Key Responsibilities

·         Define the enterprise PLM strategy and Windchill architectural blueprint for greenfield environments.

·         Lead PLM discovery, maturity assessments, and process harmonization across engineering, manufacturing, quality, and service.

·         Develop the PLM roadmap, conduct technical reviews, and phased deployment architecture.

·         Present architectural recommendations to executive leadership and key stakeholders.

·         Create end‑to‑end process architecture including workflows, lifecycles, versioning, and product structure definitions.

·         Ensure the solution adheres to industry best practices.

·         Lead full lifecycle implementation from requirements capture to production rollout.

·         Drive system installation, environment setup, configurations, customization scope, and integration strategy.

·         Oversee data modeling, metadata framework design, and security/ACL architecture.

·         Partner with infrastructure teams for sizing, scaling, and performance optimization.

Technical Expertise

·         Engineering degree with 15+ years of experience in PLM with a minimum of 10+ years in PTC Windchill.

·         Successfully led at least one (preferably multiple) large-scale greenfield Windchill implementations.

·         Strong domain familiarity in engineering, manufacturing, and product development.

·         Own Windchill solutioning and guide team including:

o   PDMLink, PartLink, MPMLink, and Supplier Management

o   Change management, configuration management, BOM management

o   CAD data management and visualization

·         Architect integrations between Windchill and:

o   CAD tools (Creo, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Inventor)

o   ERP/MES Systems (SAP, etc.)

o   ThingWorx, Navigate, and IoT/digital thread environments

o   WBM (Windchill Bulk Migrator)

·         Define APIs, middleware flows, and integration patterns.

·         Expert-level proficiency in:

o   Windchill architecture & clusters

o   Java/J2EE, Info*Engine, OData, REST APIs

o   Database systems (Oracle/SQL Server)

o   Apache/Tomcat, directory services (LDAP/AD)

·         Establish DevOps/CI-CD approaches for Windchill deployments.

·         Drive UAT, cutover planning, hypercare, and post‑go‑live optimization.