Principal Partner Technical Strategist

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The GSI Partner Technical Strategist Fellow will serve as the senior-most technical leader driving solution development validation and innovation with Global System Integrators (GSIs) across the Americas. Global System Integrators (GSIs) are large consulting and IT services organizations that specialize in designing implementing and managing complex technology solutions for enterprise clients. These firms have extensive experience collaborating with technology vendors like PTC to deliver innovative AI-driven solutions and digital transformation initiatives across various industries.

Unlike traditional partner support roles this position is focused on driving strategic cocreation enabling GSIs to architect differentiated PTC-powered solutionsparticularly AIdriven offeringsand ensuring GSI technical readiness maturity and long-term alignment with PTC product and SaaS direction.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic GSI Technical Leadership & Direction

• Serve as the primary senior technical authority for GSI partner solution development across the Americas.
• Define the technical strategy and architectural direction for how GSIs build with PTC technologiesespecially AIenabled solutions data architectures and nextgen SaaS integrations.
• Establish centralized scalable frameworks supporting GSI technical engagement consistent with the baseline emphasis on repeatable and unified processes.

Solution CoCreation & AI Innovation with GSIs

• Lead deep technical workshops codevelopment sessions and solution incubation initiatives with GSI engineering and delivery teams.
• Guide GSIs in designing and validating solution architectures.
• Architect model and review AIdriven solution patterns using PTCs portfolio and cloud capabilities to enable sophisticated scalable partner offerings.
• Ensure partner-built solutionsespecially AI and integration-heavy solutionsadhere to PTC architectural standards and SaaS guardrails.

CrossFunctional Collaboration & Technical Governance

• Partner closely with Customer Success Product Management and R&D to guide GSI development efforts aligning with the original expectations for internal coordination.
• Translate complex product and AI capability updates into actionable guidance for GSI architects and delivery leads.
• Evaluate GSI maturity levels including AI readiness technical depth and longterm build capability.

Operational Excellence Visibility & Ecosystem Impact

• Provide executive-level reporting on GSI technical investment impact solution maturity and partner readiness.
• Identify opportunities for standardization and reuse of AI patterns architectures and accelerators across the GSI ecosystem.

Thought Leadership & Field Evangelism

• Serve as a PTC technical thought leader to senior GSI technical stakeholders driving ecosystem adoption of new product capabilities and AI innovations.
• Represent PTC in strategic conversations with GSI leadership including CTO VP Engineering or Practice Leads.

Required Skills & Experience

Technical & Domain Expertise

• Deep understanding of PTC solutions
• Expertise in AI/ML solution patterns cloud-native architectures and enterprise integration models strongly desired.
• Strong capability to synthesize incomplete information define architectures and drive clarity among diverse product and partner stakeholders.

Professional Skills

• Exceptional communication skills suited for GSIs Clevel technical audiences and senior partner engineering teams.
• Ability to navigate multiple concurrent solution development engagements with high visibility.

Experience

• 12 years in partner-facing or customer-facing senior technical roles including architecture leadership or solution incubation with GSIs.
• Bachelors or Masters in Computer Science Engineering AI/ML or related field.
• Experience building AI-powered enterprise solutions or platforms strongly preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 25% within the Americas as needed.

PTC carefully considers a wide range of factors when determining compensation. The anticipated annual salary range for this position is between $150000 - $170000. The salary range reflects a good-faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting.

Actual compensation may vary based on a candidates skills qualifications experience and location. Eligible employees also have the opportunity to become a PTC shareholder through our employee share purchase program (ESPP) which allows for the purchase of discounted PTC stock. Certain roles may also be eligible for participation in our equity programs. Employees may be eligible for medical dental and vision insurance paid time off and sick leave tuition reimbursement 401(k) contributions and employer match flexible spending accounts life insurance disability coverage and if you are an office-assigned employee a generous commuter subsidy. All total rewards and benefits programs are subject to plan eligibility and other terms and conditions.

For more information about PTCs comprehensive benefits please visit our Careers Page.

Applications will be accepted on an on-going basis.

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If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation youll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us

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