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PLM Pre-Sales Leader

London
5 days ago
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At Capgemini Engineering, the world leader in engineering services, we bring together a global team of engineers, scientists, and architects to help the world’s most innovative companies unleash their potential. From autonomous cars to life-saving robots, our digital and software technology experts think outside the box as they provide unique R&D and engineering services across all industries. Join us for a career full of opportunities. Where you can make a difference. Where no two days are the same.

Your role

As a PLM Pre-Sales Leader, you are responsible for shaping end-to-end solutions that meet functional and non-functional business requirements. You translate business needs into clear project phases, leveraging existing assets to optimise delivery and profitability. You design scalable architectures, define key activities and roles, and collaborate with technical teams to close solution gaps. With a strong focus on minimising customization, you propose process improvements and identify risks with mitigation strategies. You also coach consultants, contribute to offer development, and ensure continuous value creation across engagements.

Your profile

The ideal candidate should have excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with editors, customer design authorities and a wide range of stakeholders from both business and IT. They should demonstrate agility in the role of a Product Owner, ensuring that solutions remain relevant and aligned with customer requirements while maintaining a broad perspective on the overall solution. The candidate should also be confident in leading workshops, facilitating interactions across teams and centres of excellence, and promoting best practices throughout the project lifecycle.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work with editors, customer design authorities and diverse stakeholders
• Proven ability to lead workshops, share high-level solution views and foster interactions across teams and centres of excellence
• Expertise in the Product Owner role with agility, adaptability and knowledge of best practices to ensure solution relevancy and successful deployment

What you’ll love about working here

  • Open access to digital learning platforms​

  • Active employee networks promoting diversity, equity and inclusion like OutFront, CapAbility or Women@Capgemini​

    Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who​

  • Declare they have a disability, and ​

  • Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.​

  • Please opt in during the application process.

    Need to know

  • All roles will require a level of security clearance; BPSS OR Security Clearance
    OR Developed Vetting. ​

  • You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive
    future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have
    built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.

  • This role can be based anywhere in the UK

    Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem

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