Job Description
IT Business Domain Partner - Product Development (PLM)
Position type:  Full-time
Type of contract:  Permanent

HARTING stands for strong connections – across the globe. As one of the leading international suppliers of industrial connectivity, we are connecting customers to their digital future. And as an employer? We connect around 6,000 people at our headquarter in Espelkamp and at locations worldwide. Here you’ll find great colleagues, as well as ever new opportunities and innovations revolving around IoT and artificial intelligence. In everything we do, we remain true to our roots: as a regionally connected family business that always stays firmly grounded in spite of our stellar high-tech. Here’s to your unique future with us: Yours!

Help shape the digital thread of a global industrial connectivity leader, from idea to market. 

HARTING is a family-owned technology group founded in 1945 and headquartered in Espelkamp, Germany, and one of the world's leading providers of industrial connectivity solutions. With around 6,000 employees and its own sales companies and production plants worldwide, the group is growing strongly, driven among others by its investment in the data centre market. We are building a new Tech Hub in Barcelona that will serve the whole HARTING group globally, and we are looking for the founding members of its IT Business Domains team. 

The role 

As IT Business Domain Partner Product Development, you will be the business's single point of contact in IT for R&D, engineering, simulation, testing and product data. You don't take orders, you shape demand. You understand the business well enough to anticipate what it needs, turn requests into well-founded initiatives, help leaders make the trade-offs, and make sure the promised value is delivered. Our Project Management hub and technology teams handle delivery; you own the what and the why. 

What you will do 

  • Own the IT roadmap for PLM, CAD, simulation, requirements management and engineering data. 

  • Work with R&D and engineering leaders on their priorities, and turn those priorities into clear, valued initiatives. 

  • Drive the integration of PLM, CAD, ERP and MES, including the handover from EBOM to MBOM. 

  • Lead digital thread and digital twin initiatives, plus governance of product and engineering data. 

  • Make change and release management faster and more reliable across global engineering teams. 

What you bring 

  • 10+ years at the intersection of business and IT, with deep functional knowledge of product development and PLM. 

  • Experience as an IT Business Partner, BRM or Domain Lead in a large international company, and/or as a functional consultant at a leading tech consultancy (Big Four). Ideally both. 

  • A strong grasp of PLM processes: BOM management, engineering change management and variant configuration. 

  • Experience with Siemens Teamcenter and NX (as a solution expert, not as a designer), and with how PLM connects to ERP and MES. 

  • You know how to write a blueprint, challenge a request and say no constructively. 

  • Fluent English. German is a strong plus. 

Nice to have: SAP variant configuration (VC / AVC), PLM migrations, MBSE, automotive or electronics background. 

Why join us 

  • You join as a founding member of a new global Tech Hub, and you help shape how it works. 

  • You get a real seat at the table with business leaders across an international group. 

  • You work for a family-owned company that invests for the long term. 

  • The role is international, with regular travel to our sites in Germany and Switzerland. 

Location: Barcelona Tech Hub, serving HARTING worldwide, with regular travel to HARTING sites. 
Benefits:  Competitive compensation (EMEA), Flexibility (EMEA), HARTING Birthday (EMEA), Informal atmosphere (EMEA), Reimbursement of commutting expenses (EMEA), Social events (EMEA)
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Company Code:  HARTING Iberia S.A.U.
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Job Location (Short):  Barcelona, Spain
Region:  Barcelona
Position Area:  IT / Digitalization
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