Director, PLM Products & Platforms

About DePuy Synthes

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Job Overview

The Director, PLM Products & Platforms is a senior IT leader responsible for defining and delivering the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) product and platform strategy that enables DePuy Synthes’ R&D and product development objectives. This role drives enterprise‑scale PLM capabilities, ensuring seamless integration across R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain. The position has broad impact on how products are designed, developed, governed, and sustained across their full lifecycle, directly supporting innovation, compliance, and speed to market, and reports into the DePuy Synthes Technology organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise PLM products and platforms strategy aligned to R&D Technology and DePuy Synthes business priorities.
• Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of PLM platforms supporting product development, design controls, change management, and lifecycle governance.
• Partner with R&D, Quality, Regulatory, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain leaders to ensure PLM capabilities meet end‑to‑end business and compliance needs.
• Provide people leadership to managers and senior technical professionals, including performance management, coaching, and succession planning.
• Establish and manage PLM roadmaps, investment plans, and delivery timelines to ensure scalable, secure, and reliable platforms.
• Govern platform standards, data integrity, integrations, and system interoperability across the R&D technology ecosystem.
• Ensure PLM solutions comply with applicable regulatory, quality, privacy, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement through analytics, user feedback, and adoption of emerging technologies relevant to product development.
• Lead the application of AI, advanced analytics, and automation to modernize R&D platforms, accelerating product development, improving scientific and engineering insights, and strengthening end‑to‑end decision‑making while enabling scalable, compliant, and efficient R&D operations from discovery through lifecycle management.

Qualifications

Education:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Preferred: Master’s degree (MS, MBA, or equivalent) in a relevant discipline.

Required Experience and Skills:

• 10-12 years of experience in product lifecycle management, R&D, or related technology‑enabled functions within medical devices.
• Proven leadership experience at a senior manager or director level, managing complex, cross‑functional teams and programs.
• Proven experience leading enterprise Windchill PLM / ThingWorx platforms and large-scale technology programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead managers and senior professionals in a matrixed, global environment.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end product lifecycle processes
• Experience integrating PLM platforms with Quality, Regulatory, ERP, Manufacturing, and analytics systems to enable traceability and lifecycle visibility.
• Strong understanding of regulated product development environments (e.g., medical devices, life sciences, or similarly regulated industries).
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, and complex technology roadmaps.
• Ability to translate business and R&D needs into scalable technology solutions.

Preferred Experience and Skills:

• Experience supporting medical devices or highly regulated product development environments.
• Technical knowledge and skills to support a technology ecosystem that spans PLM, Materials management, Risk & Requirements Management, Engineering and Simulation Systems
• Expertise with PLM integrations across Quality, Regulatory, ERP, and Manufacturing systems.
• Strong change management and stakeholder engagement capabilities.
• Experience driving modernization or transformation of PLM ecosystems in regulated product development environments.

Other

• Language: English (business fluent).
• Travel: Up to ~20%, domestic and occasional international.
• Certifications: PMP, Agile, or relevant IT certifications preferred but not required.

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Required Skills

• Analytical Reasoning
• Cost Management
• Developing Others
• Fact-Based Decision Making
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
• Inclusive Leadership
• Leadership
• New Program Development
• Performance Measurement
• Product Development
• Product Strategies
• Project Management Methodology (PMM)
• Research and Development
• Software Development Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Strategic Supply Chain Management

Benefits

• Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
• Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Colorado –48 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
• Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
• Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
• Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
• Bereavement Leave – 240 hours for an immediate family member: 40 hours for an extended family member per calendar year
• Caregiver Leave – 80 hours in a 52-week rolling period
• Volunteer Leave – 32 hours per calendar year
• Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours per calendar year

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