Senior Manager, Digital Manufacturing & AI Enablement

Corza Medical; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401K matching

Vacation and sick time

Job summary

Corza Medical is seeking a Senior Manager to lead the digital manufacturing and AI enablement journey. You will govern Tulip and other digital tools, architect data-driven workflows, and partner with IT to shape platform strategy.

The role focuses on shop-floor digitization, quality readiness, and scalable deployment. You will drive cross-functional collaboration across Operations, Engineering, Quality, and IT, defining governance and data standards while guiding AI-enabled manufacturing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years in manufacturing, engineering, quality systems, MES/digital manufacturing, or automation.
• Experience leading cross-functional work across Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, and external partners.
• Familiarity with regulated manufacturing environments and validation expectations; medical device experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the governance model for Tulip and other manufacturing digital tools, including standards and data expectations.
• Act as chief architect for Tulip application development and deployment.
• Partner with IT on platform strategy, integrations, and cybersecurity.
• Translate shop-floor needs into compliant, digital workflows.
• Define roadmap for AI use cases in manufacturing and quality workflows.
• Mentor digitization SMEs, app owners, and process experts.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Strong communication

Systems thinking

Governance

AI/ML concepts

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Manufacturing Systems

Computer Science

Tools

Tulip

MES/MOM

eDHR

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manager, Digital Manufacturing & AI Enablement

Vacancy Name

Vacancy Name Senior Manager, Digital Manufacturing & AI Enablement

Location of Work

Location of Work Remote, US

Employment Type

Employment Type Full Time Employee

Job Description

Our mission
At Corza Medical, our mission is to champion surgical providers with remarkable service and exceptional products that save time, money, and effort. We are a passionate team guided by our core belief that you should never have to choose between performance, value, and a quality customer experience. We are here to support you every step of the way. Our brand promise
We deliver a collaborative experience by working directly with the surgical community to ensure you get the exact surgical tools you need at the right time and the right price.

• Remarkable service: A seamless, personal process designed around you and your needs.
• Trusted performance: Our product family is the result of years of experience championing surgeons and listening to their expertise.
• Outstanding value: No matter the surgical specialty, we deliver quality products for all markets.

Our people promise
Excellence is our Specialty and what makes us successful is our people. We are committed to fostering a positive, empowering and growth-oriented environment where all team members are encouraged to share their opinions and ideas. That means you will work alongside an accomplished and highly collaborative team that inspires commitment to our goal in attaining excellence in everything they do. Job Purpose Summary
This role will lead the first phase of our manufacturing digitization journey within Sustaining Engineering. Tulip is the starting point, but the broader mission is to build a governed digital manufacturing backbone that improves shop-floor execution, captures process knowledge, enables eDHR, and prepares the organization for AI-enabled quality and manufacturing intelligence.
We need a practical digital manufacturing leader who can set governance, architect applications, partner with IT, and build the foundation for future digitization SMEs and AI-enabled workflows. What you will do

• Own the governance model for Tulip and other manufacturing digital tools, including standards, app ownership, change control, lifecycle management, and data expectations.
• Act as the chief architect for Tulip application development: app design, data model, templates, user experience, release process, and scalable deployment approach.
• Partner closely with IT on platform strategy, integrations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and long-term technology direction.
• Translate manufacturing, quality, engineering, and operator needs into simple, compliant, shop-floor-ready digital workflows.
• Build the digital thread connecting work orders, material lots, machine signals, operator inputs, inspection results, quality events, and product performance.
• Define the roadmap for future AI use cases such as process drift detection, anomaly review, guided investigations, quality alerts, and automated insight packs.
• Help build and mentor the first network of digitization SMEs, app owners, super users, and process experts across the business.

First 6-12 Month Priorities

• Stand up the Tulip governance structure with clear roles, decision rights, development standards, and support model.
• Lead the architecture and deployment of the first production Tulip applications supporting guided execution, quality checks, equipment data capture, and eDHR readiness.
• Establish reusable app templates and design standards so future applications are faster, cleaner, and easier to validate.
• Define the data strategy needed to convert shop-floor activity into usable manufacturing and product knowledge.
• Create a practical roadmap for scaling digitization beyond Tulip and preparing for AI-enabled manufacturing and quality workflows.
• Build credibility with operators, engineers, Quality, IT, and site leaders by delivering tools that solve real execution problems.

What you will need

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years in manufacturing, engineering, quality systems, MES/digital manufacturing, or automation.
• Manufacturing, engineering, quality, MES, smart factory, or digital transformation background.
• Experience leading cross-functional work across Operations, Engineering, Quality, IT, and external partners.
• Comfortable with regulated manufacturing environments and validation expectations; medical device experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong systems thinking: understands how applications, data, equipment, people, and quality processes connect.
• Able to write standards, lead governance, influence teams, and still stay close to the shop-floor details.
• Curious and practical about AI; focused on building the data and workflow foundation before chasing technology for its own sake.

Required

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without owning every resource.
• Strong communication skills with executives, engineers, operators, IT, and Quality.

Preferred

• Tulip, MES/MOM, paperless manufacturing, eDHR, or electronic batch record experience.
• Medical device or other regulated manufacturing experience.
• Exposure to ERP/QMS integrations, PLC/OPC-UA/Kepware, vision systems, or machine data.
• Experience with analytics, AI/ML concepts, digital assistants, or manufacturing intelligence use cases.

What we value

• Customer First - We deliver extraordinary experiences.
• Accountability - We do what we say.
• Integrity - We do what is right.
• Inspired - We love what we do.
• One Global Team -We before me, always.

Join us today and Excel@Corza ! Corza Medical offers a competitive benefits package including medical, 401K, vacation and sick time, paternal leave and other benefits.
Corza Medical is an equal opportunity employer. Corza Medical evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, veteran status or other protected characteristics.