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Southfield, MI, US, 48033
Country/Region: United States
Job Function: Engineering
Requisition ID: 49810
Employment Type: Salary
Lear For You
We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.
A path to a better career. A better future.
Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we’re named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.
They’re the secret to our success—empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.
Are you ready for a better career? A better future?
Job Description
The Senior Manager, Digital Transformation & BPO Governance will lead the Electronics business's digital transformation strategy, ensuring digital investments and technology initiatives are aligned with business priorities and deliver measurable outcomes. Reporting to the Director, Governance, Execution & Optimization (GEO) – Global Electronics, this role serves as the key link between business leaders, Business Process Owners (BPOs), and digital teams to drive the governance, execution, adoption, and scaling of strategic digital initiatives across the Electronics business. The position is responsible for building a scalable governance framework, accelerating organizational change, and maximizing business value through technology, automation, data, and AI.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the Electronics digital transformation strategy and multi-year roadmap, translating business priorities and future-state operating models into actionable digital initiatives.
- Establish and govern the Business Process Owner (BPO) operating model, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and value realization.
- Partner with business leaders to identify, prioritize, and deploy digital initiatives that improve productivity, decision-making, operational performance, and competitiveness.
- Lead the monthly Electronics Digital Governance Review, tracking roadmap execution, deployment, adoption, value realization, and barriers requiring leadership decisions.
- Drive adoption of digital solutions across the Electronics business through change management, stakeholder engagement, and best-practice sharing across regions and functions.
- Define success metrics, measure business outcomes, and ensure digital initiatives deliver sustainable value.
- Coach, align, and challenge BPOs to define future-state processes, digital requirements, Statements of Work, business cases, transformation roadmaps, adoption plans, value metrics, and data-accountability requirements.
- Act as a change agent who promotes innovation, challenges the status quo, and drives cross-functional collaboration in a highly matrixed organization.
- Align the IDEA and broader digital portfolio with Electronics business objectives, maintaining transparency of priorities, investments, resources, and expected value.
- Challenge initiatives that are not delivering expected outcomes and recommend reprioritization of resources toward higher-value opportunities.
- Ensure successful digital solutions are standardized and scaled across functions and regions rather than remaining isolated local pilots.
The Role
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field.
- Experience establishing and managing governance frameworks, operating models, and cross-functional transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of business process design, process improvement, and organizational transformation.
- Proven success leading large-scale change management and digital adoption efforts.
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive results in a complex, matrixed organization without direct authority.
- Strong business, financial, and analytical acumen with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience deploying enterprise-wide digital solutions and delivering measurable business value.
- Demonstrated builder mindset with strong ownership, execution discipline, systems thinking, and a willingness to constructively challenge established ways of working.
Your Qualifications
- Experience in the Electronics or Automotive industry.
- Significant experience leading digital transformation initiatives within manufacturing, engineering, operations, supply chain, purchasing, program management, or related business functions.
- Knowledge of automation, artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics, and digital manufacturing technologies.
- Experience leading global digital transformation programs across multiple regions.
- Familiarity with Business Process Owner (BPO) governance models and operating structures.
- Experience developing digital investment business cases, statements of work, and value realization frameworks.
- Continuous improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar process excellence experience.
- Demonstrated track record of scaling digital solutions across multiple functions and regions and driving sustained adoption.
Bonus If You Have
- Advanced degree (MBA or related discipline) preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.
We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.
Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.
Location:
Southfield, MI, US, 48033
Country/Region: United States
Job Function: Engineering
Requisition ID: 49810
Employment Type: Salary
Lear For You
We work hard for the people who work for us. We champion our teams and foster collaboration, inclusion, respect and excellence. Because we want to be more for you.
A path to a better career. A better future.
Our teams have invented groundbreaking technologies, manufactured millions of products and earned a long list of awards. Year after year, we’re named one of the World’s Most Admired Companies.
They’re the secret to our success—empowered, inventive and inclusive. Passionate about their craft. Driven to succeed. Because we win together.
Are you ready for a better career? A better future?
Job Description
The Senior Manager, Digital Transformation & BPO Governance will lead the Electronics business's digital transformation strategy, ensuring digital investments and technology initiatives are aligned with business priorities and deliver measurable outcomes. Reporting to the Director, Governance, Execution & Optimization (GEO) – Global Electronics, this role serves as the key link between business leaders, Business Process Owners (BPOs), and digital teams to drive the governance, execution, adoption, and scaling of strategic digital initiatives across the Electronics business. The position is responsible for building a scalable governance framework, accelerating organizational change, and maximizing business value through technology, automation, data, and AI.
Responsibilities
- Develop and lead the Electronics digital transformation strategy and multi-year roadmap, translating business priorities and future-state operating models into actionable digital initiatives.
- Establish and govern the Business Process Owner (BPO) operating model, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and value realization.
- Partner with business leaders to identify, prioritize, and deploy digital initiatives that improve productivity, decision-making, operational performance, and competitiveness.
- Lead the monthly Electronics Digital Governance Review, tracking roadmap execution, deployment, adoption, value realization, and barriers requiring leadership decisions.
- Drive adoption of digital solutions across the Electronics business through change management, stakeholder engagement, and best-practice sharing across regions and functions.
- Define success metrics, measure business outcomes, and ensure digital initiatives deliver sustainable value.
- Coach, align, and challenge BPOs to define future-state processes, digital requirements, Statements of Work, business cases, transformation roadmaps, adoption plans, value metrics, and data-accountability requirements.
