Senior Director Digital Strategy & Transformation
Date: Jul 9, 2026
Location: Crystal Lake, IL, US, 60014
Company: Aptar Group
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Senior Director, Digital Strategy & Transformation
Reports to: Chief Digital Officer
Location: Work remotely (US or France only)
The Senior Director, Digital Strategy & Transformation is responsible for ensuring enterprise digital and technology initiatives are sequenced, governed, and measured to deliver real, measurable business value. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy, digital transformation, and value realization - translating ambition into outcomes.
As a Senior Director Digital Strategy & Transformation, You Will:
Digital Transformation Orchestration
- Partner with the Digital leadership team to define and align on a business-driven transformation roadmap
- Own and evolve the enterprise transformation roadmap across digital, data, AI, and modernization initiatives
- Ensure digital and AI initiatives are sequenced logically, resourced appropriately, and aligned to enterprise priorities
- Build and steward high-impact relationships with transformation partners to accelerate delivery and scale execution.
- Surface and resolve cross-initiative dependencies and risks early
Value Realization & Governance
- Partner with business & digital leaders to define clear value hypotheses for each initiative
- Establish success metrics tied to business outcomes (growth, productivity, cost, risk, experience)
- Track and communicate value realization over time - not just delivery progress
- Create lightweight governance that enables fast, confident decision-making
- Provide clear “start / stop / continue” recommendations to senior leadership
- Prepare executive-ready narratives that connect investment to impact
Operating Model Enablement & Delivery
- Establish & reinforce the digital operating model (product-led, team topologies, enablement-driven)
- Identify where ways of working are breaking down and recommend corrective action
- Resolve cross-functional trade-offs to ensure initiatives deliver enterprise value
- Anticipate risks, trade-offs, and pressure points before they become escalations
- Define where and how external partners are used to accelerate transformation and fill capability gaps
Who We are Looking For
Education
- Required: College or university business degree (accounting or finance strongly preferred
- Preferred: MBA or comparable degree/CPA or comparable degree
Experience
- 10+ years in transformation, digital, strategy, or commercial leadership roles
- Proven experience driving complex, cross-functional enterprise change
- Strong track record linking initiatives to financial and operational outcomes
- Experience in global, matrixed organizations preferred
- Strong communication and change management skills
Success Measures
- Clear line of sight from initiatives to measurable business outcomes
- Improved confidence and speed of executive decision-making
- Reduced initiative sprawl and redundant work
- Predictable value realization across the transformation portfolio
Who We are
At Aptar, we leverage insights, design, engineering and science to develop drug and consumer product dosing, dispensing and protection technologies for many of the world’s leading brands. Aptar in turn makes a meaningful difference in the lives, looks, health and homes of millions of patients and consumers around the world. Our innovations nasal drug delivery for emergency medicines, precise fragrance applications, mess-free ketchup dispensing for kids, connected technologies that support patients in adhering to their treatments and much more
With manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe, Asia, and South America, and a dedicated team of over 13,000 employees in about 20 countries, Aptar is committed to creating impactful innovations for our customers and their consumers.
Our Culture
At Aptar, our success is driven by the individuals who contribute their unique talents and perspectives every day. We believe that when you bring your authentic self to work, we all thrive.
How We Support Our Employees
- An exciting, diverse and value based working environment
- Award-winning corporate university offering personal development and training opportunities.
- Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus plan.
- Contribute to the communities where we reside.
- Innovative benefits plan which includes: 401k & Retirement Savings plan, vacation, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, pet insurance, wellness plan, and generous paid maternity/paternity leave.
Aptar is an equal opportunities employer. We believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief.
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In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role is $200,000-$275,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. Aptar also offers a variety of benefits, including health, life, and disability insurance, 401(k) match and employer retirement savings contribution, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, company-paid holidays, and more. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on location, pay class, or other factors
Nearest Major Market: Chicago