Senior Functional Lead - Innovation & PLM

Weir • Fort Worth, TX

3d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior Functional Lead will support Weir’s global SAP S/4HANA transformation, a programme establishing the business platforms intended to power the company for the next decade. The role brings deep expertise in Innovation and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), including Siemens Teamcenter, SAP S/4HANA Engineering, bills of material, and Material Master capabilities. Working closely with the Product Domain Lead, the role drives the scoping and delivery of PLM capabilities, including Product and Portfolio Lifecycle Management. It ensures initiatives are architected from a cross-domain, end-to-end perspective and aligned with Enterprise Architecture, and provides full domain leadership when required.

The role accelerates PLM maturity across people, process, and technology. It drives PLM transformation, owns and governs PLM capabilities and enterprise value streams, leads solution architecture and governance, and supports data, integration, and innovation across domains. The position is location-flexible and involves 40% travel.

Weir describes its rewards as fair and attractive and offers a competitive benefits package. Its ‘We are Weir’ framework focuses on employee contribution, health and wellbeing, career growth and development, and inclusion and belonging. Weir also emphasizes commitment to zero-harm behaviours and developing a world-class safety culture.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in designing and optimising end-to-end Product Lifecycle, Product Portfolio, and Product Stabilisation Management processes.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory frameworks, industry standards, and innovation-led product development.
• Experience with Siemens Teamcenter, SAP S/4HANA Engineering and PLM-related modules, CAD tools such as NX and Autodesk, and engineering simulation systems.
• Strong understanding of MBOM/EBOM processes, PLM integrations, and BPM methodologies.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies and portfolio management tools such as Jira and the Atlassian suite.
• Ability to communicate, influence, and collaborate across domains and shape solutions supporting enterprise-wide product lifecycle objectives.
• Enterprise-wide strategic mindset, strong facilitation and communication skills, and comfort leading complex, ambiguous change and constructively challenging senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience operating as a Domain Architect within a large-scale SAP S/4HANA implementation and architecting value-driven, enterprise-aligned solutions across complex business domains.

Responsibilities

• Drive Product Lifecycle Management transformation in partnership with, and as deputy for, the Product Domain Lead, using SAP Fit-to-Standard and Clean Core principles to maximise value across PLM capabilities.
• Own and govern the PLM capability and its Enterprise Value Streams, such as Concept to Launch, ensuring cross-domain alignment and value-driven delivery in collaboration with other Domain Architects.
• Lead the design, implementation, and optimisation of PLM solutions, translating business requirements into scalable architecture.
• Govern the domain roadmap, architectural artefacts, standards, risks, and decisions, maintaining alignment with Enterprise Architecture.
• Collaborate across architecture teams to ensure solution coherence and guide solution architects.
• Shape data and integration patterns and uphold strong data governance.
• Drive continuous improvement through modern cloud approaches, emerging technologies, and PLM-focused innovation.
• Demonstrate commitment to zero-harm behaviours in support of Weir’s safety culture.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package
• Health and wellness framework covering culture and leadership, safety and environmental, mental, physical, digital, and financial wellbeing
• Support and freedom to tailor career development and pursue new challenges
• Inclusive workplace where contributions are recognised and employees are encouraged to innovate, collaborate, and be themselves

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed