Principal Business Process Owner, PLM (S4 Hana)

Responsibilities

• Act as the PLM business lead for workstream decisions and cross-functional alignment for S/4 HANA enterprise deployment
• Cook up solutions with IT and system integrators to ensure feasibility and solution consistency
• Lead PLM business process testing and validation to ensure robustness of solutions
• Analyze current processes and customizations to support future-state design
• Manage assigned PLM-related projects or sub-projects, ensuring delivery of scope, timeline, and milestones in alignment with the broader S/4HANA program
• Facilitate project meetings, track action items, monitor progress, and drive timely issue resolution
• Ensure alignment of project deliverables with PLM roadmap, enterprise design standards, and future-state process requirements
• Support vendor coordination and ensure deliverables meet quality expectations and integration requirements
• Coordinate testing resources, oversee unit testing and readiness, including test reviews, scripts, and defect tracking
• Support integrated test cycles and user acceptance tests, cutover, and hyper care activities
• Prepare for future releases
• Work across multiple workstreams to ensure end-to-end process alignment
• Cook up activities across boundary systems tied to PLM
• Support training, communication, and organizational readiness activities
• Champion new processes and capture business feedback

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
• 5+ years as a Business Analyst or PLM Functional Analyst, ideally with S/4HANA experience
• Experience with PLM platforms (e.g., Teamcenter, Windchill)
• Strong understanding of PLM processes
• Skilled in Agile delivery, JIRA, testing cycles, and cross-functional coordination
• Strong communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills
• Deep domain expertise of Product Life Cycle Management in Life Sciences industry