Solution Consultant | Product Lifecycle Management

Toptal is seeking a senior Solution Consultant specializing in PLM to bridge complex product development and engineering requirements with scalable digital execution. In this role, you will act as a technical architect and strategic advisor for large-scale PLM transformations centered on CATIA and ENOVIA across global, multi-site engineering organizations.

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Engineering and Process Design
• Run deep-dive discovery across engineering and product teams to audit current PLM processes (design authoring, change control, configuration, BOM management, release workflows)
• Identify bottlenecks, risks, compliance needs, and integration gaps
• Produce clear requirement specifications, user stories, process maps, and traceability from business goals to system design
• Define the global PLM architecture and methodology for CATIA and ENOVIA implementations, upgrades, migrations, or consolidations
• Design data models, part numbering strategies, product structures, variants and options, change and configuration management, and access control models
• Produce solution blueprints, interface specifications, environment and deployment strategy, and non-functional requirements (performance, security, validation)
• Serve as the primary liaison between engineering leadership, program management, and technical teams (PLM admins, developers, CAD leads, integration teams)
• Facilitate decision-making, drive alignment on scope and standards, and lead high-velocity resolution of risks and issues
• Lead technical PoCs to validate feasibility for complex use cases such as multi-CAD collaboration, complex assemblies, advanced change workflows, and enterprise BOM governance
• Present findings to executives and engineering stakeholders with clear recommendations and tradeoffs
• Support go-live readiness including training approaches, cutover planning, hypercare, and adoption metrics
• Provide expert guidance on best practices for end users and administrators, ensuring a smooth transition to daily operations
• Standardize project deliverables into reusable accelerators such as process templates, data migration playbooks, governance models, and validation checklists
• Contribute to a best-practice library to speed up future global rollouts

Requirements:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience implementing, configuring, or leading delivery for enterprise PLM solutions, with strong focus on ENOVIA and CATIA
• Experience with PLM core domains including product structure, EBOM and MBOM alignment concepts, change management, configuration management, document management, and release governance
• Proven track record in complex or regulated engineering environments such as Automotive, Aerospace, Industrial Equipment, High-Tech, or Life Sciences
• Demonstrated ability to challenge existing processes, identify inefficiencies, and propose optimized, system-driven workflows rather than simply replicating legacy behaviors
• Experience designing or coordinating integrations between PLM and adjacent systems such as ERP, MES, QMS, ALM, PDM vaulting, and reporting platforms
• Exposure to data migration strategy, data quality remediation, and master data governance within PLM programs
• Strong ability to manage cross-functional stakeholders and multiple workstreams in parallel
• Excellent communication skills, able to translate engineering needs into technical architecture and actionable delivery plans
• Willingness to travel on-site for discovery, workshops, and critical deployment milestones when required