About the Role The Director, Product Portfolio & Product Lifecycle Transformation leads business and IT transformation initiatives that enable product lifecycle management, program governance, and portfolio value realization across a complex global enterprise environment. This role partners closely with business stakeholders, IT teams, and cross-functional organizations to drive integrated platform execution, business process improvement, and operational excellence across the end-to-end Idea-to-Retire lifecycle.
The Director translates business priorities into scalable process and technology solutions that improve governance, visibility, and portfolio performance.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead transformation initiatives across product lifecycle, project and portfolio management, and related business process and IT platform capabilities
- Partner with business and IT stakeholders to define priorities, roadmaps, and execution plans aligned with organizational objectives
- Drive end-to-end execution of complex IT-enabled programs, including scope, milestones, dependencies, governance, risk management, and value realization
- Enable and improve end-to-end Idea-to-Retire business processes through integrated platforms, process standardization, and cross-functional alignment
- Provide leadership in product lifecycle, program governance, and portfolio management to strengthen planning, transparency, decision-making, and execution
- Lead implementation, integration, and optimization efforts involving Siemens PLM, SAP S/4, and related enterprise platforms
- Translate business requirements into scalable digital solutions that support product development, project resource management, and portfolio planning processes
- Establish governance mechanisms, execution cadences, and stakeholder engagement approaches that support delivery, adoption, and sustained business value
- Drive adoption of industry best practices and process harmonization across product and project portfolio management capabilities
- Lead cross-functional teams, program partners, and stakeholders through change management, issue resolution, and execution delivery
- Define, monitor, and report success measures, portfolio health indicators, and business value realization metrics for strategic programs.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field
- Significant experience in enterprise IT, digital transformation, product lifecycle management, ERP, or portfolio management environments
- Proven experience leading large-scale business process and IT transformation programs
- Strong stakeholder management experience across both business and IT organizations
- Experience with Siemens PLM, SAP S/4 , or comparable enterprise platforms supporting product lifecycle and portfolio processes
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional initiatives with senior stakeholder visibility, multiple dependencies, and enterprise impact
- Strong communication, influencing, and change leadership skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- Experience in semiconductor, manufacturing, or other complex product-based global organizations
- Experience leading platform-enabled transformation across Idea-to-Retire processes
- Strong understanding of industry best practices in product and project portfolio management
- Experience building governance models and operating mechanisms that improve execution and business value realization
- Demonstrated success aligning technology solutions with business priorities and portfolio objectives
Functional Knowledge
- Product lifecycle, program governance, project and portfolio value realization through integrated IT platforms
- Product and project portfolio management business processes and platform enablement
- Product development and project resource management processes within complex enterprise environments
- Business process transformation and program execution leadership in IT implementation environments
- End-to-end Idea-to-Retire transformation enabled through integrated digital platforms
- Enterprise platforms such as Siemens PLM and SAP S/4