PLM Senior Manager

Description

Invent the future with us. Ampere is a semiconductor design company for a new era, leading the future of computing with an innovative approach to CPU design focused on high-performance, energy efficient AI compute.

As a pioneer in the new frontier of energy efficient high-performance computing, Ampere is part of the Softbank Group of companies driving sustainable computing for AI, Cloud, and edge applications.

Join us at Ampere and work alongside a passionate and growing team— we’d love to have you apply!

This PLM Senior Manager role is a strategic leadership position responsible for defining, implementing, and optimizing the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) ecosystem, ensuring its alignment with overall business objectives, particularly within the semiconductor industry.

Key responsibilities include driving the PLM roadmap, leading cross‑functional adoption and change management, establishing robust process and data governance for critical product data (like BOMs and NPI processes), and managing stakeholder engagement to ensure system effectiveness, data integrity, and continuous improvement.

• Strategic Leadership & Roadmap— Drive the long‑term vision, planning, and continuous improvement of the PLM ecosystem, ensuring it aligns with overall business objectives.
• Define and Manage PLM Roadmap.
• Contribute to Enterprise Roadmap Architecture as it applies to Item Core Data for procurement, manufacturing, inventory control, and other stakeholders.
• Evaluate and Select PLM Enhancements.
• Communicate roadmap and status with executives.
• Program Management & Change Management— Execute the PLM implementation, project tracking, and the critical aspects of driving organizational adoption and transformation.
• Drive adoption, alignment, and provide training to various departments including Engineering, Product, Manufacturing Operations, Quality, and Technical Publications.
• Proactively collaborate with IT on configuration, workflow, and schema improvements.
• Manage PLM integrations to ERP and other enterprise applications, as well as B2B sources.
• Proactively drive ownership of product, process, and documentation changes with appropriate departments and sources.
• Lead change management initiatives associated with PLM deployment.
• Process & Data Governance— Lead standardization, optimization, and oversight of critical product development processes (like change control and BOM management) and ensure the quality and integrity of associated product data.
• Stand up a small team of Document Control Analysts, prioritizing tasks, and provide professional development.
• Document processes, validate their application in PLM, and drive improvements where opportunities exist.
• Manage change control processes, ensuring changes are properly supported with appropriate Engineering and Operational documentation.
• Lead Data Governance and Data Quality for Item Core Data.
• Oversee Bill of Material (BOM) Management for Platform and SOC products.
• Lead the integration and optimization of the company’s Phase‑Gate New Product Introduction (NPI) process into the PLM system, ensuring clear gate deliverables, review mechanisms, and approval workflows are supported and enforced.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Performance Measurement— Manage relationships with various internal departments and external partners, as well as define and track key performance indicators to ensure the success and value of PLM initiatives.
• Communicate project status to key stakeholders and management.
• Vendor Management (for PLM software and service providers).
• Develop and maintain comprehensive dashboards and reports to track PLM system health, adoption rates, process efficiency, and key performance indicators (KPIs).

• Educational Background
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  Bachelor's degree and at least 12 years of relevant experience; or a Master's degree and 8 years; or a PhD and 5 years.
• Industry Expertise
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  Minimum 5 years of proven experience working in the semiconductor industry, with in‑depth knowledge of silicon or system/platform fabrication, assembly, and test methods.
• Technical PLM Acumen
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  Minimum 7 years of hands‑on, enterprise‑level experience with the…