Overview & Responsibilities
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The Director, Digital, Data & AI owns and operates Ebara Elliott Energy's (EEE) Digital Program end-to-end. This role brings the Automation & AI team, data engineering, data science and analytics, and application development together under one accountable leader to instill day-to-day program discipline, including prioritization, value tracking, fail-fast decision-making, and Finance-facing case-building. The incumbent establishes a single intake funnel, a scored prioritization process through a Digital Decision Team, Digital Pod execution, and a quarterly portfolio review. This governance spans all eight capability domains (Digital Engineering, Smart Manufacturing, Connected Products &
Services, Digital Customer Experience, Mobility, Intelligent Automation, AI & Advanced Analytics, and the Connected Workforce) organized around EEE’s three value arcs: Make the Product, Serve the Customer, and Run the Enterprise. The role is accountable for moving the program through a maturity path (from "Crawl" to "Transform") by judging every initiative on net value rather than novelty. A foundational responsibility is partnering with Finance to design and stand up a dedicated digital
funding model so flexible and variable program resources can be funded based on demonstrated value. Furthermore, the Director evaluates application-development decisions as genuine buy-versus-build choices weighed on business value and speed to market.
The role involves assessing the internal team to remove duplicative work and deliberately building toward a variable-cost model that incorporates offshore delivery capacity, managed services, and close partnership with EEE’s incoming IT Shared Services organization. The incumbent operationalizes digital governance policy, integrates cybersecurity testing from intake, aligns investments with EEE’s core Oracle E-Business Suite environment and broader ERP roadmap, and translates technical initiatives into business language.
BACKGROUND and EXPERIENCE
Education Requirement : Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field required. Master’s degree (MBA or related technical/business discipline) is strongly preferred. Formal training or certification in a recognized digital/technology governance or value-management discipline (e.g., TBM Council, PMI/PgMP, SAFe) is a plus.
Minimum Experience : 15+ years of strategic IT leadership, including 5+ years driving Smart Manufacturing initiatives with proven credibility bridging corporate technology and shop-floor realities.
Preferred Experience: Deep working knowledge of ERP systems (Oracle E-Business Suite strongly preferred) and experience operating in a global/international manufacturing environment.
Knowledge and Skills:
· Proven track record building or running a digital transformation, automation, AI, analytics, or application-development program at scale.
· Direct experience conducting or commissioning digital/IT maturity and capability gap assessments.
· Demonstrated experience designing structured project scoring/prioritization frameworks and building disciplined net-value, ROI, and total-cost-of-ownership business cases.
· Experience evaluating application-development decisions as a mix of buy and build, weighing business value and speed to market.
· Direct experience designing and operating flexible, variable-cost staffing models (managed-services, staff augmentation, offshore delivery).
· Experience evaluating, selecting, and implementing enterprise CRM or
customer-data platforms.
· Working knowledge of IT/digital governance policy design and cybersecurity best practices.
· Demonstrated ability to translate technical initiatives into business language for executive audiences and build cross-functional consensus.
· Experience supporting IT/digital due diligence, integration, and separation activity around Mergers & Acquisitions.
NATURE OF THE JOB
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