Manager of Manufacturing Applications is responsible for ensuring compliant, reliable, and validated enterprise manufacturing platforms that support GxP-regulated operations across the organization.
This position reports to the Director of Software Engineering and is part of the IT Manufacturing Applications team. The role is based remotely, with a strong preference for candidates located in or willing to work onsite in Coralville, Iowa, or Fargo, North Dakota. Candidates who choose to work onsite will be eligible for relocation assistance as part of the employment offer.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:- Own the end-to-end management of GxP-regulated manufacturing systems, including lifecycle planning, enhancements, upgrades, rationalization, and decommissioning.
- Ensure manufacturing systems operate in compliance with GxP regulations, internal quality standards, and inspection readiness expectations.
- Coordinate with the Validation team and govern change management for GxP systems, including validation planning, risk assessments, testing, documentation, change impact analysis, and ensuring changes are properly assessed, approved, tested, and deployed in alignment with validation and quality requirements.
- Partner closely with Quality, Manufacturing, and IT stakeholders to translate operational needs into compliant system capabilities and improvements.
- Oversee operational stability and performance of GxP systems, including incident management, root cause analysis, corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs), and continuous improvement.
- Manage vendors and service partners supporting GxP systems, ensuring compliance, performance, documentation, and service expectations are met.
- Maintain inspection-ready documentation, support internal and external audits and regulatory inspections, and coordinate training and user enablement to ensure proper system use and sustained compliance.
The essential requirements of the job include:- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
- At least 8-10 years of experience supporting or managing manufacturing IT systems in regulated environments, including experience with technically complex systems involving integrations, automation, or custom implementations.
- Demonstrated experience managing GxP-regulated systems, including validation support, compliance oversight, and change control in collaboration with Quality and Validation teams, and partnering with Manufacturing and Quality organizations to support compliant operations.
- Strong understanding of manufacturing systems (e.g., MES, LIMS, QMS, instruments related, or related manufacturing platforms).
- Experience operating within IT service management and quality governance processes, with hands-on software development experience supporting system integrations, automation, or platform enhancements, using technologies such as C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, modern web frameworks (e.g. React), and API-based integrations.
It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in:- Experience supporting global or multi site manufacturing environments.
- Exposure to manufacturing digital transformation initiatives.
- Experience with ERP-manufacturing system integrations in regulated contexts.
At IDT we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additional information about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for IDT can provide.
The salary range for this role is $95k - $135k. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay.#LI-Remote
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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