Description
We are seeking a talented and experienced Windchill PLM Business Process Architect to support the continued evolution, expansion, and optimization of our enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM).
The successful candidate will be an experienced Windchill professional who can operate with a high degree of independence while working within the strategic PLM architecture and governance framework established by the Chief PLM Architect.
Primary Responsibilities
- Partner with Windchill administrators, developers, integration teams, enterprise architects, and external vendors to ensure functional requirements are translated into effective technical solutions.
- Serve as a Windchill PLM functional subject matter expert and business process architect supporting the continued development of enterprise PLM capabilities.
- Operate independently within the overall strategy and architecture established by the Chief PLM Architect, escalating significant architectural decisions, exceptions, or deviations for enterprise review.
- Support the further development and refinement of a common, scalable PLM framework that promotes standardization, reuse, governance, and maintainability while supporting the varying needs of individual programs.
- Support development, functional testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), deployment, user adoption, and post-implementation process refinement.
- Lead or facilitate business-process discovery and AS-IS / TO-BE process-development activities with Engineering, Configuration Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Program Management, and other stakeholders.
- Translate business and engineering needs into clear functional requirements, process models, solution concepts, user stories, acceptance criteria, and implementation recommendations.
- Develop and refine business processes using Windchill objects and capabilities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Manufacturing, or a related technical discipline with relevant professional experience.
- 8+ years of professional experience in PLM, primarily working directly with engineering systems, product development, configuration management, manufacturing systems, and related disciplines.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience administering or providing functional or business process direction with PTC Windchill.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, analyze complex business-process problems, develop practical solutions, and carry assigned initiatives from requirements development through implementation.
- Demonstrated experience with deep knowledge across multiple Windchill functional areas.
Preferred Qualifications
- 7–10+ years of direct PTC Windchill experience.
- Direct experience as a Windchill organization or site manager within the PLM system.
- Experience serving as a Windchill Functional Lead, Senior PLM Business Analyst, Functional Consultant, Solution Consultant, Business Process Architect, Solution Architect, or similar role.