Deputy Manager – Digital Thread (PLM & MDM)

Location: Chennai, India

Company

hirify.global operates within the Freudenberg Group and develops medical technology solutions in a corporate environment.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and support teams responsible for enterprise Master Data Management and Product Lifecycle Management.
• Oversee the architecture, configuration, maintenance, upgrades, and scaling of PLM and MDM platforms.
• Guide data migration initiatives and architect integrations with SAP, legacy systems, CAD tools, and downstream PLM backbones.
• Coordinate delivery priorities, dependencies, risks, timelines, stakeholder expectations, and operational handovers across MDM and PLM teams.
• Translate business requirements into scalable digital solutions and facilitate workshops, technical discussions, and requirement clarification sessions.
• Establish delivery governance covering quality reviews, documentation, solution validation, release readiness, risk tracking, and business outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering degree in any discipline and 12+ years of relevant experience.
• 7–10 years of experience in data management or enterprise PLM systems, including 3–5 years in formal people leadership or team management.
• Hands-on experience managing and scaling enterprise MDM platforms, particularly SAP, and PLM environments.
• Experience with Siemens Solid Edge and its integration with PLM backbones such as Teamcenter.
• Experience with data analysis, data cleansing, dashboards and reports, data integration, KPI definition, testing, performance improvement, and stakeholder sign-off.
• Strong understanding of data governance, software development lifecycles, change management, stakeholder leadership, and conflict resolution.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a traditional corporate environment.
• Structured mentoring, onboarding, skill development, and career guidance responsibilities.
• Focus on collaboration, consistency, reuse, automation, documentation, and standard delivery practices.
• Equal opportunity employment with a stated commitment to diversity and inclusion.