<h3><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Who we are</span></h3> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations. </span></p> <h3><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">About the role</span></h3> <div> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">As the Head of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), you will serve as the central authority for enterprise-wide change management, configuration control, and product traceability. You will maintain and ensure the growth and maturity of the unified systems that track every change, update, and release across core engineering, hardware, software, and field operations.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">As a foundational leader, you will be the primary point of contact for the implementation, execution, and coordination of the PLM strategy. You are expected to build and grow this function as a scalable function within the organization, ensuring 100% traceability from early R&D through production and deployment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">This role is onsite 5 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office!</span></p> </div> <h3><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;">What you'll do</span></h3> <ul> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Strategic Leadership & Function Building:</strong> Lead a high-performing PLM and Configuration Management function. Serve as the primary enterprise point of contact and subject matter expert for all product lifecycle processes, cross-functional coordination, and change execution.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>End-to-End Traceability & Configuration Control:</strong> Ensure strict, complete traceability of all product configurations. Maintain single source of truth accuracy across the organization's critical documentation, processes, and releases.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Cross-Functional Change Management:</strong> Oversee the enterprise Change Management process across hardware, software, and operations. Drive the Change Control Board (CCB) mandate, ensuring rigorous review, approval, and a seamless implementation of all matters of change requests across the whole organization.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Unified Hardware, Software & Operations Integration:</strong> Ensure a unified lifecycle approach that bridges physical hardware releases, software deployments, and updates to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). Ensure software releases are explicitly tied to compatible hardware revisions and operational protocols.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Scalable Process Architecture:</strong> Design, document, and implement robust, scalable PLM processes tailored for a rapidly growing organization.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Enterprise Tooling & Systems Integration:</strong> Lead the integration and continuous improvement of enterprise PLM software (e.g., Teamcenter, Windchill, Enovia, or Arena). Drive the integration of the PLM system with ERP systems for manufacturing/supply chain and QMS for compliance.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong>Release Management Oversight:</strong> Serve as a key stakeholder in release management for production releases. Work closely with Systems Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Field Operations to ensure that all prerequisites, safety validations, and compliance requirements are met before new baseline releases are deployed.</span></li> <li style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;"><strong&