Aerospace & Defense R&D Customer Strategic Partnership Requirement Manager
Role Description & Responsibilities:
Are you passionate about transforming Aerospace & Defense through innovation and collaboration? As an Aerospace & Defense R&D Customer Strategic Partnership Requirement Manager- Based in Bellevue, WA-Hybrid, you’ll work closely with leading A&D clients to help them navigate complex transformation challenges. Acting as a strategic advisor, you’ll bridge customer needs and R&D execution, translating vision into tangible innovation across the value chain.
You’ll play a critical role in defining and managing requirements across industry processes within a customer’s strategic value stream. In partnership with internal Brand and Industry teams, you’ll help improve our portfolio of Industry Processes and Roles while guiding clients through current and future transformation journeys and participating in the development of new-generation AI products.
In your day-to-day, you will:
- Analyze current (AS-IS) and define future (TO-BE) customer use cases in the context of R&D strategies and industrial value.
- Translate customer needs into actionable business requirements, prioritizing initiatives that drive value—from delivery plans to enhancement requests.
- Draft and submit detailed Product Enhancement Requests (PERs) and collaborate with R&D Brand teams to design and implement the right solutions.
- Serve as the voice of the customer within Dassault Systèmes’ R&D teams—ensuring mutual understanding, alignment, and solution relevance.
- Align delivery timelines with customer program milestones and validate R&D responses to confirm expectations are met.
- Maintain consistency across industry processes when working across multiple customers or value streams.
- Evaluate delivered features in line with 3DEXPERIENCE platform standards and customer expectations.
- Capture and interpret User Acceptance Test (UAT) results, escalating concerns when needed to ensure delivery excellence.
- Bring value to life through storytelling, solution demos, and clear communication, tailored to each client’s context.
Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree in- Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science- or related field- required.
· 3–5 years of relative experience
· Strong domain knowledge of the Aerospace & Defense industry, with focus on PLM, or digital transformation.
· Proven ability to bridge customer-facing and technical teams with clarity and confidence.
· Exceptional communication skills—able to simplify the complex and tell a compelling story.
· Strategic, analytical thinker with a proactive mindset and a passion for driving change
· Some Travel is required as needed
· Preferred Language-- English is required (French is a Plus)
Preferred Skills:
· Experience with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and familiarity with CATIA and SIMULIA solutions is a strong plus.
“Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $ 120,000.00 and $148,000.00, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus”
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Dassault Systèmes is a catalyst for human progress. We provide business and people with collaborative virtual environments to imagine sustainable innovations. By creating virtual twin experiences of the real world with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform and applications, we bring value to more than 350,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 150 countries. Join our global community of more than 23,800 passionate individuals!
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