Lifecycle Insights is an independent research and insights firm. We publish data-driven research and guidance to help engineering organizations develop better, more sustainable products — and we're currently recruiting industry experts to participate in our research on batch changeover practices in fine and specialty chemicals manufacturing.

We're looking to speak with automation and controls leaders — Heads of Automation, Automation Managers, Directors of Control Systems, OT Managers, or Senior/Lead Automation Engineers — who own the OT infrastructure: PLCs, DCS, SCADA, and MES integration. If recipe or product changes mean engineering change management headaches — control system updates that are time-consuming, fragile, and hard to test before deployment — and you feel the IT/OT integration gap and the tension between security and agility in your environment, we want to hear from you.

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Who We're Looking to Interview

Our research focuses on batch production (not continuous process) in fine or specialty chemical environments. Strong candidates will:

• Be responsible for automation systems in a batch chemical or process manufacturing environment
• Be directly involved in translating recipe or product changes into control system updates
• Have active batch changeover activity — NPI, recipe revision, or multi-product campaigns on shared equipment
• Work for a company with $50M+ in revenue, with direct production accountability (owner-operator preferred)

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What Participation Looks Like

This is a paid research participation engagement — straightforward and low-commitment. Here's how it works:

- One-hour remote interviews conducted via Zoom on a scheduled basis

- Your insights inform our independent research. What you share is one of many inputs we use to develop our own perspective — your views will not be attributed to you or shared directly with clients

- Paid hourly for each interview you complete

- No disruption to your current role. Keep your job (or your retirement) — this is purely supplemental. Our conversations focus on industry trends, processes, and practices, never anything specific to your employer

- Starts with a brief fit conversation to make sure the engagement works for both parties before any agreement is signed

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About Lifecycle Insights

We are a research firm, not a consulting or staffing company. Our mission is to produce independent, data-driven insights that help engineering organizations improve. We work with integrity — our research perspectives are formed internally, drawing on expert interviews as one input among many.

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If you have hands-on automation and OT experience in batch chemical manufacturing and an interest in contributing to serious industry research, we'd love to connect.