Digital Process Engineer

Role Title: Digital Process EngineerEmployment Type: ContractDuration: 6 months, potential to extendPreferred Location: Prefer local to Milwaukee or Cleveland but open to remoteRole Description:We are seeking a Digital Process Engineer to simplify internal digital processes that have become complex, confusing, or difficult to follow. This consultant will bring a structured, objective perspective, identify unnecessary steps and unclear ownership, and design practical future-state workflows that are easy to understand, execute, and sustain.Assess current digital processes and identify complexity, unclear steps, duplicate work, bottlenecks, and ownership gaps.Lead discovery workshops and document current-state workflowsDesign simplified and standardized future-state processes that are understandable, scalable, and easy to follow.Challenge established practices and help leaders consider how digital processes could work differently.Facilitate alignment between digital leadership, technical teams, and business stakeholders.Create practical process maps, standards, governance recommendations, and prioritized improvement roadmaps.Challenge established practices and introduce an objective external perspective on how work could be performed differently using Agentic AI.Requirements:Required QualificationsStrong experience in digital process engineering, process improvement, operational excellence, or a related transformation role.Expertise in process discovery, workflow mapping, root-cause analysis, simplification, and future-state design.Ability to challenge established practices constructively and turn complex or ambiguous processes into clear solutions.Strong facilitation, stakeholder-management, documentation, and communication skills.A tool-agnostic mindset with the ability to design the right process before determining how technology should support it.Experience designing processes for automation or emerging AI capabilities.Preferred QualificationsExperience simplifying digital processes within a complex, multi-site, or decentralized organization.Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, BPMN, continuous improvement, or process-mining methods.Experience defining process measures, governance, ownership, and adoption plans.