Senior Engineer, Smart Manufacturing & AI Innovation Lead

Cardinal Health

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Cardinal Health is a global healthcare services and products company specializing in pharmaceutical distribution, medical products, and supply chain solutions for healthcare providers and pharmacies. Industry: Healthcare Distribution & Services

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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, Smart Manufacturing & AI Innovation Lead

The Senior Engineer, Smart Manufacturing & AI Innovation Lead joins the manufacturing team to drive the adoption and scaling of Artificial Intelligence and Smart Manufacturing capabilities. This role involves identifying high-value business opportunities, defining transformation roadmaps, and managing an AI initiative portfolio from ideation through deployment. The lead will build and scale pilot projects, improve data quality and governance, and develop smart manufacturing playbooks. Key technical competencies include expertise in machine learning, generative AI, and intelligent automation. The position requires navigating corporate AI governance frameworks and responsible AI practices to ensure compliant, secure adoption. The work focuses on solving manufacturing and supply chain problems by bridging engineering, data, and technology teams to deliver measurable operational improvements and sustainable AI capability development across the organization.

What you'll do

  • Define a smart manufacturing transformation roadmap by prioritizing high-value use cases aligned with business objectives.
  • Manage the manufacturing AI initiative portfolio from initial ideation through deployment, scaling, and continuous optimization.
  • Lead the delivery of AI and automation pilot projects in partnership with data scientists and engineers.
  • Improve data quality, accessibility, and governance to enable scalable smart manufacturing solutions.
  • Ensure all AI initiatives comply with corporate governance frameworks, guardrails, and responsible AI practices.
  • Develop and maintain smart manufacturing playbooks, standards, and operating models to accelerate solution delivery.
  • Track and communicate the business value realized through smart manufacturing initiatives to executive stakeholders.
  • Monitor emerging AI technologies and industry trends to identify opportunities for supply chain improvement.

What we're looking for

  • 8-12 years of experience (preferred)
  • Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Business, Information Systems, or related field (preferred)
  • 5+ years of experience leading AI, digital transformation, advanced analytics, automation, or technology-enabled business initiatives (preferred)
  • Demonstrated experience successfully deploying AI, machine learning, generative AI, or intelligent automation solutions from concept through production.
  • Experience establishing governance frameworks, standards, and controls for AI solutions while balancing innovation and risk.
  • Experience building AI adoption frameworks, communities of practice, or training programs to promote sustainable AI capability development.
  • Experience within large-scale global organizations recognized for advanced AI, digital, or supply chain capabilities.
  • Experience leading AI or Data Science teams.

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