Principal - Digital Thread Advisory and Transformation

• 15+ years of consulting and transformation experience in Digital Thread, Product Lifecycle Management, Digital Engineering, Manufacturing Transformation, or related domains.
• Demonstrated experience leading strategy, assessment, roadmap, and transformation initiatives at enterprise scale.
• Deep understanding of product lifecycle processes spanning requirements, engineering, manufacturing, quality, service, and sustainment.
• Experience with major enterprise platforms including PLM, ERP, MES, ALM, and Digital Twin ecosystems.
• Strong executive stakeholder management and workshop facilitation experience.
• Proven track record leading complex cross-functional business transformation programs.
• Experience within Aerospace & Defense, Industrial Manufacturing, Medical Devices, Automotive, High-Tech, or similar industries.
Key Responsibilities
Executive Advisory & Consulting Leadership
• Advise C-level, VP, and Director-level stakeholders on Digital Thread strategy, transformation priorities, and business value realization.
• Lead executive workshops, maturity assessments, visioning sessions, and roadmap development activities.
• Define Digital Thread operating models, governance frameworks, and transformation strategies.
• Develop business cases and value realization frameworks supporting
Digital Engineering and Manufacturing modernization initiatives.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients throughout transformation journeys.
Digital Thread Strategy & Transformation
• Assess current-state engineering and manufacturing processes, systems, data flows, and organizational capabilities.
• Define future-state Digital Thread architectures spanning PLM, ERP, MES, ALM, Digital Twin, simulation, quality, service, and analytics ecosystems.
• Develop transformation roadmaps prioritizing capability deployment across people, process, data, and technology dimensions.
• Identify opportunities to improve engineering productivity, product quality, manufacturing agility, traceability, compliance, and reuse.
• Drive enterprise-wide adoption of Digital Thread principles and connected lifecycle management practices.
AI-Enabled Engineering & Manufacturing Transformation
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI, GenAI, Digital Twin, and advanced analytics capabilities across the Digital Thread ecosystem.
• Define AI-enabled use cases supporting engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and service operations.
• Advise clients on future-state AI-native operating models and digital engineering capabilities.
• Integrate AI strategy into broader Digital Thread transformation programs.
Consulting Growth & Practice Development
• Support business development activities, proposals, pursuits, and executive presentations.
• Develop consulting methodologies, frameworks, accelerators, and reusable assets.
• Contribute thought leadership on Digital Thread, Digital Engineering, Product Lifecycle Transformation, and Smart Manufacturing.
• Mentor consultants and contribute to growth of the SDC Digital Thread practice.
Transformation Leadership & Program Oversight
• Provide strategic oversight for large-scale Digital Thread transformation programs.
• Guide program governance, dependency management, risk management, and executive reporting.
• Align business, engineering, manufacturing, and IT workstreams across global organizations.
• Partner with delivery leaders to ensure successful implementation and business value realization.
• Support steering committee and executive governance activities

Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with platforms such as Siemens Teamcenter, Siemens Opcenter, Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE, PTC Windchill, SAP, Oracle, Siemens Xcelerator, or equivalent ecosystems.
• Experience developing Digital Thread, Digital Twin, Smart Manufacturing, or Industry 4.0 strategies.
• Exposure to AI and GenAI-enabled engineering and manufacturing use cases.
• MBA, MS Engineering, or equivalent advanced degree.
• Experience in management consulting, engineering consulting, or digital transformation advisory roles.

The job entails sitting as well as working at a computer for extended periods of time. Should be able to communicate by telephone, email or face to face. Travel may be required as per the job requirements.

Client-provided location(s): Hartford, CT

Job ID: Infosys-151123BR

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-07-23T18:52:47