Product Lifecycle Management Senior Systems Analyst

Job Category
:
Information Systems

Requisition Number
: PRODU
002091

• Posted :
  October 19, 2026
• Full-Time
• Hybrid

Showing 1 location

555 Main St
Racine, WI 53403, USA

• Travel Required :
  Yes

Johnson Outdoors is a global leader in innovative outdoor recreation equipment, dedicated to creating the best possible outdoor experiences for consumers around the world! With a portfolio of market-leading brands and a passion rooted in adventure, the company designs and manufactures premium products across fishing, diving, camping & watercraft categories.

With 1,300 employees, 18 global facility locations and selling into over 80 countries, the Johnson Outdoors team is continuing to grow! The PLM Senior Systems Analyst serves as the organization's lead functional and technical expert for the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform, driving the implementation, support, enhancement, and long-term evolution of Windchill and related engineering systems. Partners with engineering, product development, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and IT stakeholders to improve product data management, product lifecycle processes, system integrations, and digital capabilities across the enterprise.

Through a combination of business process expertise, technical knowledge, and cross-functional collaboration, ensures PLM solutions deliver business value, support operational effectiveness, and enable ongoing transformation initiatives.

Located at our beautiful Headquarters along Lake Michigan in downtown Racine: 555 Main Street, Racine, WI.

Key Responsibilities:

PLM Strategy and Solution Delivery

• Serves as a functional and technical expert for the PLM platform, providing guidance on system capabilities, configuration, data structures, workflows, security, user roles, and integrations.
• Plays a key contributor role in PLM and related transformation initiatives by partnering with business process owners, engineering leaders, IT teams, and external partners to translate business needs into scalable system and process solutions.
• Identifies opportunities to extend PLM capabilities and apply related system, process, and data knowledge to broader digital transformation priorities beyond the initial Windchill implementation.

PLM Application Support and Administration

• Supports the PLM implementation and long-term sustainment of Windchill, including requirements validation, solution design input, testing, data readiness, issue resolution, cutover support, go-live readiness, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Supports the technical operation of the Windchill application, including access management, role-based permissions, environment support, configuration validation, issue triage, system documentation, upgrade coordination, and enhancement planning.
• Acts as a trusted advisor and liaison between engineering, product development, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, IT, and vendor/implementation partners to ensure PLM capabilities support enterprise product lifecycle processes.
• Monitors recurring support issues, identifies root causes, recommends process or system improvements, and helps prioritize enhancements that increase business value and reduce operational risk.

Product Data and Systems Integration

• Provides functional and technical support for product data management, part and document control, engineering change management, BOM management, workflow adoption, product lifecycle governance, and cross-functional process standardization.
• Supports data migration, data validation, data quality monitoring, and master data governance activities related to product, part, document, BOM, and engineering change information.
• Supports integrations between Windchill and related enterprise systems, including ERP, CAD/ECAD, reporting, analytics, and other engineering or product data platforms.

User Adoption, Training and Documentation

• Develops and maintains training materials, process documentation, quick reference guides, configuration notes, support procedures, and knowledge articles to improve adoption and support consistency.

Other

Performs other duties as assigned.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, engineering, computer science, business systems or equivalent.
• Typically requires a minimum of 7 years of experience supporting enterprise applications, PLM systems, engineering systems, product data platforms, or business transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of PLM concepts, including…