Role Overview :

We are seeking a highly skilled Flex PLM Data Migration Lead with 12 - 16 years of experience to lead end-to-end data migration initiatives for PTC FlexPLM implementations. The role involves defining migration strategy, leading teams, ensuring data quality, and driving successful execution of large-scale migration programs from legacy systems to FlexPLM.

Roles and Responsibilities :

- Define the overall data migration strategy, framework, roadmap, and execution approach.

- Conduct data assessment, profiling, readiness analysis, and migration scope identification.

- Identify data sources, dependencies, risks, and migration requirements.

- Establish data governance standards, processes, and best practices.

- Lead and manage data migration teams comprising developers, analysts, and SMEs.

- Drive the complete migration lifecycle covering data discovery, mapping, transformation, validation, and cutover.

- Provide technical guidance, architectural oversight, and mentoring to the migration team.

- Manage effort estimation, resource planning, execution tracking, and delivery timelines.

- Define and review source-to-target data mapping documents and transformation rules.

- Ensure data mapping and transformation align with the FlexPLM data model and business requirements.

- Lead complex data transformations involving Products, Materials, BOMs, Specifications, and Suppliers.

- Oversee the development and execution of ETL processes, scripts, and migration routines.

- Guide teams in using bulk loaders, APIs, and FlexPLM migration utilities.

- Ensure data loading processes meet performance, scalability, and reliability requirements.

- Define and enforce data quality standards and validation frameworks.

- Lead data cleansing, deduplication, reconciliation, validation, and audit activities.

- Review and approve data validation reports and migration audit results.

- Plan and execute mock migrations, migration rehearsals, and final production cutover.

- Identify cutover risks and define mitigation, rollback, and fallback strategies.

- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure go-live readiness.

- Collaborate with business users, functional consultants, architects, integration teams, and technical stakeholders.

- Communicate migration status, risks, issues, dependencies, and progress to stakeholders.

- Participate in client workshops, governance meetings, and technical discussions.

- Ensure completion of migration runbooks, mapping documents, validation frameworks, and technical documentation.

- Establish audit, compliance, and data governance processes.

- Maintain a comprehensive migration knowledge repository.

Required Skills and Experience :

- 12 - 16 years of overall IT experience with 5+ years of experience in FlexPLM/Windchill data migration.

- Strong expertise in data migration strategies, methodologies, and implementation frameworks.

- Strong experience with ETL processes and tools.

- Strong hands-on knowledge of SQL and Oracle Database.

- Deep understanding of the FlexPLM data model, objects, relationships, and hierarchies.

- Experience with bulk data loading utilities, APIs, and migration tools.

- Strong experience in data transformation and enrichment frameworks.

- Experience leading large-scale PLM data migration and transformation programs.

- Experience with system upgrades, legacy modernization, and complex migration initiatives.

- Knowledge of data governance, quality, audit, and compliance frameworks.

- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and SAFe methodologies.