PLM UAT Lead – Teamcenter for Sunnyvale, CA

[Ishita]

PLM UAT Lead – Teamcenter

Location: Sunnyvale, CA
Duration: 12 Months
Work Arrangement: 100% Onsite
Experience: 8+ Years

Critical Requirement

PLM Teamcenter experience is mandatory.

The customer is specifically seeking a PLM UAT Lead with strong hands-on Teamcenter / PLM consulting experience combined with strong User Acceptance Testing (UAT) leadership and business-process expertise.

Do NOT submit candidates who are primarily Testing, SDET, or generic UAT professionals without demonstrable PLM / Teamcenter experience.

Important Submission Requirement

• LinkedIn ID/Profile is mandatory for all candidate submissions.
• Candidates must demonstrate hands-on PLM Teamcenter experience.
• Strong UAT leadership and business-process expertise is required.
• Generic UAT/Test Lead/SDET profiles without Teamcenter experience are not a fit.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced PLM UAT Lead with 8+ years of experience managing User Acceptance Testing for complex, highly integrated enterprise projects.

The ideal candidate will combine strong Teamcenter / PLM consulting expertise with proven experience leading end-to-end UAT activities, release management, business-process validation, test strategy, test planning, and cross-functional coordination.

The candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, PLM teams, BPR, IS&T, project management, and development teams to ensure that PLM solutions meet business requirements and are successfully released into production.

Key Responsibilities

PLM / Teamcenter Leadership

• Provide hands-on expertise and consulting support for PLM / Teamcenter environments.
• Work with business and technical teams to understand Teamcenter functionality and business processes.
• Validate Teamcenter solutions against business requirements and expected user workflows.
• Support PLM-related releases, enhancements, integrations, and production changes.
• Collaborate with PLM, business, BPR, and IS&T teams throughout the UAT lifecycle.

UAT Leadership

• Manage end-to-end UAT activities, including test process management, team coordination, execution, and communication of results.
• Develop comprehensive:
  • UAT strategies
  • Test plans
  • Test cases
  • Test scripts
  • Test reports
• Ensure requirements are clearly defined and testable.
• Validate that user and business expectations are achieved during testing.
• Create and maintain UAT test data.
• Track and communicate UAT risks, issues, dependencies, and results to Project Management.
• Maintain UAT metrics, including SLAs and KPIs.

Release & Change Management

• Facilitate successful releases of system enhancements and new functionality from development through production.
• Develop and maintain release processes and documentation designed to minimize customer impact.
• Lead cross-functional teams supporting release project plans.
• Conduct and support post-release and change reviews.
• Coach project managers and other team members on UAT and release best practices.

Business Process & Requirements

• Work closely with project teams to understand business requirements.
• Review requirements documentation to ensure requirements are complete and testable.
• Strong understanding of business processes is required.
• Experience with sales and sales operations processes, particularly in consumer channel sales or similar environments, is highly preferred.
• Facilitate business-process discussions and brainstorming sessions.
• Capture lessons learned from implementations and incorporate them into future UAT planning.

Testing & Environment Management

• Coordinate smoke testing activities.
• Facilitate sales-environment planning.
• Coordinate production refreshes.
• Review and validate master data flows.
• Facilitate UAT triage calls.
• Work with IS&T and business partners to drive issues through resolution and closure.
• Ensure testing activities are properly documented and traceable.

UAT Knowledge & Best Practices

• Create and maintain the overall UAT knowledge repository for the BPR team.
• Develop and maintain UAT best-practice guidelines and templates.
• Incorporate lessons learned to continuously improve test planning and execution.
• Understand test automation framework design models and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience managing UAT as a Test Lead for complex, highly integrated projects.
• Strong hands-on PLM / Teamcenter experience – Mandatory.
• Proven experience as a PLM Teamcenter consultant or functional/technical lead.
• Strong understanding of Teamcenter business processes and PLM workflows.
• Strong UAT strategy, planning, execution, and leadership experience.
• Experience working in an Agile environment – Mandatory.
• Experience with multiple release/change-management methodologies:
  • Agile / Scrum
  • Waterfall
  • Iterative
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and project lifecycle phases.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent teamwork and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to influence teams horizontally and vertically to establish accountability and achieve results.
• Strong customer focus and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in an ambiguous and fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Salesforce.
• Experience with sales and sales operations processes.
• Consumer channel sales experience.
• Experience with test automation framework design.
• Experience working with teams located outside the United States.
• Experience supporting global enterprise implementations.
• Strong experience with release management and production change processes.

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Thanks & Regards
Ishita Bali
Novia Infotech LLC
4421 Avenida Ln, McKinney, TX 75070
Email: ishi...@noviainfotech.com