Head Of Digital Engineering And Industrial IT

Job Title: Head of Digital Engineering & Industrial IT

(Senior Director / AVP / VP Level)**

Experience: 20+ Years

Reporting To: CEO

Location: Bangalore / Remote

About The Role

We are seeking a senior leader who brings strong IT, data, and systems integration expertise across the engineering and manufacturing value chain.

The ideal candidate should understand product engineering (PLM/PDM/CAD) and process/manufacturing systems (MES/MOM/APC/OT) at a strategic level, while being deeply hands-on with AI/ML, industrial data architectures, and digital thread enablement.

This role focuses on connecting these domains — not performing them — through modern IT platforms, integration architectures, and data intelligence.

The leader will define and scale our Digital Engineering & Industrial IT practice, unifying product data, OT data, process data, and enterprise systems into a cohesive digital ecosystem for global USA/EU clients.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Leadership
• Lead the Digital Engineering & Industrial IT practice with a focus on integration, data intelligence, automation, and AI.
• Build the roadmap for Digital Thread, spanning PLM → Engineering → MES/MOM → ERP → Service.
• Provide strategic oversight of both product engineering IT systems and manufacturing/OT systems, without requiring deep domain specialization.
• Manage global distributed teams, capability building, and multi-million USD delivery portfolios.
• IT, Data, and Digital Architecture
• Architect end-to-end solutions across:
• PLM/PDM ecosystems (3DEXPERIENCE, Teamcenter, Windchill)
• MES/MOM and industrial IT layers
• APC, historian, SCADA/PLC system integration
• ERP (SAP) integration and enterprise data models
• Drive AI/ML initiatives for OT data, including:
• Historian data
• Sensor & time-series OT data
• APC model analytics
• OTS logs and manufacturing datasets
• Lead the development of industrial data pipelines, industrial lakehouses, contextualization layers, and cloud architectures.
• Product Engineering IT (Strategic Understanding, IT Leadership)
• Oversee PLM/PDM configuration, workflows, integrations, and digital thread mapping.
• Guide teams working on CAD/CAE integrations, engineering data management, and digital twin (product).
• Ensure alignment of engineering systems with downstream manufacturing and ERP layers.
• Process & Manufacturing IT (Strategic Oversight, Integration Focus)
• Oversee digitalization of manufacturing systems, including MES/MOM and OT/IT platforms.
• Supervise integration of SCADA/PLC, APC, historian systems into enterprise data platforms.
• Drive AI-driven process optimization and predictive analytics from OT/ITS data (not hands-on engineering).
• Support digital twin (process) initiatives via data and modeling teams.
• Client & Business Management
• Lead engagement with USA/EU clients across digital engineering, industrial IT, smart manufacturing, and Industry 4.0.
• Present roadmaps, architectures, and transformation strategies.
• Support sales with solutioning, pricing, staffing plans, and proposals.
• Innovation & Practice Growth
• Build reusable accelerators for:
• PLM–MES–ERP integrations
• Industrial AI models (APC/OT/Process data)
• Digital Thread orchestration
• Industrial data platforms
• Mentor architects across PLM, MES, OT/IT, data engineering, and AI domains.
  
  

• 20+ years in Engineering IT, Digital Engineering, Industrial IT, or OT/IT integration.
• Strong knowledge of PLM/PDM, MES/MOM, APC/OT systems, but as an IT integration leader, not deep domain engineer.
• Expertise in AI/ML for OT data, industrial analytics, and data engineering.
• Experience building digital architectures across PLM → MES → ERP.
• Proven experience with USA/EU clients and global delivery.
• Strong leadership, architecture, stakeholder, and communication skills.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science.
• Master’s degree preferred.