Job description
Requirements
Must have:
- 10 years of relevant experience for a managerial role involving project leadership and strategic partnership. Exceptional candidates with a strong record of IT leadership in electronics manufacturing may be considered with slightly fewer years of experience.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Commerce, Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Strong business analysis capability, including requirements gathering, documentation, and stakeholder playback.
- Experience defining application development requirements, ideally in a production or manufacturing setting.
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and re-engineer business processes to improve quality, service, and cost efficiency.
- Familiarity with Engineering R&D processes and tools to translate business needs into technical IT requirements.
- Solid understanding of IT infrastructure, including networks, servers, and information security tools.
- Strong project management and planning skills.
- Analytical thinking, problem-solving, critical judgment, and sound decision-making.
- Knowledge of electronics manufacturing and operations, including production planning, logistics, and operational processes.
- Understanding of functional areas such as finance, supply chain, and quality.
- Strong business and technical writing skills.
- Familiarity with standard application development design processes and project management tools.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, including communication with both operational teams and senior leadership.
- Proactive self-starter with an ownership mindset, strong attention to detail, and the ability to deliver quality work on time.
- Analytical, negotiation, and creative problem-solving skills.
- Motivated, methodical, and optimistic approach.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate and lead detailed requirements-gathering workshops with business subject matter experts, using design thinking and other workshop methods.
- Build strong partnerships with the functional areas we support to understand the IT capabilities they need to innovate, scale, improve efficiency, and meet compliance needs.
- Act as a liaison between business units and our IT development team to design and implement solutions that meet business requirements.
- Take accountability for key project activities in coordination with the IT Project Management Office, internal IT teams, and vendors.
- Negotiate with teams, escalate issues when needed, and ensure project management practices are followed throughout the project lifecycle.
- Research emerging technologies and assess how they can improve business processes across the enterprise.
- Conduct technical evaluations of system upgrades, including feasibility, cost, timing, and compatibility with existing systems.
- Perform feasibility studies and cost-benefit analyses to identify viable process improvement solutions.
- Analyze current and proposed business procedures, define improvement needs, and prepare process flowcharts and diagrams.
- Qualify and prioritize requirements when IT execution resources or budget are constrained.
- Participate in hardware and software evaluations for proposed solutions and present the findings to the business team.
- Stay current on new and emerging trends and technologies that can benefit our organization, partners, and customers.
Company
We are a rapidly growing Hardware Platform Solutions organization within Celestica, supporting our R&D Engineering teams through strategic IT partnership. In this hybrid role based in Richardson, Texas, we focus on aligning global IT capabilities with business needs to drive efficiency, innovation, and growth. We offer a comprehensive benefits package in addition to base salary and target short-term incentive compensation. Celestica is a global leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform, and supply chain solutions, headquartered in Toronto with teams across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. We are committed to an inclusive, accessible workplace and use AI tools to assist in screening, with human review for all hiring decisions.