Director - Digital & AI

Director - Digital & AI

Linde Gas & Equipment Inc.
Tonawanda, NY, Danbury, CT, Ankeny, IA or Burr Ridge, IL, United States
What you will enjoy doing:
Develop a strategic, comprehensive digital roadmap that aligns with overall business objectives
Identify opportunities for digital innovation and create strategies to leverage these opportunities
Establish frameworks for AI governance, data quality, and responsible AI use in partnership with IT and risk functions
Oversee the design, development, and implementation of digital products and platforms, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and with measurable ROI
Research and recommend new digital technologies to improve operational efficiency and customer engagement
Manage a portfolio of digital initiatives, including core operational improvements and transformational ("disruption") projects
Ensure integration across systems (ERP, CRM, operational platforms) to enable end-to-end digital workflows
Lead continuous improvement initiatives using data-driven insights and performance metrics
Partner closely with IT to define technology architecture, system integration, and platform strategy
Evaluate and implement new technologies, vendors, and tools to support digital strategy
Ensure alignment with cybersecurity, data governance, and compliance standards
What makes you great:
7+ years in digital technology or IT role experience required
Bachelor's Degree is required
Strategic and forward-thinking with strong digital and business acumen
Results-oriented with a focus on execution and measurable value creation; able to solve problems and complete tasks
Change leader who drives adoption and organizational transformation
Collaborative partner across business, IT, and shared service
Proven ability to lead teams and develop talent
Demonstrated ability to operate with minimal supervision in a complex environment and handle multiple tasks
Travel up to 30% is required
Why you will love working with us:
Linde is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2025 sales of $34 billion. We live our mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies and services which are making our customers more successful and helping to sustain, decarbonize and protect our planet. Linde serves a variety of end markets such as chemicals & energy, food & beverage, electronics, healthcare, manufacturing, metals and mining. Linde's industrial gases and technologies are used in countless applications, enabling space exploration and launch technologies, delivering ultra-high-purity and specialty gases for semiconductor manufacturing, providing life-saving medical oxygen and enabling clean hydrogen production and carbon capture to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer growth, efficiency improvements and emissions reductions.
What we offer you!
At Linde, the sky is not the limit. If you're looking to build a career where your work reaches beyond your job description and betters the people with whom you work, the communities we serve, and the world in which we all live, at Linde, your opportunities are limitless. Be Linde. Be Limitless.
Linde offers competitive compensation and an outstanding benefits package. Enjoy access to health, dental, disability, and life insurance, paid holidays and vacation, 401(k) matching, pension benefits, an employee discount program, and opportunities for educational and professional growth. Additional compensation may vary depending on the position and organizational level.
Build your future with us while making an impact every day!
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law. Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. The company is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.