Global VP of Automation, Robotics & AI Systems

Asurion; United States; A distancia; USD 250.000 - 350.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Asurion seeks a Vice President of Automation & Robotics Engineering for SCM to lead the automation, robotics, and AI roadmap across the global production network. You will command the existing automation team and drive integration of hardware and software from R&D through deployment into operations.

This role requires building an industry‑leading automation presence at current sites and new facilities, standing up capabilities, managing vendor relationships, and delivering multi‑year capital

Formación

• 10+ years in automation or robotics leadership.
• Experience with multi-site/global manufacturing automation programs.
• Hands-on automation in high-volume operations.
• Vendor contracts and SLA management experience.
• Lifecycle ownership from R&D to steady-state operations.
• Lean discipline prior to automation.
• Leading technical teams across international sites.
• Startup of new technical capability at new sites.
• Capital investment experience for strategic capability.
• AI or ML capability from pilot to production.

Responsabilidades

• Own automation roadmap across global sites.
• Grow automation engineering team and footprint.
• Own end-to-end hardware and software for automation.
• Manage vendor contracts, SLAs, and performance.
• Lead escalation for automation issues across IT, Ops, maintenance.
• Stand up automation at new facilities as they come online.
• Ensure process readiness with CI.
• Apply AI-enabled capabilities to remanufacturing lines.
• Partner with operations on reliability and uptime.
• Close loop with data platforms for forecasting and routing.
• Build multi-year automation investment cases.
• Manage vendor relationships across multi-site international.
• Build robotics talent bench.
• Position automation capability for externalization.
• Report progress to senior leadership.

Conocimientos

Automation leadership

Global programs

Hands-on automation

Vendor management

Lifecycle management

Lean principles

Global team leadership

Site startup

Capital planning

AI deployment

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Herramientas

Automation controls software

Machine vision systems

Descripción del empleo

Asurion seeks a Vice President of Automation & Robotics Engineering for SCM to lead the automation, robotics, and AI roadmap across the global production network. You will command the existing automation team and drive integration of hardware and software from R&D through deployment into operations.

This role requires building an industry‑leading automation presence at current sites and new facilities, standing up capabilities, managing vendor relationships, and delivering multi‑year capital