacturing environment (or 5 to 8 years IT service management with 3 in management)

- Proven senior-stakeholder management and influence without direct authority

- Experience balancing global IT standards against local site needs

- Comfort operating in a regulated, audited environment (SOX exposure a plus)

𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝗣𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀:

- Background in semiconductor, pharma, medtech, or another regulated manufacturing sector

- Hands-on experience with plant-floor digitalization or manufacturing systems

- Prior experience as the sole IT partner for a site

𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗘𝗙𝗜𝗧𝗦

𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆: $128,636 to $170,000 depending on experience

𝗕𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀: performance bonus on top of base

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗔𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: on-site in Fremont, CA, with 10 to 20 percent travel

𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽: not available for this role

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