Windchill Functional Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Process Mapping & Functional Design
• Define functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability matrices aligned to PLM strategy.
• Design Windchill+ configurations (lifecycles, workflows, soft types, attributes, UI policies, classification, search) that reflect standardized global processes.
• Facilitate design workshops, fit-gap analysis, and best-practice harmonization across sites/business units.
• Define roles, ACLs, contexts, and policies that support data governance and compliance.
• Shape functional design for CAD integrations with Windchill+:Creo (preferred), SolidWorks, NX, AutoCAD.
• Define CAD–WTPart association strategy, family tables/variants, naming/versioning conventions, and visualization.
• Define change processes (ECR/ECO/ECN), routing rules, roles, and KPI tracking.
• Establish configuration management practices (baselines, effectivity, options/variants) aligned to the product model.
• Lead data discovery and functional mapping (documents, CAD, WTParts, attributes, classifications).
• Create data quality rules and validation scenarios; collaborate on migration cycles, UAT, and sign-offs.
• Build test scripts, lead UAT, and manage defect triage from a functional standpoint.
• Develop training materials, role-based playbooks, and conduct end-user enablement sessions.
• Drive change management and adoption through communications and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with 10+ years in PLM functional consulting with strong focus on Windchill/Windchill+
• Demonstrated process mapping experience and delivery of to-be PLM operating models.
• Hands-on involvement in Windchill/Windchill+ implementations, preferably including greenfield or major transformation programs.
• Proven experience with CAD integrations to Windchill (minimum: Creo; plus: SolidWorks/NX/AutoCAD).
• Deep understanding of: WTParts, CAD Data Management, Document Control, Change Management (ECR/ECO/ECN), Lifecycles, Workflows, Classification, Search, Soft Types, Attributes, EBOM management and EBOM–MBOM handoff, Visualization and publishing (Creo View), model check guidelines.