[Hiring] Principal PLM Architect @PTC

Role Description

As a Principal PLM Architect, you will lead strategic engagements focused on the implementation and transformation of PLM systems, with a strong emphasis on PTC Windchill environments. You will serve as a trusted advisor to clients and partners, guiding them through complex technical landscapes and ensuring successful delivery of PLM solutions aligned with business goals. This role blends deep technical expertise with leadership, consulting, and solution architecture. You will collaborate across PTC’s ecosystem—including R&D, PLM Segment, SaaS BDMs, and implementation partners—to design, validate, and deploy scalable PLM architectures that meet enterprise needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Engage with client business stakeholders' various functional domains to elicit, analyze, and translate business use cases into comprehensive PLM solution designs.
• Represent the design and implementation team in project governance activities; providing recommendations and risk assessment information in support of decision making.
• Lead the design, implementation, and validation of PLM solutions in Windchill environments.
• Partner with implementation architects and IS teams to ensure solutions align with PTC’s SaaS guardrails and best practices.
• Conduct technical assessments to determine feasibility and provide direction for estimating and planning.
• Collaborate with client IT/IS teams to ensure compliance with deployment standards and cloud infrastructure requirements.
• Facilitate client workshops, document business process issues, and develop actionable solution roadmaps.
• Support data migration, configuration, and integration efforts using Windchill frameworks and technologies (e.g., Java, JSP, XML, Ant).
• Provide feedback to PTC R&D and PLM Segment to enhance SaaS tools and services based on field experience.
• Mentor and guide project teams, ensuring high-quality deliverables and client satisfaction.
• Contribute to enablement materials, best practices, and methodology development for partner ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related field.
• 7–12 years of experience in consulting, implementing, deploying, or supporting PLM systems, with a strong focus on PTC Windchill.
• Proven ability to architect enterprise PLM solutions, including process-centric deployments and application design.
• Experience with cloud technologies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), and enterprise application frameworks.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders across technical and executive levels.
• Experience in software development and deployment using languages like: Java, JSP, XML, and Ant.
• Ability to visualize complex systems, guide diverse teams, and balance analytical and creative problem-solving.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change, and capable of acting decisively in dynamic environments.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across customer and internal PTC stakeholders, including large-scale project teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading multi-solution PLM programs across industries.
• Understanding of Windchill+ SaaS architecture.
• Demonstrated success in value management, solution adoption, and client transformation initiatives.
• Contributions to training, enablement, and community engagement within PLM consulting environments.
• Experience in Automotive, MedTech, Government.

Requirements

• PTC carefully considers a wide variety of factors when determining compensation. The anticipated annual salary range for this position is between $87,000 - 160,000.
• Actual compensation may vary based on a candidate's skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
• Candidates may be eligible for a performance-based bonus.
• Employees also have the opportunity to become a PTC shareholder through our employee share purchase program (ESPP).
• Employees may be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off and sick leave, tuition reimbursement, 401(k) contributions and employer match, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability coverage.
• If you are an office-assigned employee, a generous commuter subsidy is available.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off and sick leave.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• 401(k) contributions and employer match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Generous commuter subsidy for office-assigned employees.