Job Description
We're defined by the growth and transformation we deliver – for our customers, for our business, and for the market. We don't exist to build software. We exist to power manufacturing, the world's most important business sector, to run better: more competitive, more productive, more efficient, safer, and with higher quality. That's why we call ourselves MPX – Manufacturing Performance Excellence.
Rockwell Automation is looking for a Business Manager- Autonomous Operations in our Manufacturing Performance Excellence group.
You will lead a team of 6 direct reports that are building the unified digital thread from edge-to-cloud and through the Design to Operate, to Maintain workflows. The team will coordinate across business segments, commercial motions, and support functions to deliver end-to-end interoperability across our portfolio solutions.
Reporting to the VP/GM, MPX, you will work a hybrid office schedule from either our Milwaukee HQ or Mayfield Heights, OH offices.
Your Responsibilities:Strategy & Business Case
- Oversee the Autonomous Operations vision, strategy, business plan, roadmap, and delivery.
- Build and execute against clear-eyed, return focused business cases for growth and investment.
- Use customer feedback, market trends, competitive intelligence, industry requirements, and Voice of Customer inputs to guide investment decisions and roadmap priorities.
- Prioritize highest impact use cases for the market, our customers, and our business, across the portfolio.
- Deliver and report on measurable results for the business – growth, innovation, customer satisfaction.
Product, Innovation & Interoperability
- Grow the business and use case for product and technology roadmap for shared capabilities, AI, platform, and edge to increase team leverage and deliver growth.
- Deliver cross-portfolio capabilities that provide greater leverage and speed to market that span our edge-to-cloud portfolio, including AI, interoperability, Data & Analytics & Edge products.
- Harmonize and standardize the Edge portfolio around common architectures and capabilities for logical land and expand motions.
- Partner with global segments and center of excellence to deliver integration and interoperability architectures to deliver the full digital thread, from Design to Operate to Maintain.
Team, People, & Organizational Leadership
- Lead a high-performing team with clear ownership and accountability.
- Increase competencies and depth in core domains of Edge, Cloud, AI, and interoperability standards, and Rockwell portfolio.
- Develop the next generation of business and product leadership while promoting a culture focused on people, accountability, results, speed, innovation, and customer focus.
- Be the connective tissue between organizations and bridge technical, functional, cultural, and operational domains.
Customer, Market & Industry Engagement
- Build relationships with key customers, prospects, industry leaders, and technical leadership to understand evolving challenges and digital transformation priorities.
- Establish a disciplined, multifunctional Voice of Customer (VOC) process that translates market needs into product strategy and investment decisions.
- Partner with Rockwell business and sales segments to gain a deeper visibility into industry-specific requirements, technology trends, standards, and market needs.
Success Measures
We measure success in this role by:
- Accelerated Rockwell portfolio growth, recurring revenue expansion, and improved portfolio economics.
- Distinct innovation agenda and speed to market, including increased adoption of new capabilities.
- Increased leverage from our people and platforms, with compelling return on investment
- A connected edge-to-cloud portfolio, with portfolio interoperability and pull-through.
- An organization and culture recognized for strategic clarity, commercial discipline, execution quality, cross-functional leadership, and customer engagement.
The Essentials - You Will Have:- Bachelor's degree or equivalent years of relevant work experience.
- Legal authorization to work in the U.S. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.
- The ability to travel up to 25% of the time, both domestic and international.
The Preferred - You Might Also Have:- Bachelor's degree in engineering discipline with focus in Machine Learning (ML), AI or Data Science.
- 8+ years of people leadership experience in industrial software, enterprise software, Platform technology, manufacturing technology, or related businesses.
- Experience with manufacturers and advanced understanding of manufacturing operations, MES, and industrial automation.
- Experience building and delivering platform or portfolio strategies across multiple products or Rockwell businesses.
- Working knowledge of edge, cloud, AI, data platforms, and system interoperability standards.
- Demonstrated experience building business cases, prioritizing investments, and managing to results.
- Experience as a team leader who blends technical, product, and cultural leadership to build teams, culture, and next-generation leadership depth.
- Influential leadership to align multifunctional teams around a shared plan and mission.
What We Offer:- Health Insurance including Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401k
- Paid Time off
- Parental and Caregiver Leave
- Flexible Work Schedule where you will work with your manager to enjoy a work schedule that can be flexible with your personal life.
- To learn more about our benefits package, please visit at www..
This position is part of a job family. Experience will be the determining factor for position level and compensation.
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Rockwell Automation’s hybrid policy aligns that employees are expected to work at a Rockwell location at least Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays unless they have a business obligation out of the office.
