Global Team Lead Product Design

Purpose of Position

Lead a global IT team responsible for the Mechanical Engineering application landscape, including CAD/CAx, PLM, simulation, engineering data, integrations, administration, and support. Drive standardization, governance, operational excellence, and AI-enabled innovation across the engineering IT ecosystem.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Informatics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related discipline.

Professional Experience

• 10+ years in Engineering IT supporting CAD/CAx, PLM and engineering applications.

• 5+ years leading global IT application support/administration teams.

• Experience managing enterprise engineering platforms, vendors and service delivery.

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Engineering IT, application administration and support.

• Deep knowledge of CAD platforms (PTC Creo, Siemens NX), PLM (Windchill/Teamcenter), simulation tools (Ansys), integrations and engineering data.

• Product ownership and roadmap management.

• ITIL/service management, incident, problem and change management.

• AI adoption in engineering applications.

• Enterprise architecture, cybersecurity and compliance awareness.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a globally distributed Engineering IT team.

• Own the CAD/CAx application portfolio and lifecycle.

• Ensure stable operations, administration, upgrades and support.

• Define product roadmap with business stakeholders.

• Standardize engineering tools and processes globally.

• Drive AI-enabled engineering solutions.

• Manage vendors, budgets, licenses and SLAs.

• Ensure integration with PLM, ERP, ALM and enterprise platforms.

• Deliver continuous improvements, governance and business value.