Lead Consultant_ PLM Functional Architect

Role - Functional Architect

Technology - PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)

Location - Toulouse

Compensation - Competitive (including bonus)

Job Description

• Initiate impact analysis (architecture) to identify all dependencies (IT and Business).
• Prepare integrated Design of Architecture (Product and/or Service impacted & High Level design) to support several initiatives needs.
• Secure IT disaster recovery readiness to support business continuity requirements.
• Collaborate with product owner and epic architects and formulate features and user stories.
• Works closely with the Business owners and Architects of different products to design the functional behavior for a transverse business capabilities.
• Collaborate with architects and distributed agile feature teams to create and implement innovative high-quality solutions.
• To do critical review and challenge to the product/domain architects to see potential issues and propose alternate solutions.
• Understand the PLM functional landscape of the client and formulate the future roadmap based on the enterprise vision.
• Being a part of a learning culture, where teamwork and collaboration are encouraged, excellence is rewarded, and diversity is respected and valued.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent.
• Strong experience in PLM Functional domain, with at least 5-10 years of Functional Architecture in Airbus.
• Should have led/participated in the transverse architecture for 5+ years.
• Strong functional knowledge on 3D Experience.
• Airbus domain knowledge - Product Structure (EBOM), CAD BOM, DMU, Change and Configuration Management.
• Transverse functional knowledge on Airbus PLM landscape (including PASS SSI, VPM/Optegra/CADINT, APS, PS SSI, DMU/TreND, PDMLink CC, AIRINA, LTA4ALL etc.).
• Strong knowledge of SSI domain.
• Product structure & Configuration management principles.
• Release process and versioning process.
• System (Equipment) Installation process.
• Interaction with CAD/TDM/Conf-Mgmt/DMU Toolsets.
• Good knowledge on transverse processes like BASIC, Full3D, Long Term Archiving (LTA3D), ESI Design Automation, PZ/RPZ management would be a plus.
• Downstream feeding to AIRINA, Manufacturing and Customer Services toolsets.
• Good knowledge on the Elec domain.
• Good knowledge on the integration activities beyond Architecture especially strategizing test strategy (including data, land‑scape, scenarios) for a complex release.
• Awareness of Agile/SAFe methodologies.
• Awareness of the Lean PLM SA project would be a plus.
• Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Problem‑solving and conflict‑resolution ability.
• Outstanding organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Conduct workshops with business and other stakeholders to understand/define the complex business requirements.
• Work closely with the Architects of different Products/ARTs to define/review/challenge the transverse E2E solution.
• Analyze the impacts on the PLM tool sets in the E2E application landscape.
• Perform impact analysis of AS-IS vs TO-BE landscape and define target functional architecture.
• Analyze the Systems in Context to foresee impacts in the E2E solution.
• Evaluate impacts on Interfaces of different PLM toolsets and downstream products.
• Propose different solution options and its associated impacts.
• Conduct brainstorming sessions/workshops with various Product owners and Architects to discuss different solution proposals and help to finalize the optimum solution.
• Transform the business requirements into a Concept Solution to produce a CPD.
• Explain the detailed target solution to the impacted Products/ARTs team.
• Review Concept Solution dossiers for the impacts Products in the E2E solution.
• Maintain RIA tracker related to Solution Architecture open points.
• Review the Test Strategies / Test scenarios / use cases.
• Identify and promote re‑use of existing components / COTS solutions.
• Share best practices and be consultative to clients throughout the project lifecycle.
• Enabling new team members on domain/functional knowledge.

Personal Qualities

• High analytical skills.
• A high degree of initiative and flexibility.
• High customer orientation.
• High quality awareness.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (English and French).

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