IT Applications Manager

$125,000 - $150,000/Yr

Carlisle Interconnect Technologies - St. Augustine, FL

Full-time - Mid Level

St. Augustine, FL

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) Manager at Carlisle Interconnect Technologies will play a pivotal role in overseeing the administration of the PLM system, ensuring process standardization, and implementing new technologies that align with the company's strategic goals. This position is crucial for managing resources dedicated to PLM applications and leading the research, design, and development of PLM solutions that cater to both current and future business needs. The PLM Manager will collaborate closely with business partners to identify opportunities for operational streamlining and to share best practices across various facilities and business units. In this role, the PLM Manager will serve as the central point of contact for all PLM system administration, implementation, and support, ensuring that the functionalities meet business requirements while managing and delivering complex projects with a high level of quality. The manager will also oversee PLM and CAD upgrade projects, implement master data governance, and ensure compliance with industry standards such as NIST-800 171 and CMMC 2.0. Additionally, the PLM Manager will be responsible for vendor engagement, contract negotiation, and ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery for the PLM environment. This position requires a strong understanding of business processes and the ability to apply technological solutions to enhance key business and manufacturing processes. The PLM Manager will report directly to the IT Director and provide support to global engineering directors, making this a highly collaborative and strategic role within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the realization of application strategy and roadmap in alignment with the business strategy.
• Manage and direct resources for PLM applications.
• Lead the research, design, and development of PLM solutions to support current and future business needs.
• Collaborate with business partners in identifying opportunities to streamline their operations with standardization and share best practices among facilities and business units.
• Understand the business processes and apply technological solutions to continuously improve key business and manufacturing processes.
• Serve as a central point of contact for all PLM system administration, implementation, and support.
• Manage and lead PLM and CAD upgrade projects.
• Implement, control, and monitor master data governance and standardization for PLM.
• Understand current business initiatives, technology trends, and best practices for value creation.
• Work with project stakeholders to understand business outcomes and strategy to recommend solution options that provide the best fit against requirements and budget.
• Manage and deliver complex projects with a high level of quality while ensuring functionalities meet business requirements.
• Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery for the PLM environment.
• Provide oversight and coordinate all vendor engagements.
• Provide oversight, due diligence, negotiation, and coordination for PLM and CAD contracts.
• Ensure proper PLM and CAD data classification, storage, transfer, processing, access provisioning, and maintenance under industry standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in an information technology or related field preferred or five (5) years of experience working within an IT Support environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of product life cycle management experience.
• Knowledge of PTC products (Windchill, Creo, ThingWorx) and CAD software (Catia, SolidWorks, AutoCAD etc.) is highly desirable.
• Strong knowledge of PLM and CAD design.
• Extensive experience in PLM implementation and/or configuration.
• Demonstrated experience with industry best practices and implementing these into PLM business processes.
• Ability to express complex concepts effectively to the business, yet technical enough to have a detailed review of designs and approaches with technical resources.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience in business process re-engineering or process improvement, involving broad-based information systems, utilizing tools and techniques to effect business change.
• Project management experience managing large-scale, global implementations. Must possess extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of Project Management methodologies and tools.
• Experience in managing multiple priorities to maintain a balance between daily operations, projects, and strategic initiatives.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with integration techniques and tools.
• Awareness of data design principles and modeling techniques.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $125,000 - $150,000 annually.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.
• Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching contributions.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Flexible work environment with potential for remote work options.