Business Analyst - PLM System

Summary :

As Global Senior Business Analyst PLM you will understand business requirements, processes and identify business technology and/or process opportunities in the domain of PLM/PDM, working with business and IT managers to develop, implement and maintain solutions/changes to existing solutions which deliver business value within agreed timelines and budget enablement.

Role & Responsibilities :

• Fully understand PLM/PDM strategy, expected outcome, deliverables and value that needs to be generated from Technology.

• Work with the IT SR&D Manager and SR&D Platform Lead to shape the future technology and solution roadmap that will drive business value.

• Supports the identification of existing PLM/PDM platforms new functionalities, and proposes new capabilities to be planned for design and deployment.

• Support the business to translate business requirements into technology requirements and recommended projects and/or changes requests, considering existing available solutions, the future technology roadmap and your knowledge of external vendors capabilities.

• Work with project teams and Architecture teams to articulate the IDT architecture and integration implications of new functionalities.

• Ensures new requirements are fully understood by DevOps team.

• Provides support to business users for new functionalities testing and deployment.

• Takes ownership of the product (PDM Siemens Teamcenter) and enabling platforms strategy, governance, capabilities development, and team management.

• Contributes to the organisation's portfolio strategy, leads vendor governance, enforces IDT standards and optimises the Total Cost of Ownership for a product.

• Drives and manages the development and operational KPIs for the product and enabling platforms.

• Ensures that the enabling platforms adhere to IDT standards, best practices, and governance frameworks.

• Enforce compliance with security, data privacy, group architecture standards and regulatory requirements (Sec).

• Drive and manage (outsourced) delivery of service capabilities and the governance of service providers.

• Participate in internal and external service review meetings.

• Lead and drive resolution of IT service and/or business issues using agreed escalation routes.

• Evaluate business risks and issues related to operational incidents, potential changes and internal audit reports. Implement appropriate risk management processes and take appropriate and timely actions.

Preferred Candidate Profile : Experience Required :

• Total Exp : 14+ yrs.

• Deep understanding of PLM and PD processes and practical experience of improvement of these processes leveraging technology.

• Experience and awareness of the typical requirements for solution integration and data management.

• Experience managing and communicating with global teams.

• Experience managing 3rd Parties teams.

Technical / Functional / Leadership Skills Required :

• Business acumen, ability to articulate both businesses, commercial and technical ideas clearly and simply.

• Experience in our preferred PDM solution of choice is highly desirable : Siemens Teamcenter, and in general experience in deploying/managing PLM/PDM solutions.

• Strong awareness of the solutions and vendors available in the market place for PLM/PDM.

• Experience in large global organisations using in-sourced and out-sourced IT service providers.

• Ability to work independently and be self-motivated to plan own work to meet overall goals and objectives.

• Effective communication and relationship management - experience working with business stakeholders across various business functions.

• Robust team work demonstrated both within and outside the IT function - Ability to generate trust, build alliances, and orchestrate interdisciplinary matrix teams, with internal and external participants.

• Awareness and understanding of Lean-Agile project management and solution development methodologies and frameworks e.g. DevSecOps and SAFe.

Education / Qualifications / Certifications Required :

• Degree Educated, with minimum 12+ years post graduate work experience preferably in a business facing IT role.