IT Applications Manager

$125,000 - $150,000/Yr

Carlisle - Cerritos, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Cerritos, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The IT Applications Manager will play a pivotal role in overseeing the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system administration and ensuring that the applications align with the overall business strategy. This position is responsible for managing the PLM applications, leading the research and development of PLM solutions, and collaborating with business partners to streamline operations through standardization and best practices. The manager will serve as the central point of contact for all PLM system administration, implementation, and support, ensuring that the PLM environment is robust and meets the needs of the organization. In addition to managing PLM applications, the IT Applications Manager will lead complex projects, ensuring that they are delivered with high quality and meet business requirements. This includes overseeing PLM and CAD upgrade projects, managing vendor engagements, and ensuring compliance with industry standards for data governance and security. The role requires a deep understanding of current business initiatives and technology trends to create value and improve key business processes. The manager will also be responsible for ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery for the PLM environment, providing oversight for all vendor contracts related to PLM and CAD, and ensuring proper data classification and maintenance. This position reports directly to the IT Director and provides support to global engineering directors, making it essential for the manager to have strong leadership and communication skills to effectively coordinate with various stakeholders.

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 fit 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 and technical resources.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience in business process re-engineering or process improvement, involving broad-based information systems.
• Project management experience managing large-scale, global implementations.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in managing multiple priorities to maintain a balance between daily operations, projects, and strategic initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $125,000 - $150,000 annually.
• Opportunities for professional development and training.
• Supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion.