Product Configuration and Change Manager

Job Description:

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Req ID: (phone number removed)

Location: Derby

Appointment Basis:  Permanent

Apply by: 07/04/2026

Salary: circa £75,000 DOE plus bonus and car/car allowance 

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

Your future role

The Product Configuration and Change Manager (CCM) is responsible for establishing, maintaining, and evolving the product configuration baseline throughout the product lifecycle. This role ensures robust change management, configuration control, and traceability from pre-tendering through project execution and sustaining phases. The Product CCM acts as the guardian of product integrity, ensuring that all changes are controlled, documented, and aligned with business, technical, and customer requirements.

We’ll look to you for:

Configuration Management

• Establish and maintain the product baseline as the base Configuration Item List.
• Ensure the consistency and integrity of the product baseline across all lifecycle stages (As-Offerable, As-Sold, As-Built, As-Required, As-Designed, As-Administered).
• Oversee the handover of As-Built configuration to Service teams.
• Maintain digital continuity and traceability between engineering, industrialisation, and service.

Change Control

• Lead and coordinate Product Change Control Boards (CCBs) to ensure no uncontrolled deviation from the product referential or from what has been sold.
• Ensure all changes are properly assessed, documented, and implemented in accordance with governance processes.
• Support risk assessment and mitigation planning related to configuration and change management.
• Actively support the Project and Service CCBs.

Lifecycle Support

• Support pre-tendering, tender, project, and sustaining phases by ensuring configuration and change management deliverables are met.
• Collaborate with Product Directors, Chief Engineers, Program Managers, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on configuration and change issues.
• Participate in product maturity evaluations and gap assessments, engaging actions to fill identified gaps.

Process & Tools

• Deploy and maintain configuration management tools (e.g., PLM4A, DOORS, PLEiADE) to support digital product governance.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of configuration and change management processes, methods, and tools.

Compliance & Quality

• Ensure adherence to internal and external standards, processes, and regulatory requirements.
• Support audits and reviews related to configuration and change management.

All about you

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role: 

• Strong knowledge of configuration management principles, change control processes, and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems.
• Experience with digital tools for configuration management (e.g., PLM4A, DOORS, PLEiADE).
• Understanding of engineering, industrialisation, and service integration.
• Ability to analyse complex technical and organisational issues, synthesise information, and propose effective solutions.
• Attention to detail and discipline in applying standards and processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills; able to work cross-functionally with engineering, procurement, industrialisation, and service teams.
• Strong communication skills to facilitate CCBs, document changes, and ensure alignment across teams.
• Proactive in driving change, anticipating risks, and ensuring robust governance.
• Capable of supporting a culture of continuous improvement and digital transformation.
• Experience supporting projects through all lifecycle phases, from pre-tendering to sustaining.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables in a dynamic, matrix environment.