CAx/PLM Project Manager

About Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria, a major Tech player in Europe with 56,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognized for its consulting, digital services and software development. It helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. The Group provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organizations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a fully collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to putting digital to work for its clients in order to build a positive future for all. In 2023, the Group generated revenues of €5.8 billion.
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Mandatory Skills

1. Project Management experience and skills to drive a project end to end. (Concept /Estimations/Plan/Delivery/Engagement)
2. Stakeholder management (Client and Internal)
3. PLM functional or technical expertise in one Product (PTC Windchill/3DX/Aras)
4. Aerospace domain knowledge
5. Agile and Waterfall project methodologies
6. Service Management
7. Application development and customization experience.

Nice to Have Skills

1. Pre-sales expertise ( Solution design and customer engagement)
2. Technology awareness and basic competencies ( Cloud , AI)
3. PLM Functional architecture knowledge.
4. ITIL framework.
5. Airbus Processes, Methods and Tools

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. A good servant leader responsible for implementing solutions for customers and manage the operations and reporting related to the project. You will be required to engage actively with stakeholders across the globe in delivering IT/PLM requirements for different projects through its lifecycle.
2. Interfaces with customers/stakeholders to articulate delivery approach, analyze the requirements and plan/prepare project timelines, technical solutions, manage risks and competent enough to manage a team of 10-20 people when needed in close association with onshore colleagues and customer.
3. Holds ownership of deliverables with full accountability for activity execution, closing of assigned tasks with OTD/OQD and effective communication with all project stakeholders.
4. Coordinate activities and resources to ensure committed margins and planning criteria.
5. Create and manage the project plan and its scope throughout the project life cycle.
6. Create quick win PoC (Proof of Concepts) / Use Cases and solution proposals related to customer pain points and present the results to the stakeholders.
7. Collaborate with project sponsors and stakeholders to support conceptualization of products, produce concept papers and build business case and project plan
8. Operate simultaneously in waterfall, agile and DevOps methodologies as applied to different customer needs.
9. Comfortable with demanding customer interaction and facilitating technical discussions with internal and external stakeholders.
10. Manage collaborative relationships with other functions in the business, partners, and the ecosystem to ensure a successful delivery.
11. Manage the project budget and margin.
12. Ensure pre-sales support, such as project needs assessment, planning, staffing requirements and risk management.

Detailed Candidate Profile / Required Skills:

1. Must have minimum of 10+ years of experience in PLM projects (hands-on in customization/migration/Support in technical/functional capacity) of which 3 + years managing end-to-end solution delivery for at least 2 large projects.
2. Managed delivery of multiple end-to-end solutions, from concept to deployment, for green field and brown field solutions in PLM / Digital solution landscape using internal and external teams
3. Expert understanding of
4. Project management frameworks such PMP and their application in Digital solution delivery space.
5. Business analysis
6. Vendor / team management in IT / Digital solution delivery space
7. Agile methodologies
8. Experience of
9. leading teams at a mid/senior level as well as training and developing others
10. working in IT/PLM consulting or technology services environment
11. Cloud & on-premises infrastructure
12. ITIL or other support frameworks
13. identifying, mapping and implementing business transformation solutions by working closely with client organizations
14. Exposure to
15. Digital and analytics technologies
16. one or more of the Aerospace, Automotive and Defense Industries is desirable.
17. Ability to work with cross-functional teams, flexible and agile enough to meet the expected deliverables to achieve common business goals & objectives.
18. Particularly effective communication, good people skills (excellent attitude to collaborate, support each other, willingness to learn from all and to develop relationships with team members, customers, and all stakeholders) and create positively thriving environment within the team/organization.

Total Experience Expected: 10-14 years

Experience: 12-18 years 

Position : PLM Project Manager

Location: Bengaluru

Education: B.E./ B.Tech. (Aeronautical, Mechanical, Industrial/Production)

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