The Senior Manufacturing Solution Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and enabling scalable digital manufacturing solutions across LyondellBasell’s global manufacturing landscape. This role serves as a strategic bridge between manufacturing operations, process engineering, operational technology (OT) systems, and enterprise IT platforms - ensuring that digital solutions deliver measurable business value while adhering to LYB architectural, security, and operational standards.
The role focuses on end to end solution architecture spanning operational systems, manufacturing IT platforms, cloud technologies, data & analytics, and business integration—supporting initiatives such as operational visibility, production optimization, emissions and energy monitoring, reliability, and advanced analytics.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead the architecture and design of digital manufacturing solutions supporting production, reliability, quality, energy, and sustainability use cases;
- Define end to end solution architectures spanning OT systems ,Plant data historians ,Manufacturing Applications and cloud platforms;
- Serve as a technical authority for OT/IT integration patterns, including real time data ingestion, edge architectures, and secure connectivity;
- Provide innovation thought leadership, technical governance, and oversite for ITS initiatives;
- Review RFPs, requirements, emerging business needs, business trends, industry and market trends, and translate them to business impact;
- Champion innovation projects of high business value with organizational leaders;
- Ensure ITS solutions are designed for agility, responsiveness, stability;
- Provide guidance and consultation to architect solutions using established and/or emerging technologies;
- Develop and maintain technical innovation roadmaps in partnership with Service Excellence;
- Regularly meet with key vendors and identify new strategic vendor relationships;
- Collaborate with the ITS organization and ensure alignment across groups;
- Enforce architectural guiding principles and industry best practices across all technologies;
- Apply sound financial management, commercial awareness, and investment judgment skills;
- Identify and address technical or operational risks and areas of improvements relevant to our business;
- Develop architectural views (business, technical, solution), reference and future-state models, and roadmaps;
- Assess the business impact of multiple technologies/strategies and create transformation analysis;
- Analyze technology industry and market trends, and determine their potential impact on the enterprise;
- Write or contribute to articles about emerging technologies and their relevance to our business;
- Participate in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
