Manager, Product Lifecycle Managment Operations
About The Position
The Manager, PLM Operations, is a high-impact role that balances strategic leadership, operational execution, and people development. This position develops key partnerships across Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Supply Chain, and Commercial departments to enable excellence throughout the product lifecycle. Success in this role looks like a motivated team with clear ownership and predictable delivery, resulting in high PLM-stakeholder satisfaction. The ideal candidate has strong negotiating and influencing skills, the ability to handle multiple tasks in parallel, and communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in an engineering or scientific discipline
- Typically requires 8 + years of relevant experience in engineering or similar with hands‑on understanding of PLM systems (e.g., Teamcenter or similar) and product lifecycle processes.
- 1-3 years of management experience
- Consistent track record of collaboration, including the ability to work with cross-functional teams across complex ecosystems with an enterprise mindset
- Proven people‑management skills, including coaching, performance management, and conflict resolution.
- Ability to navigate and influence across all levels of an organization, translating strategic vision into tangible outcomes
- Experience applying quality regulation standards (e.g. 21CFR820, ISO 13485, ISO 14971, IVDD)
- Strong understanding of manufacturing methods & terminology.
- Knowledge of Lean Tools and Root Cause Analysis methodologies.
- Proficient in process mapping with demonstrated track- record of driving solutions through continuous improvement culture and project management.
Responsibilities
- Lead team of Change Analysts supporting New Product Introduction and Sustaining Operations at multiple sites.
- Align business demand with team capacity.
- Set clear performance expectations and champion employee development.
- Acts as subject matter expert (SME) of PLM process requirements; define and apply best practices.
- Lead global alignment discussions on strategy and requirements.
- Trend, analyze, and report on change management data in order to improve product and process; develop recommendations based on data analysis.
- Lead initiatives to reduce aging changes, improve throughput, and eliminate recurring process pain points.
Benefits
- access to genomics sequencing
- family planning
- health/dental/vision
- retirement benefits
- paid time off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
