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Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business.\nOur people make all the difference in our success. Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow - all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible.\nThe Senior Solutions Consultant is a trusted technical advisor responsible for driving the pre-sales strategy and technical validation of PTC’s Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, with CAD serving as a complementary part of the broader engineering solution portfolio.\nWorking closely with Sales, Product Management, Partners, and Customer Success, this individual helps customers address complex product development, software engineering, systems engineering, and regulatory challenges through digital transformation and Digital Thread initiatives.\nThe role combines strong technical and process expertise across ALM and PLM environments with excellent customer engagement, consulting, and presentation skills. The Senior Solutions Consultant leads discovery sessions, solution demonstrations, technical evaluations, and proof-of-concepts, helping customers understand both the technical capabilities and business value of PTC’s solutions.\nSuccess in this role requires a strong understanding of software and product development processes, requirements and test management, engineering change and configuration management, and cross-domain collaboration. The successful candidate must be able to translate customer challenges into compelling solution recommendations and confidently engage with technical teams, engineering leaders, IT stakeholders, and executives.\nKey Responsibilities\nServe as the technical lead for ALM- and PLM-focused sales opportunities.\nPartner with Account Managers to develop technical sales strategies, progress opportunities, and support pipeline growth.\nConduct customer discovery workshops to understand business challenges, software and product development processes, regulatory requirements, and digital transformation objectives.\nIdentify opportunities to improve collaboration between software, systems, mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineering disciplines.\nDeliver compelling demonstrations of ALM and PLM solutions tailored to customer requirements, industry use cases, and business priorities.\nLead technical evaluations, benchmarks, proof-of-concepts, and solution validation activities.\nSupport responses to RFPs, RFIs, technical proposals, and solution architecture requests.\nAct as a trusted advisor to customers throughout the buying cycle, from initial discovery through technical validation and executive alignment.\nProvide guidance on ALM, PLM, requirements management, test and quality management, engineering change management, configuration management, BOM management, software lifecycle processes, and product lifecycle best practices.\nArticulate how ALM and PLM capabilities support Digital Thread, Digital Engineering, Model-Based Systems Engineering, traceability, compliance, and cross-functional product development.\nDemonstrate how CAD and mechanical engineering data can be integrated into broader ALM and PLM processes where relevant.\nDevelop solution architectures that connect ALM and PLM with adjacent enterprise systems such as CAD, ERP, MES, software development toolchains, IoT, and manufacturing platforms.\nTranslate technical capabilities into measurable business outcomes, including faster product development, improved quality, reduced compliance risk, increased reuse, and improved engineering productivity.\nCollaborate with Product Management and R&D to communicate customer feedback, competitive insights, and emerging market requirements.\nSupport partner enablement activities and participate in joint customer engagements.\nRepresent PTC’s technical expertise at customer meetings, industry events, workshops, and conferences.\nMentor junior consultants and contribute to knowledge-sharing, reusable demonstrations, and best practices across the Solutions Consulting organization.\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.\nFive or more years of experience working with ALM, PLM, enterprise engineering software, or related technologies in a pre-sales, consulting, engineering, or implementation capacity.\nStrong understanding of software development, systems engineering, product development, and engineering lifecycle processes.\nExperience with ALM platforms such as PTC Codebeamer, IBM Engineering Lifecycle Management, Siemens Polarion, Jama Connect, Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar technologies.\nExperience with PLM platforms such as PTC Windchill, Siemens Teamcenter, Dassault Systèmes ENOVIA, Aras Innovator, or similar technologies.\nStrong knowledge of one or more of the following areas:Requirements management\nTest and quality management\nSoftware configuration and release management\nEngineering change management\nProduct configuration management\nBill of Materials management\nVariant management\nTraceability and compliance\nProduct and software lifecycle governance\n\nUnderstanding of agile, V-model, systems engineering, and hybrid product development methodologies.\nExperience leading software demonstrations, discovery workshops, technical evaluations, and customer presentations.\nAbility to translate complex technical requirements into clear solution recommendations and business value propositions.\nExcellent communication, presentation, facilitation, and relationship-building skills.\nAbility to engage effectively with software teams, engineering organizations, IT departments, business leaders, and executive stakeholders.\nWorking knowledge of CAD and mechanical product development environments.\nFamiliarity with enterprise CAD platforms such as PTC Creo, SolidWorks, CATIA, Siemens NX, Autodesk Inventor, or similar solutions.\nWillingness to travel approximately 20-30%.\nFluent in German\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with Digital Thread, Digital Engineering, or Model-Based Systems Engineering initiatives.\nExperience connecting ALM and PLM processes across software, systems, mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineering domains.\nUnderstanding of functional safety, cybersecurity, quality, and regulatory frameworks such as ISO 26262, Automotive SPICE, IEC 62304, IEC 61508, DO-178C, DO-254, or comparable standards.\nExperience within Aerospace and Defense, Automotive, Industrial Manufacturing, Electronics, High-Tech, or Medical Device industries.\nUnderstanding of integrations between ALM, PLM, CAD, ERP, MES, CI/CD, DevOps, IoT, and manufacturing systems.\nFamiliarity with APIs, data models, integration architectures, and enterprise solution landscapes.\nExperience with SaaS, cloud-based engineering platforms, or hybrid deployment environments.\nPrevious experience supporting complex enterprise software sales cycles, strategic accounts, and multi-stakeholder buying processes.\nExperience positioning PTC Codebeamer, Windchill, Creo, or comparable engineering solutions.\nLife at PTC is about more than working with today’s most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world. It’s about showing up as you are and working alongside some of today’s most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you.\nIf you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation, you’ll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us?\nWe respect the privacy rights of individuals and are committed to handling Personal Information responsibly and in accordance with all applicable privacy and data protection laws. 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