Senior Enterprise Systems Leader — PLM, MES & QMS

Perot Jain

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 180,000 - 230,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

Apptronik is seeking a Senior Manager, Business Systems to lead the team responsible for PLM, MES, QMS, and ERP systems that connect engineering to manufacturing. You will own strategy, roadmaps, and delivery across design-to-build data, system integrations, and security.

The role demands proven leadership in enterprise systems within hardware/manufacturing and strong stakeholder collaboration. You will guide data readiness for prototype to production, manage vendor relationships, and ensure

Qualifications

6+ years of enterprise systems leadership experience in manufacturing or hardware industries.

Responsibilities

Lead and build the team accountable for end-to-end delivery of enterprise systems projects supporting engineering and manufacturing — business case, scope, schedule, budget, resourcing, risk, stage gates, and benefits realization
Direct your team's PLM implementation, configuration, and continuous improvement — CAD data management, part and BOM structures, item numbering, revision and effectivity control, engineering change (ECR/ECN/ECO and deviations), and configuration management
Own the design-to-build data thread: ensure your team delivers clean releases from the engineering BOM into the manufacturing BOM, routings, and work instructions, with traceable linkage back to the released design and as-built configuration
Oversee your team's integration of PLM with ERP, MES, and the ECAD/MCAD toolchain so that a change released in engineering propagates correctly to planning, procurement, and the shop floor without manual re-entry
Direct your team's delivery of MES capability for electronic work instructions, digital travelers, operation-level data collection, serialization, genealogy, station-level quality gates, and test data capture at the point of work
Lead your team's delivery of Quality systems capability — document and training control, nonconformance and CAPA, supplier quality, incoming and in-process inspection, calibration, audit management, and change control — and establish closed-loop routing of production and field findings back into engineering change
Set strategy for enterprise systems delivery on the Salesforce platform where it supports business processes adjacent to the product lifecycle — customer and program management, service and field support, warranty and returns, and case-to-quality handoffs
Represent the function to Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, and Program Management leadership to elicit, prioritize, and negotiate business requirements; direct your team in translating them into well-architected system configurations, workflows, and integrations
Set direction for the business processes that operate within these systems, ensuring your team designs and continuously improves them to be scalable, auditable, and aligned with internal controls
Ensure your team delivers data readiness for prototype, pilot, and production builds in support of new product introduction — long-lead part release, make/buy decisions, supplier data packages, and as-built records
Lead your team through implementation, upgrade, and module rollout projects end-to-end — planning, scoping, conference room pilot, testing, UAT, cutover, hypercare, and post-go-live optimization
Own the vendor relationship strategy for systems integrators, VARs, and software vendors: statements of work, deliverable acceptance, change orders, licensing, renewals, support escalations, and roadmap alignment
Set policy for system security and access administered by your team: roles, profiles, permission sets, segregation of duties, approval workflows, and periodic access reviews in support of audit and compliance
Establish and govern master data practices across parts, suppliers, customers, BOMs, routings, and locations; hold your team accountable for data quality, reconciliation, and reporting standards
Ensure your team builds and maintains reporting, dashboards, and analytics that give business leaders timely visibility into engineering change cycle time, BOM accuracy, first-pass yield, NCR and CAPA closure, on-time release, and user adoption
Own change management and adoption strategy: stakeholder analysis, communication plans, role-based training, super-user networks, and post-go-live adoption metrics
Ensure your team creates and maintains comprehensive documentation — configuration records, process flows, runbooks, and end-user training materials; serve as the senior escalation point and executive-facing subject matter expert for these platforms
Hire, develop, and manage the performance of a team of IT and business analyst staff who support engineering and manufacturing systems; build a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement, including career development plans and succession bench strength