Director, PLM & Industrial Technology

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the enterprise PLM, ALM, and industrial technology strategy, establishing a multi-year roadmap that drives innovation, scalability, and measurable business value across Brunswick divisions.
• Develop compelling business cases and investment proposals to secure executive sponsorship, while leading platform evolution including adoption of emerging technologies and retirement of legacy systems.
• Govern the end-to-end engineering and manufacturing systems architecture, ensuring PLM, ALM, and industrial platforms are integrated, secure, and future-ready.
• Champion a unified digital thread connecting PLM (Siemens Teamcenter), ALM (Polarion), MES, ERP, CAD, and Azure IIoT platforms to enable seamless data flow across the full product and systems engineering lifecycle.
• Oversee enterprise deployment and governance of PLM platforms (Teamcenter) and ALM platforms (Polarion, Titan, Test Rail, Jira), driving closed-loop requirements-to-manufacturing traceability across divisions.
• Lead MBSE initiatives and ALM configurations spanning requirements management, change control, test management, and functional safety compliance for software-intensive and embedded product development.
• Serve as the strategic liaison between systems engineering, Product development engineering, manufacturing, IT, and business leadership to align PLM, ALM, MES & IIOT platforms with operational priorities.
• Assess and reimagine engineering and manufacturing processes, redefining standards to improve efficiency, data utilization, and cycle time reduction across product development workflows.
• Develop and implement metrics, dashboards, and advanced analytics to deliver real-time insights into engineering and manufacturing performance across Brunswick divisions.
• Drive adoption of AI and machine learning tools to enhance requirements intelligence, design optimization, and predictive manufacturing capabilities while embedding data-driven decision-making into PLM, ALM & MES workflows.
• Lead Brunswick's industrial technology transformation leveraging PLM, ALM, smart manufacturing, and Industry 4.0 principles including digital twins, digital threads and Model bases system engineering concepts.
• Evaluate and pilot emerging technologies, translating trends into actionable strategies that deliver competitive advantage across Brunswick's diverse product portfolio.

Required Skills & Experience

• 12+ years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering-intensive industry, with deep hands-on expertise in enterprise PLM, CAD, and manufacturing systems implementation and leadership.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale PLM and industrial technology programs across complex, multi-division or global manufacturing organizations.
• Deep expertise with Siemens Teamcenter PLM including Item & BOM Management, Document Management, Change Management, Active Workspace, and CAD integrations (NX, SolidWorks, Creo).
• Experience with ALM platforms such as Polarion with working knowledge of requirements management, test management, and systems engineering workflows.
• Hands-on experience implementing manufacturing solutions using platforms such as Ignition, Tulip, or comparable MES and shopfloor connectivity software.
• Strong understanding of discrete manufacturing processes, PLM-ERP integration best practices, and end-to-end manufacturing data flows from design through production.
• Expertise in data governance, data architecture, and business intelligence tools, with the ability to design scalable, enterprise-grade technology landscapes.
• Experience leveraging AI, advanced analytics, and digital twin technologies to drive engineering and manufacturing performance improvements.
• Familiarity with Industry 4.0 principles, digital manufacturing, model-based engineering (MBE), and smart factory enablement strategies.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex business needs into technical requirements and build compelling business cases for technology investments.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills with proven ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders.

Pay

The hiring range for this position is $132,500 - $196,000 annually. The actual base pay offered will vary based on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, relevant experience, business needs, and geographic location. Compensation decisions are dependent upon the specifics of the candidate’s qualifications and the business context.

Benefits

This position is eligible to participate in Brunswick's comprehensive and high-quality benefits offerings, including medical, dental, vision, paid vacation, 401k (up to 4% match), Health Savings Account (with company contribution), well-being program, product purchase discounts and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.