- Act as a change agent who promotes innovation, challenges the status quo, and drives cross-functional collaboration in a highly matrixed organization.
- Align the IDEA and broader digital portfolio with Electronics business objectives, maintaining transparency of priorities, investments, resources, and expected value.
- Challenge initiatives that are not delivering expected outcomes and recommend reprioritization of resources toward higher-value opportunities.
- Ensure successful digital solutions are standardized and scaled across functions and regions rather than remaining isolated local pilots.
The Role
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, Operations, Supply Chain, or a related field.
- Experience establishing and managing governance frameworks, operating models, and cross-functional transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of business process design, process improvement, and organizational transformation.
- Proven success leading large-scale change management and digital adoption efforts.
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive results in a complex, matrixed organization without direct authority.
- Strong business, financial, and analytical acumen with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
- Exceptional communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience deploying enterprise-wide digital solutions and delivering measurable business value.
- Demonstrated builder mindset with strong ownership, execution discipline, systems thinking, and a willingness to constructively challenge established ways of working.
Your Qualifications
- Experience in the Electronics or Automotive industry.
- Significant experience leading digital transformation initiatives within manufacturing, engineering, operations, supply chain, purchasing, program management, or related business functions.
- Knowledge of automation, artificial intelligence (AI), advanced analytics, and digital manufacturing technologies.
- Experience leading global digital transformation programs across multiple regions.
- Familiarity with Business Process Owner (BPO) governance models and operating structures.
- Experience developing digital investment business cases, statements of work, and value realization frameworks.
- Continuous improvement, Lean, Six Sigma, or similar process excellence experience.
- Demonstrated track record of scaling digital solutions across multiple functions and regions and driving sustained adoption.
Bonus If You Have
- Advanced degree (MBA or related discipline) preferred.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Lear Corporation is committed to fair, merit‑based employment practices and equal opportunity.
We provide reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law. For assistance during the application process, contact your recruiter directly.
Applicants must submit their resume for consideration using our applicant tracking system. Due to the high volume of applications received, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located. Unsolicited resumes from search firms, employment agencies, or similar, will not be paid a fee and will become the property of Lear Corporation.
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Align your credentials to EB-2 requirements
Data Governance Lead positions typically qualify under EB-2 when the role requires a master's degree in information management, computer science, or a related field. Document any graduate-level credentials and specialized certifications like CDMP before your employer initiates the PERM process.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search the DOL's OFLC Wage Search to identify employers who have filed PERM applications for data governance or data management roles. Companies already familiar with the process move faster and are less likely to withdraw sponsorship mid-filing due to compliance concerns.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsoring employers
Filter your job search on Migrate Mate to surface Data Governance Lead openings at employers with verified green card sponsorship history. This cuts the time spent cold-applying to companies that haven't sponsored PERM cases in your occupation category.
Clarify the prevailing wage tier before accepting an offer
DOL assigns your role a prevailing wage level at PERM filing, which must match or fall below your actual offered salary. Ask your employer which SOC code they plan to file under so you can verify the wage tier using the OFLC Wage Search before signing your offer letter.
Build documentation that supports specialty occupation status
Employers sometimes underestimate how closely USCIS scrutinizes data governance roles at the I-140 stage. Gather job descriptions from published industry frameworks, O*NET occupation profiles, and internal governance charters that confirm a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field is standard for the role.
Understand how your country of birth affects your green card timeline
EB-2 and EB-3 priority dates move independently, and applicants born in India or China face backlogs that can stretch years. Review the monthly Visa Bulletin with your employer's attorney to decide whether concurrent filing of the I-140 and I-485 is available to you now.
Green Card Data Governance Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Data Governance Lead role typically qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Data Governance Lead positions qualify for EB-2 because they require at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as information management, computer science, or business analytics, and often a master's degree in practice. If the employer's internal requirements meet the advanced-degree threshold, EB-2 is the stronger filing path. EB-3 remains available for roles where a four-year degree is the stated minimum.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa sponsorship is temporary and subject to an annual lottery, while PERM-based green card sponsorship leads to lawful permanent residency with no cap concerns at the EB-3 level for most countries. The PERM process requires the employer to conduct a supervised recruitment campaign and certify no qualified U.S. worker was available, which takes longer upfront but results in a permanent immigration outcome rather than a renewable status.
What documentation should I prepare before my employer files PERM for a data governance role?
Gather your official transcripts, any graduate-level diplomas, and professional certifications relevant to data governance such as the Certified Data Management Professional credential. You'll also need a detailed employment history that maps your past roles to the specialty occupation requirements USCIS reviews at the I-140 stage. Gaps between your degree field and your current role should be addressed with supporting documentation before your employer's attorney drafts the labor certification.
How do I find Data Governance Lead jobs where employers are already open to green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search for Data Governance Lead openings filtered by employers with verified PERM and employment-based sponsorship history, so you're not wasting applications on companies that have never navigated the labor certification process. Targeting employers with existing PERM filings in data management or governance occupations significantly shortens the path from job offer to filing.
Can my employer start the PERM process while I'm on H-1B status?
Yes, your employer can initiate PERM labor certification while you maintain valid H-1B status. Filing early matters because your priority date is established when USCIS receives the approved I-140 petition, not when PERM is filed. For applicants born in countries without backlogs, concurrent filing of the I-140 and I-485 may be possible once PERM is certified, potentially compressing the overall timeline.