PLM Product Owner & Enterprise Solution Architect

Who are we?

Svante is a rapidly growing clean energy technology company making commercial-scale carbon capture and removal a reality and enabling global industries to play offense in the fight against climate change that will accelerate the global transition to a lower-carbon economy. The growing success of our company is owed to our commitment to our people, our emphasis on our values, and our innovative technology. Passion is put into what we do every day.

The Role: PLM Product Owner & Enterprise Solution Architect

Who are you?

Be part of a world-class team that wants to tackle one of the most important challenges of our generation; low cost and high-volume capture of CO2 (gigatons scale). As a Svante employee, you will apply your talents in ways that make a difference in our world by directly contributing towards technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Svante has been nominated one of the best clean-energy technology company for future investment with a credible solution for capturing point-source CO2 emissions and accelerating the global transition to a lower-carbon economy.

To support us in achieving our ambitious corporate objectives, we are seeking a highly motivated, progressive-minded individual to provide business process leadership, customer advocacy, and technology architecture guidance in the domain of “Product Lifecycle Management”. This area, which encapsulates the end-to-end planning, engineering, manufacturing, and deployment of our Structured Adsorbent Beds and Rotating Adsorption Machines, is a key part of the Svante value proposition.

Reporting to Digital Business, you will capture current processes, identify target-state processes, and devise effective solutions for resolving gaps and transitioning the Product Team to the target-state PLM technologies and processes. You will develop a sound understanding of the needs of the Product Team and passionately support Svante’s key product lifecycle objectives, while at the same time bringing your knowledge of solution architecture patterns and practices to bear to ensure that steps taken to improve PLM do so in a way that continually aligns with the Digital Business vision for the future of the whole enterprise.

In addition to skills in PLM, product management, and solutions architecture, to be successful you will have proven experience with enterprise-level systems, processes, and technologies. This includes enterprise integration, document management, business process automation, quality management, and DevOps & CI/CD, within a hybrid Software as a Service / On-Prem environment.

In your role, you will have opportunity to learn about other Digital Business domains (such as Manufacturing Operations, Project Delivery, etc.) and will be encouraged to build up expertise in those areas. This can lead to opportunities to rotate into other Product Management / Solutions Architecture domains; thereby enhancing your knowledge, skills, and ability to contribute value in your role.

Customers:

• Product Engineering Team
• Manufacturing Team (Structured Adsorbent Bed)
• Supply Chain Team

Suppliers:

• Corporate Shared Services (all departments)
• PLM consultants & software vendors

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with managers, engineers, and CAD designers in the Product Team to implement and continuously improve business processes and technical solutions for Product Lifecycle Management, Product Data Management, and CAD data management (collectively referred to hereafter as “PLM”).
• Adopt a strong customer advocacy mindset regarding the needs of the Product Team, balanced with the company’s enterprise architecture vision and overall technology direction.
• Assist the Enterprise Architect in developing and maintaining a roadmap that outlines short-term and longer-term objectives for PLM-related systems, business processes, change processes, and information flows.
• Work with business process experts in other domains (such as Materials Research, Field Services, Manufacturing Operations etc.) to align PLM processes with other domain processes to achieve maximum efficiency, quality, automation, agility, and data insight.
• Deeply understand current state and future state PLM needs based on the company’s roadmap and strategic growth plan, and proactively identify and support initiatives needed to keep the Product Team ahead of the ‘demand curve’.
• Develop expertise in PLM trends and technologies in the engineering & manufacturing industry and bring that knowledge to bear in helping Svante develop and sustain world-class PLM capabilities.
• Over time, rotate into other areas of the enterprise (like Manufacturing Operations, Materials R&D, etc.) to develop a synergistic perspective of Svante as a whole, and potentially become a Solutions Architect / Product Owner for other domains of high business value.
• Assist coordinating internal and vendor resources responsible for application enhancements and net-new development, take a lead role in executing pilots and proofs-of-concept, and aid in managing a PLM enhancements backlog.

Key Qualifications:

• Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions such as Aras Innovator, Windchill, Arena PLM, or similar. Exposure to Product Data Management (PDM) in a multi-CAD environment (using Creo, SolidWorks, NX, CATIA or similar) would be beneficial.
• At least 8 years relevant experience in product/project management, solutions architecture, business process analysis, and enterprise systems implementation.
• Expertise in data, business, and integration architecture domains, including experience with design patterns, approaches, and frameworks specific to each domain.
• Proficiency with the use of Agile and DevOps frameworks for rapid development and enhancement of business solutions.
• Exceptional interpersonal communication skills (verbal, presentation, written), with a strong capability to facilitate collaborative decisions amongst business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong desire to learn other areas of the business (e.g., manufacturing, field services, lab research, advanced analytics, digital twins) and to expand into supporting those areas in the capacity of enterprise solutions architect / technology expert.
• Advocacy and support of Lean Principles, and sincere, passionate belief in Svante’s values and business mission.
• Undergraduate degree in related field.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Svante is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national
origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. All Svante employees share in the responsibility for assuring that, by our personal actions, the policies are effective. Accommodations will be provided as requested by candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.