Senior Manager, IT – Manufacturing Capabilities
Posted Aug 20, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a time a vendor wasn't delivering. What did you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can hold vendors accountable on scope, schedule and cost without damaging the partnership.
Describe a project where you had to coordinate IT, automation engineers and process engineers. What was hard?
What they are checking: Whether they can manage dependencies across groups with very different priorities and languages.
What would you do
How is delivering a project on the plant floor different from delivering an IT project in the office?
What they are checking: Whether they respect production schedules, safety and OT realities that make plant work harder.
The plant manager says the new system is slowing down operators and wants to roll it back. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they take real user problems seriously while protecting the project's value.
As a full stack application owner, how do you balance new projects with keeping existing systems reliable?
What they are checking: Whether they protect day-to-day reliability while still delivering new capability.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd run a technology project at a manufacturing plant, from charter through hypercare.
What they are checking: Whether they can run full project governance with stage gates, risk logs and steering, as the posting describes.
You need to cut over a new MES system at a plant that runs 24/7. How would you plan it?
What they are checking: Whether they can plan a cutover that protects production, with rollback plans and support on the floor.
How do you manage cybersecurity risk when connecting OT systems to IT networks?
What they are checking: Whether they understand network segmentation and the specific risks of plant control systems.
How do you handle validation requirements when a system touches food safety or quality data?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that compliance and validation shape plans for systems in regulated food manufacturing.
How do you measure whether a manufacturing technology project actually delivered business value?
What they are checking: Whether they define and track outcomes like uptime or yield, not just on-time delivery.
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