Change Control Manager
Change Control Manager
Posted today
SENIORITY
Manager
About the role
- Own the configuration management strategy, plan, and procedures across hardware product lines, including part numbering, revision control, lifecycle phases, and BOM structure
- Serve as business owner and lead administrator of the PLM system, including item categories, attributes, lifecycle phases, change workflows, routing, and user roles
- Maintain the integrity of items, BOMs, approved manufacturer lists, and controlled documents in the PLM system through regular audits and data cleanup
- Lead the engineering change process (ECR/ECO and deviations) end to end
- Ensure engineering changes include complete impact analysis, such as inventory disposition, cost, effectivity, firmware compatibility, and compliance impact
- Partner with Hardware Engineering to embed configuration control early in the product development process
- Partner with Program Management on stage-gate release readiness (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP) and launch timelines
- Partner with Operations and Supply Chain to release product data to contract manufacturers and confirm builds match the approved configuration
- Own integrations and data flows between the PLM system and ERP, CAD/PDM, and quality systems
- Support product compliance and quality audits with complete, traceable configuration records, including RoHS and certification data in the PLM system
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of configuration management and document control professionals
- Establish and report configuration management metrics, such as ECO cycle time, change backlog, and BOM accuracy, to engineering and business leadership
- Drive continuous improvement of configuration management processes, training, documentation, and tools
- 5+ years experience leading configuration management, document control, or PLM for hardware products 2+ years managing Change Control teams
- Hands-on, administrator-level experience with an enterprise PLM system (e.g., Arena, Windchill, Agile, Teamcenter, Propel)
- Experience managing engineering change processes (ECR/ECO), revision control, and multi-level BOMsExperience partnering directly with Engineering teams to release products through new product introduction (NPI) stage gates
- Experience releasing product data to JDMs and contract manufacturers
- Experience managing people or leading a team
- We Value:
- Experience with Arena PLM
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