Windchill Functional consultant

Role Overview:

Job Title: Windchill+ Functional Consultant (10+ Years Experience)

Key Responsibilities
Process Mapping & Functional Design
Lead asis / tobe process mapping across Engineering, Change Control, Document Control, Configuration Management, and Manufacturing collaboration.
Define functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and traceability matrices aligned to PLM strategy.
Design Windchill+ configurations (lifecycles, workflows, soft types, attributes, UI policies, classification, search) that reflect standardized global processes.
Facilitate design workshops, fitgap analysis, and bestpractice harmonization across sites/business units.
Define roles, ACLs, contexts, and policies that support data governance and compliance.
CAD Integrations & Engineering Collaboration
Shape functional design for CAD integrations with Windchill+:
o Creo (preferred), SolidWorks, NX, AutoCAD
Define CAD WTPart association strategy, family tables/variants, naming/versioning conventions, and visualization.
Change & Configuration Management
Define change processes (ECR/ECO/ECN), routing rules, roles, and KPI tracking.
Establish configuration management practices (baselines, effectivity, options/variants) aligned to the product model.
Data Readiness & Migration (Functional)
Lead data discovery and functional mapping (documents, CAD, WTParts, attributes, classifications).
Create data quality rules and validation scenarios; collaborate on migration cycles, UAT, and signoffs.
Testing, Training & Adoption
Build test scripts, lead UAT, and manage defect triage from a functional standpoint.
Develop training materials, rolebased playbooks, and conduct enduser enablement sessions.
Drive change management and adoption through communications and stakeholder engagement.
Required Qualifications
Experience
Engineering degree with 10+ years in PLM functional consulting with strong focus on Windchill/Windchill+.
Demonstrated process mapping experience and delivery of tobe PLM operating models.
Hands-on involvement in Windchill/Windchill+ implementations, preferably including greenfield or major transformation programs.
Proven experience with CAD integrations to Windchill (minimum: Creo; plus: SolidWorks/NX/AutoCAD).
Functional & Technical Acumen
Deep understanding of:
o WTParts, CAD Data Management, Document Control
o Change Management (ECR/ECO/ECN), Lifecycles, Workflows
o Classification, Search, Soft Types, Attributes
o EBOM management and EBOM MBOM handoff
o Visualization and publishing (Creo View), model check guidelines

Mandatory Skills:
4-5

CAD integrations to Windchill (minimum: Creo; plus: SolidWorks/NX/AutoCAD).WTParts, CAD Data Management, Document Control

O Change Management (ECR/ECO/ECN), Lifecycles, Workflows

O Classification, Search, Soft Types, Attributes

O EBOM management and EBOM MBOM handoff

O Visualization and publishing (Creo View), model check guidelines