Windchill PLM Business Process Architect

Description Our Leidos Defense Sector is seeking a talented and experienced Windchill PLM Business Process Architect to support the continued evolution, expansion, and optimization of our enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). The candidate would be joining a diverse team to create unique solutions for complex problems. With offices across the United States engaging in the defense, space, cyber and commercial fields. Leidos provides responsive, cost-effective engineering, scientific and IT solutions. Our organization has established PTC Windchill as a strategic enterprise PLM platform and is focused on expanding its capabilities, refining existing processes, and further developing a scalable framework that can support programs of varying size, complexity, and product-development needs. The successful candidate will be an experienced Windchill professional who can operate with a high degree of independence while working within the strategic PLM architecture and governance framework established by the Chief PLM Architect. Given a business need and overall architectural direction, this individual should be capable of engaging stakeholders, analyzing current processes, defining requirements, developing future-state solutions, and working with technical teams to carry those solutions through implementation. This is not primarily a Windchill system administration or software-development position. We are seeking someone who understands how Windchill functions as a full lifecycle product-development and configuration-management platform, with hands-on experience across areas such as Parts and product structures, Documents, CAD data management, Change Management, workflows and lifecycles, and MCAD/ECAD integrations. The ideal candidate will combine strong existing Windchill knowledge with the judgment, initiative, technical curiosity, and leadership potential needed to grow into broader enterprise PLM architecture responsibilities. This position offers the opportunity to help shape a mature, sustainable, and scalable PLM framework while balancing common enterprise processes, program-specific needs, system maintainability, product-data integrity, and long-term Digital Thread objectives. Primary Responsibilities Partner with Windchill administrators, developers, integration teams, enterprise architects, and external vendors to ensure functional requirements are translated into effective technical solutions. Serve as a Windchill PLM functional subject matter expert and business process architect supporting the continued development of enterprise PLM capabilities. Operate independently within the overall strategy and architecture established by the Chief PLM Architect, escalating significant architectural decisions, exceptions, or deviations for enterprise review. Support the further development and refinement of a common, scalable PLM framework that promotes standardization, reuse, governance, and maintainability while supporting the varying needs of individual programs. Support development, functional testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), deployment, user adoption, and post-implementation process refinement. Lead or facilitate business-process discovery and AS-IS / TO-BE process-development activities with Engineering, Configuration Management, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Program Management, and other stakeholders. Translate business and engineering needs into clear functional requirements, process models, solution concepts, user stories, acceptance criteria, and implementation recommendations. Develop and refine business processes using Windchill objects and capabilities including: WTParts and engineering product structures/BOMs WTDocuments and controlled product documentation EPMDocuments and CAD data Product structures and product relationships Change Requests, Change Notices, Change Tasks, Variances, and related Change Management objects Lifecycle states and lifecycle templates Workflows and approval processes Rev…

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