Supply Chain & Engineering - Functional Lead (Engineering & PLM)

This role can sit anywhere in the US if it is near an Accenture Corporate Office

WHO WE ARE:

Accenture helps the world's leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organizations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue. Visit us at accenture.com.

THE WORK:

The Engineering Consulting Manager - Functional Lead (Engineering & PLM) role leads client engagements focused on engineering transformation, product development optimization, and PLM‑enabled process modernization. This role is responsible for owning functional solution definition, guiding teams through requirements and process design, and ensuring PLM solutions align to engineering, business, and regulatory objectives.

Managers in this role serve as trusted advisors to a client's engineering and product leadership, bridging strategy and execution by translating complex engineering needs into scalable technology‑enabled operating models and functional designs. They help to define and design the end-state product engineering organizational, operational, and technical models to enable modernization of core engineering functions and the ability to start introducing software, analytics, and cloud into the products.

You will support our clients across a broad range of industries to address their issues related to:

• Engineering transformations which optimize organization structure, new product development processes, R&D spend and product lifecycle management systems

• Digitizing the Engineering function with technologies like Digital Thread / Twin, Robotic Process Automation, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, etc.

• Zero-based product cost management through value analysis, value engineering and Design to Value assessments

• Product Strategies including Product as a Service, Platform Ecosystems and Sustainable Products

• Innovation Management and Product Portfolio Optimization balancing voice of customer and cost to serve

You will work closely with our clients and internal teams to:

• Lead current state and future state analysis of engineering and product development processes, including:

• Product structure and BOM management

• Part, document, and configuration management

• Engineering change, release, and lifecycle governance

• Requirements, quality, and compliance processes

• Define end to end functional solution designs that leverage PLM capabilities to support business and engineering outcomes

• Own functional requirements, process models, and user stories across one or more PLM workstreams

• Guide development of Digital Thread / PLM strategies and roadmaps, including capability prioritization and phased transformation plans

You will be responsible for project functional leadership and solution oversight

• Act as the functional lead for PLM and engineering transformation initiatives (e.g., Teamcenter, Windchill, ENOVIA, Aras, Oracle PLM), partnering with architects and technical leads

• Oversee functional design of data models, lifecycles, workflows, and governance structures

• Ensure functional consistency across process, data, and technology decisions

• Lead or oversee testing, validation, and business acceptance activities from a functional perspective

You will be responsible for client and stakeholder management

• Serve as the primary functional point of contact for engineering, product, and business stakeholders

• Facilitate and lead executive‑level and working‑level workshops to drive alignment and decision‑making

• Communicate complex engineering and PLM / Digital Thread concepts clearly to both technical and non‑technical audiences

• Build and maintain strong client relationships grounded in credibility and delivery excellence

You will also, throughout your work, have opportunities to:

• Lead and mentor consultants and senior consultants and small (2-5 people) to medium (6-15) sized teams, providing functional guidance and career development support

• Manage functional workplans, dependencies, risks, and deliverables within broader delivery programs

• Contribute to delivery governance, status reporting, and issue resolution

• Support proposal development, estimates, and functional scope definition for new work

• Challenge legacy ways of working using constructive techniques that fuel client growth

• Contribute to delivery standards, methodologies, and assets within Engineering Consulting

• Support account growth through delivery excellence, client trust, and identification of follow‑on opportunities

• Act as a role model for Accenture's values, leadership expectations, and delivery discipline

• Drive a positive impact in the communities where we work and live

Travel will be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.