PLM Program Director - Aerospace & Defense
About The Position
Capgemini is hiring a Program Director to lead the mobilization and delivery of a multi-year, enterprise scale PLM modernization program for a major Aerospace & Defense OEM. This program involves replacing aging PDM and process-planning systems with a modern Siemens Teamcenter backbone, rolled out phased and site-by-site across fabrication and in-service programs. The role requires owning the executive-level relationship, the integrity of the plan and basis of estimate, the tripartite governance across client, Capgemini, and the technology partner, and managing a blended onshore-offshore delivery organization that mirrors the client. This is a role for someone who has personally managed a large, complex PLM program from mobilization through delivery.
Requirements
- 15+ years leading large engineering / IT transformation programs, with direct ownership of enterprise PLM delivery.
- Mandatory: proven track record running advisory / pre-sales in parallel with delivery - shaping opportunities, solutioning, proposals and account growth.
- Proven leadership of large onshore–offshore delivery models, coordinating distributed onshore + offshore teams - ideally mirroring a client's own organization.
- Demonstrated delivery of a complex, multi-site PLM program - budget, schedule and migration accountability.
- Track record embedding AI / automation into delivery and shaping an AI benefits (productivity / savings) case.
- Experience in Aerospace & Defense or another regulated, safety-critical industry; excellent executive communication.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of a complex, multi-workstream PLM program - scope, schedule, budget, quality and risk against a defined envelope.
- Run a blended onshore–offshore delivery model that mirrors the client organization - distributing scope across an onshore core and offshore delivery center with clear governance, hand-offs and quality gates.
- Stand up and run program governance and PMO - decision cadence, RACI, dependency and milestone management.
- Steer a phased, site-by-site deployment with zero disruption to active production and engineering programs.
- Act as the single accountable interface to client executive sponsors and the program owner.
- Operate a tri-partite model across client, Capgemini and the PLM technology partner - aligning roles, boundaries and joint value.
- Run advisory and pre-sales in parallel with delivery - shape opportunities, lead solutioning and proposals, and grow the account.
- Report progress, assumptions and risk at leadership level.
- Embed AI-Powered PLM in the program - AI-accelerated delivery (software factory / SDLC) and a roadmap to an augmented and agentic-ready platform and own the AI productivity / savings case.
- Track spend against the approved budget and govern change.
- Maintain the program risk register and drive mitigation on the critical assumptions.
Benefits
- Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
- Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee assistance programs
- Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
Education Level
No Education Listed
