Remote Director of Digital Operations & MES

GE Aerospace; Bellevue (WA); Remote; USD 152,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking a Director of Digital Operations, Manufacturing Execution to lead ongoing digital operations across our MES ecosystem. You will own platform stewardship, provide cross-functional leadership, and ensure uptime, stability, and service quality for PlantApps, PFMD, Bluestreak, and related applications.

The role requires strong governance, incident management, and continuous improvement capabilities to shape a durable operating model for enterprise manufacturing digital

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college with minimum of 8 years of professional experience OR Associates degree with minimum of 11 years of professional experience OR High School Diploma with minimum of 13 years of professional experience
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in Digital Operations
• Note: Military experience is equivalent to professional experience
• Legal authorization to work in the U.S. or UK is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job.

Responsibilities

• Lead the digital operations function for Manufacturing Execution, with accountability for ongoing support, operational continuity, service performance, and platform stewardship.
• Provide continuous, steady-state ownership across a portfolio of manufacturing digital platforms, including PlantApps, PFMD, Bluestreak, and related applications in the future digital manufacturing ecosystem.
• Lead cross-functional teams spanning operations, support, product, and architecture to ensure stable and effective operation of business-critical manufacturing platforms.
• Establish and manage the support model, operating model, service governance, and platform ownership structure required to sustain and improve MES-related platforms.
• Drive uptime, operational stability, support responsiveness, platform health, and issue resolution across the ecosystem.
• Partner with operations teams, product owners, architects, support teams, and site users to ensure services are reliable, well-governed, and aligned to business needs.
• Govern service delivery through clear KPIs, operating cadences, escalation paths, and performance reporting.
• Lead root cause analysis, corrective actions, and continuous improvement efforts to reduce repeat issues and strengthen operational reliability.

Skills

Digital ops leadership

Platform operations

Service delivery

Incident management

Governance

Cross-functional leadership

Root-cause analysis

Cybersecurity

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Associates degree

High School Diploma

Tools

PlantApps

PFMD

Bluestreak

Job description

GE Aerospace is seeking a Director of Digital Operations, Manufacturing Execution to lead ongoing digital operations across our MES ecosystem. You will own platform stewardship, provide cross-functional leadership, and ensure uptime, stability, and service quality for PlantApps, PFMD, Bluestreak, and related applications.

The role requires strong governance, incident management, and continuous improvement capabilities to shape a durable operating model for enterprise manufacturing digital