Sr. Manager, Manufacturing OT Infrastructure

The role will partner with factory operations, engineering, cybersecurity, enterprise IT, application, and business teams to support resilient 24/7 production, modernize the OT environment, and enable future factory integrations and expansions. You will translate operational needs and risks into multiyear roadmaps, investment priorities, standards, and measurable service outcomes. This is a senior leadership role requiring strong influence across organizational boundaries. The position will guide cross-functional delivery teams, govern vendors and service partners, communicate risk and investment recommendations to senior stakeholders, and lead response and recovery for critical infrastructure disruptions. Regular onsite presence at the San Jose or Sunnyvale, California factory is expected. Occasional travel and after-hours or weekend work may be required to support planned maintenance, factory priorities, and critical incidents. Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. 10+ years of progressive experience in infrastructure, technology operations, or a related field, including substantial experience in manufacturing or industrial environments. Demonstrated experience leading infrastructure strategy, operations, or major transformation initiatives across organizational and geographic boundaries. Strong knowledge of manufacturing OT architecture, reliability, cybersecurity, capacity planning, lifecycle management, and business continuity. Experience supporting integration among Manufacturing Execution Systems, factory applications, data platforms, and enterprise resource planning systems. Ability to lead high-severity incident response and communicate technical risk, business impact, and investment recommendations to technical and executive audiences. Experience in semiconductor, electronics, telecommunications, or other high-technology manufacturing environments. Experience with industrial control and facilities systems such as SCADA, DCS, PLC, and EMS platforms. Experience with OT asset inventory, network segmentation, vulnerability management, zero-trust principles, and secure remote access. Familiarity with IEC 62443, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001, IT service management, or related standards and practices. Experience with hybrid cloud, edge computing, virtualization, containers, infrastructure as code, configuration automation, backup, and disaster-recovery technologies. Experience managing budgets, vendors, managed services, or geographically distributed teams.