Forward Deployed Design Lead — Product Lifecycle Management

Job overview

The Forward Deployed Design Lead — Product Lifecycle Management works in a hybrid arrangement in Pleasanton, CA, with Monday through Thursday at customer sites and Fridays typically remote. Compensation is not specified. The role supports Avathon’s industrial AI platform deployments in customer product lifecycle management environments. The lead owns implementation configuration and user experience for PLM deployments, connecting customer engineering workflows and systems to Avathon’s platform. The role also drives user adoption, coordinates client delivery, and feeds implementation practices back into the company’s delivery playbooks.

What you'll do

• Configure PLM product structures, BOM variants, change workflows, and analytics
• lead integrations with PLM, ERP, CAD/PDM, and related systems
• conduct discovery and workflow mapping
• create design artifacts and user interfaces
• deliver onboarding and training
• track adoption metrics and improve workflows
• serve as day-to-day client contact
• maintain implementation documentation and contribute practices to delivery playbooks.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

forward deployed design lead

product lifecycle management

pleasanton ca

avathon

hybrid

customer-site implementation

plm configuration

bom workflows

enterprise integrations

experience design

user adoption

client delivery

industrial ai

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

About the employer

Avathon is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.