Manufacturing Product Manager

Location: Warren, MI 48092 | Duration: 12 months | 100% on-site

About the role

Lead enterprise digital manufacturing architecture and digital thread strategy, owning product vision, roadmap, and adoption outcomes across PLM, MES, and OT systems. Translate manufacturing, customer, and business needs into product requirements and capabilities while governing lifecycle management, architecture standards, integration principles, and data flows. Collaborate across manufacturing, engineering, operations, controls, IT, cybersecurity, plant, supplier, and business teams to track benefits realization, adoption, scalability, reliability, security, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise digital manufacturing architecture and digital thread
• Own manufacturing use cases, product vision, roadmap, prioritization, and adoption outcomes
• Establish target-state PLM/MES/OT architecture and interoperability across plant and enterprise systems
• Translate manufacturing, customer, and business needs into product requirements and capabilities
• Govern lifecycle management, architecture standards, integration principles, data flows, and backlogs
• Assess current-state landscapes, identify gaps, coordinate delivery, and align investments to business outcomes
• Collaborate across manufacturing, engineering, operations, controls, IT, cybersecurity, plant, supplier, and business teams
• Track benefits realization, adoption, scalability, reliability, security, compliance, and continuous improvement

Requirements

• Enterprise digital manufacturing architecture, digital thread, and product management
• PLM/MES/OT architecture, interoperability, lifecycle management, and systems integration
• Product requirements, use cases, roadmap planning, and prioritization
• Stakeholder management, benefits realization, adoption, and measurable outcomes
• Systems thinking, communication, analytics, decision-making, and problem-solving

Managerial skills

• Strong systems thinking, analytical decision-making, and problem-solving skills
• Cross-functional alignment and stakeholder management across manufacturing, engineering, operations, IT, controls, cybersecurity, plant, supplier, and business teams
• Effective communication, delivery coordination, change management, adoption focus, and benefits realization

Keywords

• PLM, MES, OT, Digital Manufacturing Architecture, Digital Thread, Enterprise Architecture
• Systems Integration, Interoperability, Product Management, Use Cases, Requirements, Roadmaps, Prioritization, Benefits Realization
• Lifecycle Management, Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, IIoT, Cloud, Edge
• Agile, Scrum, Lean, Data Governance, Cybersecurity, Global Manufacturing, Multi-Site