Technical Services Mgr II

visit us at usa.siemens.com    |     learn more about us    |     view siemens speaks video    |     send this job to a friend We're Siemens, a global innovation company helping the needs of businesses, communities and employees right here in the US. From improving security at airports, to helping healthcare professionals make more accurate diagnoses of the heart, to reducing delivery time for forwarded mail and beyond, we're achieving the unexpected all because of our employees. Which is why we offer a work culture where ideas are free to fly, diversity programs that capture the strengths of thought rather than ethnicity, and mentoring and training programs that can take careers to new heights. And that's pretty inspiring. Because when you and 70,000 diverse minds innovate together, you can change the world. Imagine that. automation & control • building technologies • energy & power • financial services • hearing solutions industrial solutions • information & communication • lighting • medical solutions • transportation • water technologies Siemens is an equal opportunity employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. Technical Services Mgr II Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens Industrials, is a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services with 4.4 million licensed seats and 47,000 customers worldwide. Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Siemens PLM Software's vision is to enable a world where organizations and their partners collaborate through global innovation networks to deliver world-class products and services while leveraging our PLM Software's open enterprise solutions, fulfilling the mission of enabling them to transform their process of innovation. For more information on Siemens PLM Software products and services, visit www.siemens.com/ugs. Job Description: PLM Project Manager – Has overall business and technical solution delivery responsibilities for medium to large PLM customer implementations.  Customers will be in a Vertical business sector. This person will be responsible for oversight and management of large programs that will deliver solutions that address strategic customer business drivers, enterprise-wide processes, and provide a broad spectrum of UGS PLM products.  This person will also support ongoing business development activities within customer PLM and NPDI programs. Customers typically require very sophisticated, multi-site, and geographically dispersed deployments.  The implementations will typically be highly integrated with existing enterprise applications and exist within a complex 4-tier architecture with extraordinary security and authority models.  There infrastructure strategy centers around high availability, robust external security and broad horizontal scaling requirements.  The PLM solution under the direction of this role will also typically require non-standard system integrations, extensive data migration, legacy system integration and retirement, multiple computer environments, and significant business process re-engineering.  For a given PLM program this person may have multiple technical project leaders as direct functional reports. Coordination between multiple customers and UGS organizations and other vendors is fundamental to this role.  This role is viewed by the customer as one which can provide executive and departmental PLM direction and which has strong credibility and influence in order to bring UGS resources to bear on the customer PLM program. This role may serve as senior-level billable consultant, when needed. Prerequisites and Essential Functions: BS, MS, or PhD in Engineering or Computer Science Excellent customer relationship and communication skills Excellent people management skills Demonstrated ability to manage profitable multi-million dollar PLM projects In depth knowledge of the Aerospace and Defense industry as well as the High Tech industry strongly preferred Demonstrated ability to develop and manage a large staff with diverse process and technical skills Demonstrated experience and knowledge of PLM technologies and processes Demonstrated PLM solution architect skills Minimum five (5) years of experience managing IT/engineering implementation projects Minimum ten (10) years as a billable PLM consultant Knowledge of UGS PLM products strongly preferred Excellent verifiable references US Citizenship strongly preferred UGS is an equal opportunity employer and values the diversity of its people.