Senior Manager - Product Development

Position Summary

Milacron is looking for a Software Leader to join our team in Ahmedabad, India. In this position, you will be responsible for leading India Software organization (Production & Development) and Support global Controls group.

Work Youll Do

• Own the software architecture and roadmap for machine control, HMI, and connected-equipment platforms across Milacrons product lines globally.
• Set technical standards for code quality, testing, security, and documentation across the India software organization in alignment with global controls strategy.
• Drive modernization initiatives — e.g., migration to updated control platforms, cloud/IIoT connectivity, and data-driven machine intelligence features.
• Review and guide system architecture decisions for embedded (PLC/motion control/real-time) and application-layer software.
• Build, lead, and mentor a team of software engineers, firmware developers, and QA engineers in India.
• Establish and manage hiring plans, career development paths, and performance management for the team.
• Foster a culture of ownership, engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Act as the primary point of contact for the India software team within Milacrons global engineering organization to continue to standardize controls and software.
• Partner with Product Management and Global Engineering to translate product requirements into software deliverables.
• Own software delivery timelines, working within Agile/Scrum or hybrid development frameworks suited to industrial hardware-software integration.
• Manage vendor and contractor relationships as needed for specialized software components.
• Ensure compliance with relevant industry standards (e.g., IEC 61508/61131, cybersecurity standards, Safety,such as IEC 62443) where applicable to machine software.
• Work closely with mechanical, electrical, and controls hardware engineering teams to ensure tight integration between software and machine hardware.
• Collaborate with global counterparts (US/Europe) across time zones to align architecture, priorities, and release plans.
• Support customer-facing teams (service, applications engineering) with troubleshooting escalations and field issue resolution.
• Support and work closely with Validation group for new releases, production and NPD activities.
• Obtain and maintain country specific applicable machine/product safety certifications and upcoming new EU machine regulation (CE) and EU cyber resiliend act (CRA).
• Work closely with US on NFPA/UL and other standards

• Bachelors or masters degree in mechanical, Computer Science, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 15-20 + years of engineering experience, with at least 12 years in a people leadership or engineering management role.
• Strong background in one or more of: embedded systems, real-time/industrial control software, HMI development, or industrial IoT.
• Experience with languages such as C/C++, C#, or Python; familiarity with PLC programming languages (Ladder Logic, Structured Text) is a plus.
• Demonstrated experience managing distributed/global engineering teams, ideally within a manufacturing, industrial equipment, or automation company.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to operate effectively across global, cross-cultural teams and time zones.

To perform this job successfully, the physical demands listed are representative of those that must be met by an employee. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, use hands to handle and feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to crouch. The employee may occasionally lift items as heavy as 25 lbs. Specific vision abilities may include the employees ability to see near and far distances.

DISCLAIMER: The above information on this job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by the employee within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of any employee assigned to this job. Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.