Technical Director, PLM Platform Engineering

Estée Lauder Companies · New York

Level: Director+
Team: Manufacturing
Base pay: $140k–$242k
Experience asked: 8+ years
Industry: Industrial
Posted: 30+ days ago

The role in 30 seconds

A director-level manufacturing role at Estée Lauder Companies (industrial) in New York. Is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally.

They ask for: 8+ years
Tools it names: SAP
Base pay: $140k–$242k

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Manufacturing Engineer roles in New York: typical posted base $87k–$125k. This one lists $140k–$242k.

Median of the low and high ends of 51 live postings that list pay, out of 88 manufacturing engineer openings in New York, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.

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How this role compares

Against 87 other live manufacturing postings in New York.

Base pay: About 81% above similar roles
Experience asked: More than usual (8+ vs 5+)

Skills these teams ask for most

Tooling 43%
Root cause 36%
Lean 33%
Automation 32%
Team leadership 24%
Cost reduction 22%

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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

Description

The Director, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Platform Engineering is responsible for defining and executing the engineering strategy, platform governance, modernization, and long-term evolution of the enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform supporting global Research & Development, Product Development, Quality, Manufacturing, and Regulatory business capabilities.

Reporting to the Executive Director, ERP & Value Chain Platform Engineering, this role provides strategic leadership for the engineering realization, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement of the enterprise PLM platform while ensuring alignment with business priorities, enterprise architecture standards, and enterprise technology strategy. The Director partners closely with Product and Technology leaders, Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Business Services (EBS), Operations & Infrastructure, Cyber Security, and strategic technology partners to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable PLM capabilities that enable product innovation and lifecycle management across the enterprise.

This leader will play a key role in the organization's PLM modernization strategy by providing technical leadership during enterprise platform evaluations, solution assessments, vendor demonstrations, technical proof-of-concept activities, and implementation planning supporting the selection and adoption of future-state Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) PLM solutions. The role requires practical experience with enterprise PLM implementations, modernization initiatives, and migration strategies from legacy or custom PLM environments to enterprise-grade platforms.

The Director is responsible for ensuring the PLM platform effectively supports the broader enterprise application landscape by enabling efficient collaboration across upstream product development processes and downstream enterprise capabilities, including ERP, Manufacturing, Quality, and Regulatory systems. Success in this role requires balancing strategic platform modernization with engineering excellence, operational stability, platform scalability, and long-term business value.

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise with enterprise Product Lifecycle Management platforms such as Dassault ENOVIA, Siemens Teamcenter, SAP PLM, or similar enterprise-grade solutions, along with demonstrated success leading complex PLM transformations, platform engineering organizations, and large-scale enterprise technology initiatives.

Key Roles &

Platform Strategy, Ownership & Lifecycle (35%)

•Own the platform roadmap, lifecycle strategy, modernization initiatives, and long-term evolution of the enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platform supporting global Research & Development, Product Development, Quality, Manufacturing, and Regulatory business capabilities.
•Develop and execute platform strategies that improve scalability, engineering efficiency, business value, and long-term technology sustainability while aligning with enterprise architecture standards and organizational priorities.
•Provide technical leadership for the evaluation, selection, and adoption of enterprise Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms, including solution assessments, technical proof-of-concept activities, implementation planning, and migration strategy.
•Develop enterprise migration strategies that enable the successful transition from legacy or custom Product Lifecycle Management solutions to modern Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) PLM platforms while minimizing business disruption and preserving critical product lifecycle information.
•Lead the Enterprise Platform Engineering organization's engagement with the selected System Integrator (SI) throughout the implementation of the enterprise PLM platform, providing technical direction, engineering governance, design oversight, implementation guidance, and quality assurance while ensuring successful knowledge transfer, operational readiness, and long-term platform sustainability.
•Establish enterprise engineering standards, platform roadmaps, lifecycle plans, modernization strategies, and technical governance that enable the organization to maximize the long-term value of the PLM platform.
•Partner with Enterprise Architecture to ensure PLM platform capabilities align with enterprise technology standards, engineering principles, security requirements, and long-term architectural direction.