Senior Project Director – Manufacturing Transformation (PLM/MES)

COFOMO; Montreal; Presencial; CAD 140.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

COFOMO seeks a Senior Project Director to lead Montreal-based manufacturing transformation programs, focusing on PLM, MES, and model-based enterprise. You will guide planning, governance, and multi-release delivery with engineering, manufacturing, IT and vendor partners.

The role requires strong cross-functional leadership, ability to translate business needs into technical specifications, and fluency in French and English. Hybrid work options may apply.

Formación

• Proven track record delivering complex manufacturing transformations.
• Experience with PLM/MES implementations and model-centric engineering.
• Ability to translate business needs into execution drawings and data specs.

Responsabilidades

• Lead planning, execution, and delivery of manufacturing transformation initiatives (PLM/MES/MBE).
• Establish roadmaps, governance models, and multi-release plans with cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate agile or hybrid delivery and ensure stakeholder validation.
• Identify risks, manage interdependencies, and drive issue resolution.
• Promote data-driven digital workflows and model-centric engineering practices.

Conocimientos

Project governance

Roadmap development

Multi-stakeholder coordination

PLM platforms

MES systems

Model-based engineering

Bilingual French/English

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

PM certification (PMP) or equivalent

Herramientas

Teamcenter

Enovia

Windchill

Apriso

Ignition

SAP ME/MII

Descripción del empleo

# Senior Project Director – Manufacturing Transformation (PLM/MES)MontrealVirtualProgram Management and Technology LeadershipApplyWith over 30 years of recognized expertise, COFOMO is now a leading Canadian consulting firm specializing in digital and artificial intelligence. Supported by more than 3,000 experts, 10 Centers of Excellence, and 4 offices across the country, we are uniquely positioned to successfully guide our clients through their transformations. Both strategic and tactical, we help organizations across a wide range of industries thrive in today’s rapidly evolving world.## Our promiseHelp our clients succeed and maximize the impact of their transformation initiatives, turning them into powerful drivers of growth and innovation.## Job description**Here's a brief overview of the tasks and responsibilities you'll be able to do:** • Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of business transformation initiatives related to PLM, MES, and Model Based Enterprise solutions; • Establish roadmaps, governance models, and multi-release delivery plans involving engineering, manufacturing, quality, information technology, and vendor partners; • Ensure cross-functional alignment between business objectives, business processes, engineering practices, and enterprise architecture; • Coordinate multiple agile or hybrid delivery flows by promoting solution demonstrations and continuous stakeholder validation; • Identify risks, manage interdependencies and drive the proactive resolution of issues related to manufacturing and digital environments; • Transform legacy processes into integrated digital workflows to improve operational efficiency; • Orchestrate the evolution towards model-centric engineering based on 3D models, digital twins, and structured engineering data; • Perform mapping of the current and future states of PLM, MES and MBE architectures in order to support the objectives of the digital thread; • Promote automation, process modernization and data-driven operating models to increase traceability, compliance and performance; • Collaborate with business and technical teams to define integration models between PLM, MES, ERP and IIoT platforms; • Ensure alignment of engineering data structures, manufacturing workflows, BOM configurations, revision management rules, and MBE standards; • Oversee the integration of APIs, data services, digital work instructions, and cloud or on-premise components; • Support the implementation of the digital thread by promoting the exploitation of structured data and CAD/MBE standards; • Act as a point of coordination between business stakeholders, technology teams, and PLM and MES solution providers; • Manage supplier deliverables as part of modernization and digital transformation programs; • Facilitate workshops, process mapping sessions, and executive presentations; • Oversee functional testing and user acceptance activities by prioritizing and tracking anomalies; • Ensure operational readiness through training, change management and handover to support teams; • Define performance indicators, adoption metrics, and mechanisms for continuous improvement of digital processes. **The profile we are looking for is as follows:** • Demonstrated experience in the delivery of manufacturing transformation programs or projects with several technical and operational components; • Proficient in project governance, milestone management, roadmap development and multi-stakeholder coordination; • Experience implementing manufacturing solutions, PLM platforms, MES systems, or model-centric environments; • Understand modernization approaches that enable the transition from document processes to automated, data-driven digital workflows; • Understand PLM data structures, MES processes, engineering changes, BOM/BOP logic, and thread principles; • Knowledge of PLM platforms such as Teamcenter, Enovia or Windchill; • Have knowledge of MES platforms such as Apriso, Ignition or SAP ME/MII; • Master concepts related to MBE ecosystems and CAD environments; • Demonstrate the ability to translate business requirements, engineering models, and manufacturing needs into execution drawings, user stories, acceptance criteria, and data specifications; • Exercise mobilizing leadership with business, technical and executive stakeholders; • Communicate effectively by simplifying complex technical issues with a variety of audiences; • Be bilingual in French and English.