Sr. Manager - OT Program Enablement

Lear Corporation; Southfield (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Lear Corporation is seeking an experienced OT Program Enablement Manager to coordinate prerequisites, dependencies, and standards adoption across plants and regions. The role reports to the Director, Global OT and manages a program enablement engineer.

The position requires leadership across IT/OT interfaces, manufacturing engineering, IT, and cybersecurity, with 25-35% global travel and a focus on delivering implementable OT standards and readiness.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in OT, industrial automation, or related manufacturing discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of people leadership, project leadership, or program leadership experience.
• Experience coordinating manufacturing technology programs, deployment readiness, and standards adoption.

Responsibilities

• Translate OT roadmap into coordinated program plans, priorities, dependencies, and measures of progress.
• Lead program readiness and governance reviews; coordinate design reviews with architects and owners.
• Define standards adoption and compliance review processes, including exceptions and remediation.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables, deployment prerequisites, training readiness, and handoff with regions/plants.

Skills

OT/Industrial automation

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Program governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related

Tools

Ignition

MQTT

Unified Namespace (UNS)

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Southfield, MI, US, 48033 Grand Prairie, TX, US, 75050 Grand Rapids, MI, US, 49525 Hebron, OH, US, 43055 Louisville, KY, US, 40208 McCalla, AL, US, 35111 Montgomery, AL, US, 36105 Rochester Hills, MI, US, 48309 Selma, AL, US, 36701 Traverse City, MI, US, 49686 Vance, AL, US, 35490

Country/Region: United States

Job Function: Operations

Requisition ID: 49617

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Job Description

OT Program Enablement

• Birmingham, AL
• Columbus, OH
• Grand Rapids, MI
• Louisville, KY
• Montgomery, AL
• Traverse City, MI
• Tuscaloosa, AL

Business Unit: Seating

Function: Industrial Digitalization & Excellence (iDEA)

Department: Global Operational Technology (OT)

Reports To: Director, Global OT

Direct Reports: Sr. OT Development and Support Engineer, OT Program Enablement

Travel Requirement: 25-35% global travel

Position Summary

This position leads OT program enablement for Lear Seating's Global Operational Technology organization. Reporting to the Director, Global OT, the manager turns manufacturing priorities into coordinated implementation plans, readiness requirements, and standards adoption activities. The role manages the program enablement engineer, partners with the Sr. IT-OT Architect on technical requirements, and coordinates with the Sr. Manager, Operational Technology on deployment and sustainment.

Why This Role Exists

Lear needs dedicated program leadership to coordinate prerequisites, resolve dependencies, and apply OT standards consistently across plants and regions. This role connects business priorities and approved technical requirements with practical implementation plans.

What This Role Will Do

The manager works with Global OT leadership, the Sr. IT-OT Architect, Regional Support, manufacturing engineering, IT, and cybersecurity. The role leads program governance and readiness reviews, coordinates standards adoption, and engages the architect and relevant technical owners for architecture decisions.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Translate the OT roadmap into coordinated program plans, priorities, dependencies, and measures of progress.
• Coordinate the development, review, and adoption of OT standards and procedures with the responsible technical owners.
• Lead program readiness and governance reviews; coordinate design reviews with the Sr. IT-OT Architect and technical owners.

Manage, coach, and prioritize work for the program enablement engineer.

• Coordinate solution evaluations against manufacturing needs, approved standards, deployment readiness, and supportability.
• Coordinate IT, OT, networking, and cybersecurity requirements without changing the ownership of those functions.
• Define standards adoption and compliance review processes, including documented exceptions and remediation follow-up.
• Coordinate engineering deliverables, deployment prerequisites, training readiness, and handoff requirements with Regional Support and plants.
• Track audit findings, readiness gaps, program risks, and corrective actions through resolution with accountable owners.
• Report program progress, readiness, material risks, and decisions needed to the Director, Global OT.

Education Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Industrial Automation, Manufacturing Technology, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline preferred.

Experience Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in OT, industrial automation, manufacturing systems, controls engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 2 years of people leadership, project leadership, technical leadership, or program leadership experience.
• Experience coordinating manufacturing technology programs, deployment readiness, standards adoption, or governance processes.
• Strong understanding of industrial automation, OT cybersecurity, industrial networking, and manufacturing operations.
• Ability to lead cross-functional reviews, communicate technical tradeoffs, and resolve competing business and operational needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Ignition, MQTT, Unified Namespace (UNS), industrial historians, and manufacturing analytics.
• Experience leading multi-site OT programs, standards adoption, and engineering teams in a global manufacturing organization.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit-based employment practices and equal opportunity.

We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located.