Manager, Product Lifecycle Management

Job Purpose: The purpose of this role is to manage the delivery and support of the Product Lifecycle Management solution within CEER.

Cross-Functional Coordination

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define product vision, strategy, and roadmap.

Communicate product status, changes, and strategy to stakeholders regularly.

Present updates and recommendations to senior management.

Facilitate collaboration between departments such as Product Development, Manufacturing, Quality, and Supply Chain.

Ensure alignment of goals and objectives across teams to meet product milestones.

Coach the user community in the implementation of new processes and functionalities.

Implement strategies for product enhancement and retirement as needed.

Process Improvement

Develop and refine PLM processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

Collect the PLM delivery metrics, analyze deviations, clarify and propose possible counter measures.

Monitor and analyze product performance, implementing improvements as required.

Compliance and Quality Assurance

Develop and implement quality control processes and documentation.

Ensure Solutions delivered on time.

Validate new PLM releases according to the Test Specification and Non-Regression Tests.

Support the functional & business leader documenting the User Acceptance.

Training and Support

Provide training and support to teams on PLM tools, processes, and best practices.

Act as a resource for product-related queries and problem resolution.

Validate new PLM releases according to the Test Specification and Non-Regression Tests.

Support the functional & business leader documenting the User Acceptance.

Budget Management

Assist in developing and managing budgets for product development and lifecycle activities.

Monitor expenditures and provide forecasts for future resource needs.

Education: A bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as:

Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, or related)

Business Administration

Product Design

Supply Chain Management

Information Technology

Skills & Competencies:

Knowledge of Teamcenter solutions preferred or experience with similar automotive PLM Solutions.

In-depth knowledge of CAD solutions preferably NX with Teamcenter Integration.

Proven experience in Operations Management in accordance with ITIL best practices.

Excellent project management and organizational abilities.

Experience of applying SAFE (Scaled Agile Framework) methodologies.

Knowledge in the Automotive industry domain (processes, functions, tools).

Fluent in English.

Effective communication and leadership abilities.

Excellent communicator at operational level, both written and verbal

Ability to adapt and work in a startup mode environment and deal with a high level of ambiguity

Outstanding office software/computer skills.

Strong analytical skills and experience with PLM software/tools.

Experience and knowledge of key infrastructure elements of a Teamcenter environment advantageous.

Experience in PLM implementation projects holding roles of Business Analyst or Solution Architect.

Familiar with Siemens Product Delivery Projects and Tools.

Hands On Experience of using tools to manage AGILE projects such as ClickUp, Azure DevOps or JIRA.

Experience in managing big PLM projects with more than 30 team members split across multi-vendors.

Minimum Experience:

Requires 5-10 years of experience in the field of managing and delivery IT solutions and projects.

Deep understanding of Product Lifecycle Management solutions preferred.

Applied knowledge of managing projects using AGILE methodology.