Digitalization Program Lead, Packaging Pilot Plant & Lab

Danone; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly bonus

Premium pension

30 days annual leave

Health care allowance

Gym membership discount

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Danone is seeking a Digitalization Program Manager to lead digital transformation for its Packaging Pilot Plant and Laboratory. You will modernize how experimental data is captured, connected, and used to accelerate innovation and collaboration across R&I.

You will report to the Sr Team Leader and work across IT/OT standards, cybersecurity, and enterprise data platforms, shaping end-to-end data workflows and governance to drive faster decision-making.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related technical field is required.
• 5-8 years in digital transformation or data systems within R&D, pilot plants or labs.
• Experience driving digital workflows and end-to-end data capture and reporting.
• Ability to translate business needs into IT/data requirements.
• Solid understanding of data management, governance, and IT/OT environments.
• Familiar with SCADA, MES, historian, PLC/IIoT, sensors, Azure or Databricks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the digital transformation roadmap for the Evian Pilot Plant and Laboratory.
• Identify and prioritize high-impact processes for digitalization.
• Design and improve end-to-end data workflow from test planning to reporting.
• Act as data steward with governance, quality rules, and KPI inputs.
• Manage daily digital operations including shopfloor data acquisition and instrument connectivity.
• Explore real-time monitoring, digital twins, and simulation use cases.
• Drive adoption by training users and collecting feedback.

Skills

Digital transformation experience

Data workflows

Automation in R&D environments

Pilot plant & lab operations knowledge

Translating business needs to IT/data

IT/OT governance

Data governance & metadata standards

Stakeholder training & change adoption

Travel willingness

Cybersecurity awareness

Education

Master's degree in Engineering, Data Science, Computer Science, Automation, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Azure

Databricks

LIMS/ELN

SCADA

MES

Historian

PLC/IIoT

Job description

Danone is seeking a Digitalization Program Manager to lead digital transformation for its Packaging Pilot Plant and Laboratory. You will modernize how experimental data is captured, connected, and used to accelerate innovation and collaboration across R&I.

You will report to the Sr Team Leader and work across IT/OT standards, cybersecurity, and enterprise data platforms, shaping end-to-end data workflows and governance to drive faster decision-making.