The IT Director, Corporate Functions and Engineering is accountable for defining, delivering, and optimizing Sensata’s enterprise application and engineering systems landscape across both Global Support Operations (GSO) functions and Engineering. This role drives end-to-end digital transformation across Finance, HR, Legal, Corporate Communications, and Engineering by modernizing platforms, enabling integrated data flows, and establishing a scalable digital backbone that supports both enterprise operations and product innovation and development.
General Responsibilities
- Directs the activities related to Information Technology in the company, involving the definition, development, maintenance and operation of technology
- Advises on the selection of hardware, software and supplies
- Oversees and determines timeframes for major IT projects including system updates, upgrades, migrations and outages
- Oversees and reports on allocation of IT budget
- Directs team and overall IT business operations to achieve company goals
- Transparently communicating throughout the IT organization and business
- Identify areas of improvements and concerns and accordingly develop action plans
Experience / Qualifications
- A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
- Business ethics - Ability to practice and behave consistently and effectively in areas of business practice and conflicts of interest
- Communication - Ability to communicate effectively by getting the right message across to the right people at the right time on a regular basis
- Customer Orientation - Ability to meet customers’ expectations by identifying and anticipating customers’ needs and integrating these into work; ability to develop new added value for customers and act with the customer in mind
- Result orientation - Ability to take steps personally to ensure that mutual goals and performance targets are met within the appropriate timeframe
- Teamwork - Ability to work with others and work synergistically with fellow team-members
- Planning and Organizing - Ability to plan, prioritize and organize work and schedules in all areas to meet requirements
- Problem solving - Ability to reach logical conclusions to situations by appropriately analyzing the situation. Balances the benefits, risks and consequences of actions
- Time Management - Ability to assessing your ability to manage your time, and the effectiveness of your team to reach department objectives
- Conflict management - Ability to recognize and work towards a mutually agreeable solution when confronted with conflict
- Decision making - Ability to think through possibilities and make sound decisions with appropriate degree of risk; knows when he / she has enough data to make an informed decision
- Resilience - Ability to work under pressure and prioritize
- Strategic thinking - Ability to turn strategy into action, to see the big picture and use this ability productively
- Managing objectives - Ability to decide what needs to be accomplished and design a plan to achieve the desired results
- Team Management - Ability to delegate, motivate, mentor, develop and manage team to achieve objectives. Manage external resource against SLA and operational metrics
- Budget Management - Ability to project and present annual operation Expense and Capital budget in departmental budget process
Additional Responsibilities:
Transformation & Program Delivery
- Define and execute a multi-year roadmap spanning enterprise applications and engineering systems, including ERP, HCM, CLM, PLM, and Digital Thread capabilities.
- Lead large-scale transformations from legacy platforms to modern, cloud-based solutions.
- Establish an integrated digital ecosystem connecting business operations with product development and lifecycle processes.
Platform & Application Ownership
- Own the enterprise application portfolio across Finance, HCM, Legal, Corporate Communications, and Engineering/PLM systems.
- Ensure end-to-end ownership of business processes and engineering data flows including product data, BOM, engineering changes, and NPI lifecycle.
Business Partnership
- Act as a trusted advisor to GSO and Engineering leadership.
- Translate business and product strategies into prioritized technology investments and roadmaps.
- Facilitate alignment across stakeholders globally.
Architecture, Security & Compliance
- Ensure applications align with enterprise architecture, cybersecurity, IP protection, and regulatory requirements.
- Define future-state architecture and proactively manage technical debt.
Operational Excellence
- Own lifecycle management, system stability, and performance.
- Establish KPIs for adoption, data quality, and value realization. Manage vendor relationships and service performance.
Delivery & Governance
- Oversee program and project delivery including implementations, upgrades, integrations, and decommissioning.
- Establish governance frameworks for demand, change, and risk management.
People & Leadership
- Lead and develop global IT teams.
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement while leveraging external partners effectively.
Additional Qualifications:
- 12+ years of IT experience with leadership across enterprise applications or engineering systems.
- Strong knowledge of ERP, HCM, CLM, PLM, and digital transformation programs.
Preferred Experience:
- Experience in manufacturing industries and integrating business systems.
- Hands-on leadership of enterprise transformation programs.
Leadership Competencies:
- Business acumen & partnership
- Stakeholder engagement & collaboration
- Technology foresight & digital innovation
- Execution discipline & reliability
- Strong business‑technology translation skills
- Adaptability & continuous learning
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Base Salary Range:
$179,600.00 - $246,950.00
At Sensata, our employees are the key to our success and growth. We recognize that each individual brings their own unique experience, therefore the base salary range information shown above is a general guideline only. Sensata considers several factors when extending an offer, including, but not limited to, a candidate’s experience and qualifications, as well as internal equity, market and business considerations. In addition to base salary, Sensata offers competitive medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans, along with education reimbursement, wellness programs, a 401(k) retirement plan with Company matching, and a variety of paid time off, such as vacation or flex-time, sick, bereavement, and parental leave. Certain positions are also eligible for short-term incentive and long-term incentive programs.
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