Senior Manager- Manufacturing IT Strategic Initiatives and Architecture

The Company

Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later having pioneered an industry. And were just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what weve started: Improving human health.

We are driven by thousands of ambitious passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening serving with integrity thinking big and being dependable. Weve already changed millions of lives and were ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. Well get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though weve come a long way from our small company days our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us.

Meet the team:

This position will report to the IT Director Manufacturing and Smart Factory and will lead strategy development and support of our manufacturing systems landscape. This role is critical to driving operational excellence and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in a highly controlled environment. High degree of visibility and pivotal to Dexcoms overall success the IT Sr. Manager will guide a team of high-performing IT/OT team members in all aspects of system strategy and lifecycle for our core manufacturing systems working collaboratively with colleagues around the world as part of a global IT organization.

Where you come in:

• Lead team of experienced professionals in technical design development and implementation and lifecycle support for global manufacturing platforms ensuring compliance with GMP/GxP ISO 13485 and FDA 21 CFR Parts 11 and 820.
• Drive definition and execution of strategic initiatives including Digital Factory Reliability-Centered Maintenance and Manufacturing AI/Analytics.
• Drive automation in collaboration with manufacturing business owners throughout the manufacturing process in support of the Digital Factory implementation.
• Support full validation documentation across all development activities and manage validated systems throughout their lifecycle including periodic reviews change control and re-validation activities.
• Participate in testing release planning and go-live deployments to ensure readiness and support continuity.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with operations quality and IT teams to ensure seamless integration and process efficiency.
• Contribute to a strategic application roadmap with annual portfolio planning updates and budget submission contributing to the overall manufacturing and IT strategic plans.
• Manage the daily activities of direct reports and ensure continuous improvement and development of the team.
• Manage the budget for the responsible area and with regular forecast updates.
• Work closely with Manufacturing leadership teams to enable processes that support new product introduction commercial launch daily operations and continuous improvement.

What makes you successful:

• 10 years of experience in all aspects of manufacturing systems management including strategy development and support.
• Experience with Machine Learning Predictive Maintenance and AI for Manufacturing. GCP Agentic AI Gemini Enterprise / Vertix strongly preferred.
• Proven track record in system architecture integration and lifecycle management within regulated environments.
• Deep understanding of FDA requirements for validated systems including GMP/GxP ISO 13485 FDA 21 CFR Parts 11 and 820 and electronic records/e-signatures compliance.
• Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Six Sigma experience / certification strongly preferred.

• 15-25%

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Typically requires a Bachelors degree in a technical discipline with 13 years of industry experience
• 5-8 years of previous people management experience

Flex Workplace: Your primary location will be a home office. You will not have an assigned workstation and will work with your manager to determine office visit needs. You must live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km).

Please note: The information contained herein is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job nor are they intended to be an all-inclusive list of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Management may at its discretion assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The duties and responsibilities in this job description may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity age national origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Dexcoms AAP may be viewed upon request by contacting Talent Acquisition at

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