PLM Program Manager

Required Skills & Experience

-8+ years of Program/Portfolio Management or PLM experience. -Experience leading PLM implementations, migrations, or transformations. -Siemens Teamcenter experience strongly preferred. -Experience in Medical Device, MedTech, Life Sciences, or regulated R&D. -Knowledge of BOMs, ECOs, configuration management, and design controls. -Strong experience leading cross-functional R&D, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, and IT teams.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Program / Portfolio Manager to lead a major Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) transformation within a global Medical Device R&D organization. This individual will oversee the implementation and adoption of Siemens Teamcenter, working across R&D, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, IT, and external implementation partners.

The Program Manager will be responsible for bringing structure, governance, and execution discipline to a complex multi-year PLM initiative. The role will coordinate multiple workstreams including business process design, system implementation, data migration, integrations, validation, testing, organizational change, and deployment.

This person does not need to be a Teamcenter developer, but should understand PLM processes deeply enough to challenge stakeholders, manage dependencies, identify risks, and drive the program forward.

-Lead the overall PLM transformation program and migration/implementation of Siemens Teamcenter across the R&D organization. -Establish program governance, roadmap, milestones, workstreams, dependencies, budgets, risks, and executive reporting. -Manage a portfolio of interconnected PLM projects across multiple R&D functions, product teams, and potentially global sites. -Partner closely with R&D and Engineering leadership to align Teamcenter capabilities with product development and lifecycle processes. -Coordinate stakeholders across R&D, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, IT, and Digital/Technology.

Oversee PLM workstreams including:

-Product and engineering BOM management -Document and configuration management -Engineering change management / ECO processes -Requirements and product data management -Data migration and cleansing -System integrations -UAT and validation -Training and change management -Deployment and post-go-live stabilization

-Ensure the PLM implementation supports medical-device design controls, traceability, documentation, and regulated product development processes. -Partner with IT, enterprise architecture, and implementation vendors on Teamcenter integrations with -ERP, CAD, document management, quality, and other enterprise platforms. -Facilitate steering committee meetings and communicate program health, risks, decisions, dependencies, and resource needs to senior leadership. -Drive adoption across R&D by partnering with engineering teams and change-management stakeholders to transition from legacy tools and processes into the new PLM environment. -Manage system integrators, consultants, and other third-party partners supporting implementation. Identify program risks and proactively drive mitigation and escalation plans.