Manufacturing Artificial Intelligence Manager

Location: Hybrid work in Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, Austin, Tampa, Houston, or Charlotte, United States; work includes in-person time in local offices and on client sites, with local or out-of-state travel.

Salary: $132,000–$228,000 per year; 12% annual bonus target; estimated total cash range of $147,840–$255,360.

Company

hirify.global is a consulting firm delivering business, technology, supply chain, and operations solutions for clients.

What you will do

• Partner with manufacturing clients to identify complex operational problems and develop data-driven strategies and solutions.
• Analyze manufacturing data to improve asset utilization, throughput, productivity, quality, and waste management.
• Apply manufacturing AI techniques, prompt development, machine learning, discrete flow simulation, analytics models, dashboards, and reporting tools.
• Lead multiple process improvement projects, client workshops, discovery sessions, stakeholder discussions, and ROI analyses.
• Design and implement process modifications, equipment selections, process-flow redesigns, operational standards, and corrective actions.
• Lead and develop teams, train plant personnel, build executive relationships, and support proposals and business development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in consulting, manufacturing, manufacturing or industrial equipment engineering, operations technology, manufacturing AI, operational digital twins, discrete flow simulation, or a related field.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment with direct exposure to plant-floor operations and operations technology, including data-tag analysis and manipulation.
• Ability to use data and AI to solve manufacturing problems and improve operational outcomes.
• Proficiency with AI tools such as Microsoft Data Foundry or equivalent, ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, and NVIDIA.
• Program or project management experience with a record of running multiple improvement projects successfully.
• Understanding of manufacturing financials, cost analysis, and ROI calculations.
• Excellent communication skills, including translating complex data, risks, and challenges into actionable insights for plant-floor personnel, management, and executives.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; secondary proficiency in Visio, Access, SQL, Python, and Tableau or Power BI.
• Leadership and direct supervisory experience, including performance reviews, mentoring, coaching, work oversight, cross-team coordination, and team motivation.

Nice to have

• Experience with data historians such as OSIsoft, data tags, and high-value use cases.
• Professional certification such as CPM, CPSM, CSCP, CPIM, PMP, TPM, Six Sigma or Lean Six Sigma, Certified Scrum Professional, or similar.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative and inclusive culture focused on integrity, inclusion, innovation, learning, and commitment to success.
• Hybrid workplace combining remote work with in-person work in local offices and on client sites; requirements vary by client, project, team, and business factors.
• Full-time employee benefits include medical, dental, vision, FSA and HSA accounts, life and accident insurance, disability coverage, and adoption and fertility assistance.
• Up to 10 weeks of paid parental leave, up to 20 days of Choice Time Off for new hires, and up to 11 paid holidays annually.
• Company 401(k) plan with a 50% employer match on the first 6% of employee contributions.
• hirify.global is not registered to hire or employ personnel in West Virginia or Alaska. Offers are contingent on successful completion of a background check.

Hiring process

• Employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
• Accommodation requests must specify the accommodation needed and the city and state of the position applied for.