Lead Product Architect

The Lead Product Architect owns a specific product platform, ensuring technical architecture, requirements, standards, lessons learned, and reusable solutions continuously evolve throughout the complete product lifecycle. This individual leads the transformation of ambiguous concepts, customer needs, market requirements, manufacturing feedback, procurement opportunities, and site execution experience into standardized product architectures and clearly documented technical requirements.

The Lead Product Architect owns creation and maintenance of Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), Component Definition Documents (CDDs), specifications, scope documents and matrices, Illustrated Basis of Design (iBODs), client submittals, vendor and site specific permit submittals, and ETO submittal packages. This also includes development and maintenance of master Revit models, reusable BIM content, configuration standards, early Long Lead Equipment (LLE) Bills of Material (BOMs), and design intent documentation that establish the engineering baseline for Detailed Design, including Engineering Bills of Material (EBOMs), fabrication and manufacturing documentation, while supporting strategic procurement activities.

This role directs Product Developers and collaborates closely with Preconstruction, Program Design Managers, Detailed Design, Construction Engineering, Virtual Design Construction (VDC), Procurement, Manufacturing, Construction, Operations, and other cross-functional stakeholders to ensure product architecture, requirements, and design intent remain aligned throughout the product lifecycle.

The Lead Product Architect ensures product decisions made during concept development optimize the entire value stream including detailed design, supply chain, fabrication, manufacturing, logistics, site installation, commissioning, and long-term product evolution.

Ideal candidate will have demonstrated experience in leading ETO product development and lifecycle improvement, developing Modular Product Platforms or other complex integrated systems, product platform ownership and technical decision making, leading concept development and product standardization, and creating scalable product architectures and reusable design components. Will have experience developing, owning, and maintaining PRDs, CDDs, specifications, iBODs, scope documents/matrices, and product requirements as well as managing programmatic, site specific, vendor specific, and permit product submittal strategies. Experience reviewing and interpreting construction design documents and technical specifications, coordinating multidisciplinary engineering teams, as well as understanding concept development, engineering, procurement, fabrication, manufacturing, logistics, construction integration, commissioning, and lifecycle support. Will have demonstrated experience in driving Design for Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA), cost optimization, quality improvement, and product scalability and leading cross-functional technical decisions and resolving complex product challenges. Will have an expert proficiency in Microsoft Office, Revit (BIM), Autodesk Forma, Navisworks, and Bluebeam as well as working knowledge of AutoCAD Electrical, Inventor (CAD), Vault (PDM), Fusion Manage (PLM), Acumatica (ERP), or related tools.

Success in this role requires the ability to think beyond individual projects and continuously strengthen the product platform through standardization, innovation, lessons learned, and lifecycle ownership.

Education: Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Engineering Technology, or related technical discipline.

Experience: 5+ years of experience in engineering, product development, modular construction, manufacturing, or mission critical environments.

Travel: 10-50%

Work Schedule: This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday- Friday. However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.

• Leads, coaches, and mentors direct reports.
• Performs all responsibilities of Associate Product Architect while serving as technical owner for an assigned product platform across all clients and throughout the entire lifecycle.
• Owns product architecture, standard designs, reusable components, configurations, and technical direction.
• Maintains complete understanding of product capabilities, constraints, applications, and offerings.
• Develops, owns, and maintains PRDs, CDDs, specifications, scope documents/matrices, iBODs, standards, and product documentation.
• Develops and maintains master Revit models, reusable BIM content, product configuration standards, and digital product definition documentation.
• Translates evolving concepts, customer needs, and business strategies into clear technical standards and requirements.
• Leads creation of product definition packages for engineering execution.
• Develops early Long Lead Equipment (LLE) Bills of Material (BOMs) supporting strategic procurement activities.
• Directs Product Developers and coordinates engineering resources to ensure deliverables align with product requirements, architecture, and design intent.
• Establishes the engineering baseline transitioned to Detailed Design for Inventor modeling, Engineering Bills of Material (E-BOMs), fabrication and manufacturing documentation, and engineering release.
• Ensures alignment between product architecture, Detailed Design, Construction Engineering, VDC coordination, procurement strategy, manufacturing capability, constructability, installation, operations, and customer requirements.
• Collaborates with Program Design Managers and Preconstruction to deliver optimized client solutions leveraging standard product platforms.
• Collaborates with Detailed Design, Construction Engineering, VDC, Procurement, Manufacturing, Construction, Operations, and other cross-functional stakeholders to establish the engineering baseline and support successful downstream execution.
• Leads technical decision-making for assigned product platforms.
• Champions product consistency and defend standards across implementations.
• Captures and integrates lifecycle feedback from downstream execution teams.
• Drives product evolution based on detailed design, procurement, fabrication, manufacturing, deployment, and operational lessons learned.
• Identifies innovation opportunities that improve cost, schedule, quality, safety, scalability, and lifecycle value.
• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

The job description and responsibilities described are intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.