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, coordinating cross‑functional teams to define product vision, strategy, and roadmap.

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.

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.

Develop and implement quality control processes and documentation to ensure solutions delivered on time.

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

Support functional and business leaders 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.

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

Monitor expenditures and provide forecasts for future resource needs.

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.

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 and business leader documenting User Acceptance Training and Support.

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

Monitor expenditures and provide forecasts for future resource needs.

A bachelor's degree in a relevant field, such as Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, or related), Business Administration, Product Design, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology.

• 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 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 Click Up, Azure Dev Ops, or JIRA.
• Experience in managing big PLM projects with more than 30 team members split across multi‑vendors.

Requires 5‑10 years of experience in the field of managing and delivering IT solutions and projects.

Deep understanding of Product Lifecycle Management solutions preferred.

Applied knowledge of managing projects using AGILE methodology.