Program Manager - MES (GE Proficy Preferred)

Hiring Alert | Program Manager MES (GE Proficy Preferred)

Location: Plano, TX (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience Required: 18 20 Years
Visa Type: USC / GC / GC EAD Only

Must-Have Skills:

• GE Proficy Hands-on Experience Preferred
• GE Historian
• Kepware
• Plant Applications
• MES / Manufacturing Execution Systems
• CPG / Consumer Packaged Goods Domain
• Shop Floor Manufacturing & Warehouse Operations
• End-to-End MES & Industry 4.0 Transformation
• Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM)
• Production, Quality, Inventory, Maintenance & Energy Management
• MES Architecture & OT/Enterprise Integration
• On-Prem, Edge & Cloud Architecture
• SQL
• OPC
• OT & ERP Integrations
• Industrial AI, GenAI & Predictive Manufacturing Use Cases
• Waterfall, Agile, SAFe & Stage-Gate Methodologies
• Azure DevOps & DevOps CI/CD
• Program Governance & Portfolio Management
• Budget, SOW, Invoice & Change Order Management
• Executive Stakeholder & Customer Management

Key Responsibilities:

• Serve as the single point of contact for customer Business and IT executives
• Lead end-to-end MES and Industry 4.0 transformation programs from due diligence through value realization
• Drive requirements gathering, product selection, development, pilot deployment, global rollouts, adoption and benefits realization
• Provide techno-functional leadership across Manufacturing Operations Management
• Architect next-generation MOM solutions integrating MES with OT and enterprise systems
• Lead hands-on MES transformation leveraging GE Proficy, Historian, Kepware and Plant Applications
• Drive AI adoption and Industrial AI use cases across MOM applications
• Build, mentor and scale high-performing MES and Industry 4.0 delivery teams
• Lead governance including RAG status, KPIs, RAID, risks, issues, decisions and benefits tracking
• Review program charter, operating model, RACI and governance framework
• Orchestrate cross-functional technical and functional teams to ensure successful program delivery
• Manage a $20M portfolio, including pipeline development and program delivery
• Track SLAs, defects, MTTR/MTBF, schedule and effort variance, utilization, automation benefits, CSAT and compliance metrics
• Manage budgets, SOWs, invoices, change orders and resource utilization
• Provide executive updates, steering committee leadership, risk mitigation and change management

Preferred Experience:

• Hands-on GE Proficy experience is strongly preferred
• Hands-on experience with GE Proficy Historian, Kepware and Plant Applications
• Large-scale MES / Industry 4.0 transformation programs
• CPG and manufacturing domain experience
• Experience managing and scaling 200+ member delivery organizations
• Global customer-facing program leadership
• Experience with predictive, GenAI and self-resolving manufacturing solutions
• Strong thought leadership and Industry 4.0 strategy experience