IT Applications Architect (PLM)

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Job title: IT Applications Architect (PLM)

Location: India (Site: Bangalore Preferable)

About Us 

Imagine a company with technology leadership of over 160 years, yet it operates with the energy of a startup. Ingersoll Rand has dedicated itself to Making Life Better for its employees, customers, shareholders, and planets. We produce innovative and mission-critical flow creation and life science technologies – from compressors to precision handling of liquids, gasses, and powers – to increase industrial productivity, efficiency, and sustainability. Supported by over 80+ brands, our products are used in various end-markets including life sciences, food and beverage, clean energy, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure, and more. Across the globe, we’re driving growth with an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset. Learn more at irco.com and join us to own your future.

Job Overview:

The IT Applications Architect will play a key role in supporting the Ingersoll Rand Enterprise PLM deployment program and associated projects. The primary objective of the Enterprise PLM initiative is to implement PTC Windchill globally, leveraging advanced technologies and tools to enable profitable growth at rates exceeding market performance across the organization.

This role will provide strategic vision and direction for technologies supporting Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Management, and other business functions. The architect will lead definition, development, and implementation of best practices for deploying and maintaining various modules of PTC Windchill, along with complementary engineering applications such as ArborText, and IsoDraw. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with Enterprise PLM champions in each Strategic Business Unit (SBU) and IT delivery teams to deliver sustainable, high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategy and vision for solution design, configuration, development standards, and best practices for Windchill technology.
• Monitor, track, and review solution delivery to ensure adherence to standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with business functions and IT teams on definition, planning, modeling, governance, and implementation of PLM capabilities.
• Gather requirements from business stakeholders for Windchill implementation projects.
• Drive end‑to‑end technical solutions by actively participating in hands‑on system implementation, writing high‑quality code, conducting code reviews, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to ensure scalable, reliable, and maintainable software delivery
• Provide technical guidance and mentor development teams on application development and integrations with upstream (CAD) and downstream (ERP) systems.
• Proactively communicate risks and ensure integrity with key stakeholders.
• Drive ownership and accountability to resolve systemic gaps to completion.
• Lead initiatives to minimize support costs and accelerate delivery of value-added functionality.
• Work proactively to eliminate technical debt and address security vulnerabilities.
• Assess new tools and software, perform proof-of-concepts (POCs), and recommend optimizations for the enterprise PLM landscape.
• Design scalable, reusable, and robust solution frameworks.
• Demonstrate technical leadership by guiding teams through critical and complex technical challenges

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of Windchill system architecture and hands-on implementation experience.
• Strong functional knowledge of PLM domain related to Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Aftermarket Service.
• Solid knowledge of industrial manufacturing development business processes.
• Familiarity with PTC PLM product roadmap and future capabilities.
• Ability to translate business problems into technical requirements and implementation scope.
• Experience redesigning existing systems to improve operational and business efficiency.
• Proven experience across all phases of solution delivery methodology.
• Ability to lead technical review sessions for critical projects
• Experience working in large-scale enterprise, matrix organizations with front/back-office operations
• Ability to map business functionality to out-of-the-box features and identify customization needs
• Experience with CAD data management in Windchill and integration with CAD tools such as Creo, SolidWorks, AutoCAD.
• Proven ability to manage and resolve complex technical issues.

Education

• B.E. in Computer Science or related technical field.

Experience:

• 8–10+ years in global software development and deployment.
• 5–6 years of Windchill implementation/customization experience

Other Requirements:

• Strong creativity and critical thinking skills applied through technical and business acumen.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; ability to articulate solution ideas clearly.
• Excellent collaboration, verbal, and written communication skills.

Travel & Work Arrangements/Requirements 

• Position will be a hybrid model based out of Chennai or Bangalore with minimal anticipated travel

What we Offer

• We are all owners of the company! Stock options (Employee Ownership Program) that align your interests with the company's success.   
• Yearly performance-based bonus, rewarding your hard work and dedication.   
• Leave Encashments  
• Maternity/Paternity Leaves 
• Employee Health covered under Medical, Group Term Life & Accident Insurance 
• Employee Assistance Program  
• Employee development with LinkedIn Learning  
• Employee recognition via Awardco  
• Collaborative, multicultural work environment with a team of dedicated professionals, fostering innovation and teamwork.   

Ingersoll Rand Inc. (NYSE:IR), driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and ownership mindset, is dedicated to helping make life better for our employees, customers and communities. Customers lean on us for our technology-driven excellence in mission-critical flow creation and industrial solutions across 40+ respected brands where our products and services excel in the most complex and harsh conditions. Our employees develop customers for life through their daily commitment to expertise, productivity and efficiency. For more information, visit www.IRCO.com.