Director, PLM Tech Lead

Summary: Director,   PLM   Tech Lead      Overview   Our IT delivery and support system are continuously evolving to match the entrepreneurial pace to meet consumer needs.  The candidate in this role will work with our business teams to roadmap desired system functionality and deliver scalable capabilities. This role has responsibility for end-to-end architecture of the systems within the technology stack and will work closely with other technical architects within the company to transform comprehensive integrated solutions. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in identify and delivering mobile solutions across a business as well as the ability to build strong collaborations cross functionally.

Work with stakeholders to understand business strategy and define business architecture, inclusive of artifacts such as capability maps, value streams and roadmaps.    Act as Technical Product Manager leading the project team that develops and implements the vision and strategy for technology used in the mobile technology stack to accelerate revenue growth and create competitive advantage.  Create 2 -   4 year   digital technology roadmap using a deep understanding of audience segments to drive personalization and targeting.   Identify and define strategic capabilities, technical architectures and design patterns needed to implement roadmaps. Translate strategic initiatives into delivery-focused initiatives and release plans.   Provide architectural guidance to IT client engagement lead for mobile consumer marketing and marketing clients   Propose, develop, and execute proof of concepts for new mobile technologies which could result in differentiating capabilities.   Lead the transition of new mobile technologies into repeatable/usable frameworks   Work collaboratively with IT partners (North America, Global IT, BIG, CCR, vendors) to deliver solutions on time and within budget.   Research, evaluate, and recommend emerging technology concepts, vendors, and products. As well as manage vendor relationships.    Lead vendor assessments, security reviews, and compliance audits. Ensure compatibility and integration of products/services within the broader ecosystem.   Clearly define objectives, coordinate with vendors, and lead execution of Proof of Concepts (POCs) and test & learn pilots to investigate issues, accelerate learning and confirm feasibility.   Understand business needs, define solution, produce design artifacts with required functions, interfaces and detailed technical architecture, including system, sub-system, and component designs.    Develop solution alternatives, schedule and cost estimates, proposals and SOWs for approval.   Create and deliver presentations to senior leadership in support of technology strategy, investments, and initiatives.    Lead and facilitate business process modeling sessions to develop, assess, streamline, redesign and optimize processes and workflows.      Qualifications & Requirements   Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems , Computer Science, Engineering or related field preferred   5+ years’ experience in managing large scale products or programs, consumer mobile technology, IT architecture experience with architectural oversight or managing dev-ops models.   Experience in dev-ops delivery/support models as well as iterative software delivery methodologies – Agile, SCRUM, etc.   Develop, test and deploy mobile app functionalities according to project specifications and development standards   Experience in Java, Kotlin, Swift, OOP (Object Oriented Programming) programming paradigms   Experience working on   PLM   platforms such as SAP   PLM ,   MDG and Master Data.   Experience developing/architecting in Azure Data Lake, Fabric, Spark Pools and Pipelines.   Experience in CI/CD tools such as   GoCD /Jenkins or Bamboo.   Proficient understanding of code