Job Description

Senior Manager Digital and Tech Plant and Automation (Princeton, NJ)

Location: Princeton, NJ

As Sr. Manager D&T Plant & Automation , you lead and inspire a diverse team of plant‑automation professionals—fueling growth, sparking collaboration, and building a culture where people do the best work of their careers. You’ll be a trusted voice to senior leaders, shaping priorities, influencing bold decisions, and steering roadmaps that define the future of our manufacturing landscape.

You also play a senior delivery role—turning ambition into action by aligning demand, balancing capacity, and delivering digital manufacturing solutions that elevate performance across MES, warehousing, automation and robotics. Your leadership accelerates digital transformation, sharpens operational discipline, and drives results that matter.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a global Plant & Automation team, driving clarity, collaboration and high performance.
• Prioritize and balance demand and capacity, deploying the right expertise for incidents, enhancements and long‑term digital work.
• Influence senior leaders with clear insights and recommendations that shape priorities, expectations and investment decisions.
• Deliver digital manufacturing solutions (MES, warehousing, automation, robotics) that improve stability, efficiency and scalability.
• Strengthen operational discipline, ensuring strong P1/P2 management, ITIL practices and timely, transparent RCA reporting.
• Accelerate proactive digitalization, inspiring teams and partners to modernize assets and adopt new technologies.

We Offer:

• Impact that reaches millions, with sustainability embedded in all we do.
• Flexible, accountable work that supports life and performance.
• Growth pathways across health, nutrition and beauty; learn fast and lead confidently.
• A culture that prioritizes safety and wellbeing, physically and mentally.
• Barrier‑free communities where every voice is valued and respected.
• Curious, science‑led teams solving real manufacturing challenges together.

You Bring:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Manufacturing, Engineering, IT or related field; ~10 years in domain.
• Digital manufacturing expertise (MES, warehousing, ACM, batch mgmt, SCADA/DCS/PLC).
• Proven people leadership of global teams, including contractors.
• Clear, effective communication with senior stakeholders; demand and capacity management.
• Service Desk and ITIL (IM/PM/CM) experience; urgency on P1/P2; disciplined RCA.
• Flexibility for global time zones (e.g., 7–8 a.m. US alignment); fluent in English.

The salary or hourly wage scale provided reflects the pay range dsm-firmenich expects to pay the successful candidate for the position. Individual pay offered will be based on the applicant’s job-related skills, experience, relevant education, or training, and primary work location. Salary $150,000-$180,000.

In addition to base salary, we also offer a comprehensive total rewards package, inclusive of annual incentive pay, a retirement savings plan, health care coverage, paid time off, recognition programs and a broad range of other benefits. All benefits and incentives are subject to eligibility requirements.

About dsm-firmenich

At dsm-firmenich, we don’t just meet expectations – we go beyond them. Join our global team powered by science, creativity, and a shared purpose: to bring progress to life.

From elevating health to making fortified food and sustainable skincare, the impact of your work here will be felt by millions – every single day. Whether it’s fragrance that helps you focus, alternative meat that’s better for the planet, or reducing sugar without losing flavor, this is where you help shape the future of nutrition, health, and beauty for everyone, everywhere.

And while you’re making a difference, we’ll make sure you’re growing too. With learning that never stops, a culture that lifts you up and the freedom to move across businesses, teams, and borders. Your voice matters here. And your ideas? They’re essential to our future. 

Because real progress only happens when we go beyond, together .

The application process

Interested in this position? Please apply online by uploading your resume in English. We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on  February 13, 2026.

Inclusion, belonging and equal opportunity statement

At dsm-firmenich, we believe being a force for good starts with the way we treat each other. When people feel supported, included, and free to be themselves, they do their best work – and that’s exactly the kind of culture we’re building. A place where opportunity is truly equal, authenticity is celebrated, and everyone has the chance to grow, contribute, and feel they belong.

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we’re serious about making our hiring process as fair and inclusive as possible. From inclusive language and diverse interview panels to thoughtful sourcing, we’re committed to reflecting the world we serve.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds — no matter your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or anything else that makes you, you.

And if you have a disability or need any support through the application process, we’re here to help – just let us know what you need, and we’ll do everything we can to make it work.

Agency statement

We’re managing this search directly at dsm-firmenich. If you’re applying as an individual, we’d love to hear from you. We’re not accepting agency submissions or proposals involving fees or commissions for this role.

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