Digital Lead

Job description

**Organization: -** Jubilant Ingrevia Limited **Designation : -** Digital Lead- Manufacturing **Location: -** Noida, Corporate Office **Role & responsibilities** **Job Summary:** Digital Manufacturing, you will play a pivotal role in driving the digital transformation agenda across manufacturing operations. You will act as a bridge between business and technology, translating plant-level challenges into scalable digital solutions. This role requires ownership of the digital roadmap, governance of program execution, and ensuring measurable value realization. You will work closely with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver high-impact initiatives, enable data-driven decision-making, and drive adoption of digital solutions to achieve operational excellence, productivity improvements, and sustainable impact. **Job Responsibilities:** **Digital Strategy & Roadmap Execution** - Own and drive execution of the digital manufacturing roadmap aligned with business priorities. - Identify, evaluate, and prioritize high-value digital use cases across plants. - Ensure alignment of digital initiatives with operational goals such as productivity, quality, cost, and sustainability. **Business Analysis & Solution Translation** - Act as a techno-functional business partner to manufacturing teams by understanding plant pain points and operational challenges. - Translate business requirements into structured deliverables including process maps (current/future state), user stories, and solution blueprints. - Define success criteria, adoption frameworks, and governance mechanisms for digital use cases. **Program Governance & Delivery Excellence** - Establish strong governance for end-to-end program delivery including planning, execution tracking, risk mitigation, and stakeholder communication. - Drive execution hygiene across initiatives including requirement sign-offs, cost estimation, vendor onboarding, NDA closure, and procurement processes (PR/PO management). - Ensure timely and quality delivery of digital solutions in collaboration with internal and external partners. **Cross-Functional Collaboration** - Act as a central coordinator across plant teams, operations, IT, automation, data science teams, and external vendors. - Proactively identify and resolve execution bottlenecks to ensure seamless delivery. - Facilitate alignment between business needs and technology capabilities. **Value Realisation & Adoption** - Ensure baseline definition, tracking, and validation of business benefits from digital initiatives. - Drive plant-level adoption through structured change management, user engagement, and training programs. - Monitor solution usage and ensure sustained value realization post-implementation **The Person:** - **Educational Qualifications:** - B. Tech (Chemical/ Instrument/Electrical/ Electronics & Communication) - MBA/ PGDBM preferred - **Experience:** - 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, digital transformation, or industrial technology roles - Proven experience in leading digital initiatives in manufacturing environments - Strong exposure to cross-functional program delivery and stakeholder management - **Technical Skills: (Preferred)** - Data Historian, Golden Batch Analytics, AI/ML, MES, RPA/Bots, IIOT, Predictive Maintenance, OPC Integration, Industrial Automation platforms - Domain Experience: Manufacturing, Pharma, Nutrition, Industrial Automation **Preferred candidate profile**