PLM Program Director

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Location
This is a remote position with 20% travel expectation.
About the job you’re considering
Capgemini is looking for a PLM Program Director to lead enterprise-scale PLM modernization programs for strategic North America clients. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who can bring executive confidence, delivery discipline, commercial ownership and a trusted-advisor mindset to complex engineering and digital continuity transformations. You will shape outcomes that connect engineering, manufacturing, IT, operations and suppliers—while helping clients modernize the platforms and ways of working that power product innovation.
Your Role
Lead large, multi-year PLM transformation and Digital Continuity programs from mobilization through deployment, adoption and stabilization.
Serve as the executive-facing leader for client sponsors, program owners, Capgemini leadership and technology partners.
Own delivery governance, financial performance, risk management, scope control, change governance and value realization.
Mobilize and lead blended onshore–offshore teams with clear accountability, quality gates, productivity controls and transparent hand-offs.
Create structure across integrated plans, dependencies, milestones, backlog, burndown, executive reporting and decision forums.
Drive advisory and delivery-led sales, including opportunity shaping, solutioning, proposals, renewals and follow-on growth.
Embed AI-powered PLM practices, including AI-accelerated delivery, AI-assisted migration and testing, software factory approaches and augmented-engineering readiness.
Build trust with clients and teams through authentic, adaptive communication, emotional awareness and the ability to read the room.
Bring executive presence, client centricity and strategic perspective to complex decisions, risks and trade-offs.
Maintain delivery balance through strong structuring discipline across scope, backlog, dependencies, primary and secondary tasks, burndown and reporting.
Convert delivery credibility into renewal readiness, follow-on growth and long-term client value.
Lead with One Capgemini, end-to-end ownership mindset across teams, geographies, partners and stakeholders
Your Skills and Experience
20+ years leading complex engineering, IT or digital transformation programs, including enterprise PLM delivery at scale.
Program Director-level experience with multi-year, multi-site, multi-vendor programs and executive client accountability.
Strong commercial ownership across budget, revenue, margin, forecasting, scope, change control and contractual commitments.
Experience with major PLM platforms such as Siemens Teamcenter, PTC Windchill, Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE, Aras or comparable solutions.
Proven ability to combine delivery leadership with advisory, pre-sales, solution shaping, executive value articulation and account growth.
Experience leading onshore–offshore delivery models across North America and global delivery locations.
Good to have
Engineering-intensive or regulated industries such as Aerospace & Defense, automotive, industrial manufacturing, energy or medical technology.
PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, PLM platform certification or equivalent program leadership certification.
Tier-1 consulting or systems-integration leadership, including executive advisory, vendor-partner delivery and delivery-led account growth.
Multi-site PLM rollouts, Digital Thread transformation, AI-powered software factory delivery, augmented engineering or agentic-ready platform strategy.
The base compensation range for this role in the posted location is: $103,879 - $242,400/Year
Capgemini provides compensation range information in accordance with applicable national, state, provincial, and local pay transparency laws. The base compensation range listed for this position reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation Capgemini, in good faith, believes it may pay for the role at the time of this posting. This range may be subject to change as permitted by law.
The actual compensation offered to any candidate may fall outside of the posted range and will be determined based on multiple factors legally permitted in the applicable jurisdiction.
These may include, but are not limited to: Geographic location, Education and qualifications, Certifications and licenses, Relevant experience and skills, Seniority and performance, Market and business consideration, Internal pay equity.
It is not typical for candidates to be hired at or near the top of the posted compensation range.
In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for additional compensation such as variable incentives, bonuses, or commissions, depending on the position and applicable laws.
Capgemini offers a comprehensive, non-negotiable benefits package to all regular, full-time employees. In the U.S. and Canada, available benefits are determined by local policy and eligibility and may include:
Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in