ALM Siemens Polarion Developer-remote

Role & responsibilities

Transformation Leadership: Drive digital transformation of ALM solution ensuring alignment with business objectives and IT strategy.

Strategic Delivery: Lead ALM solution deployment for the enterprise including governance, budgets, program priorities and key technical decisions.

Cross-Functional Leadership: Align Global Product Engineering, IT, Quality, and Compliance teams to ensure program schedules and delivery metrics meet business objectives within budget .

Risk & Change Management: Track cross-product dependencies, maintain risk registers, drive mitigation plans, and facilitate agile change management for operational readiness Manage and develop the ALM team, fostering engagement, coaching, and talent growth. Collaborate closely with business, IT (architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, finance), and external partners to deliver effective solutions. Organize team tasks and resources to balance workloads and maximize individual strengths.

Metrics & Reporting: Provide reports as necessary to executives on program health, release predictability, and product quality

Architecture & Design: Develop and oversee technical solution designs, data modeling, and workflow configurations within Polarion ALM.

Technical Leadership Platform Customization decision and execution: Work with business to evaluate the pros and cons of customizations is specific scenarios and make decisions.

Guide technical teams in customizing Polarion Work Items, LiveDocs, project templates, and developing custom widgets/extensions.

System Integration: Spearhead integrations between Polarion and other enterprise tools such as Teamcenter, Jira, Git, and various CI/CD pipelines. Data Migration: Lead the mapping and migration of historical data from legacy requirement engineering tools into a unified Polarion environment Technical Mentorship: Mentor internal development resources, and ensure the adoption of best practices for system stability and performance

Education: Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

Experience: 12+ years of progressive experience in Technical Program Management and Software/Systems Engineering, specifically within global or heavily matrixed manufacturing/automotive organizations.

Technical Expertise: Deep hands-on knowledge of ALM/PLM tools—primarily Siemens Polarion, DOORS, or similar systems. Proficiency in Java, XML, and web services API development for custom scripting.

Domain Knowledge: Strong understanding of embedded systems development, product lifecycles, and software deployment practices (Agile/Scrum/Waterfall). Soft Skills: Excellent executive communication, conflict resolution, and change leadership. Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and values across diverse geographic regions.