OCM Program Lead for SAP Modernization & Adoption

Moog; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Moog is seeking an OCM Program Manager for the Business Modernization Program to lead organizational change management for the ERP/SAP rollout. This role owns the enterprise OCM strategy and execution, ensuring readiness and value realization across a multi-year S/4 implementation.

You will partner with executives and IT to embed disciplined change practices, build capability, and drive adoption while coordinating with SAP workstreams and stakeholders across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Define, govern and execute the end-to-end OCM strategy for the modernization, aligned with overall program objectives and milestones.
• Develop integrated OCM milestones, measures and decision gates into the modernization program governance.
• Assess organizational change impacts and identify risks, resistance points, and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure consistency of change approaches across all SAP workstreams and deployment waves.
• Establish clear definitions of success and adoption of metrics aligned to business outcomes, not activity completion.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of OCM specialists, including change analysts, communications leads, training leads, and change champions.
• Set clear goals, priorities, and performance expectations for OCM resources.
• Ensure workload alignment across the team and effective integration with SAP program workstreams.
• Build internal change capability and standardize OCM tools, templates, and best practices.
• Coordinate and manage external change management consultants as needed.
• Identify impacted stakeholder groups and create targeted engagement plans.
• Partner with executive sponsors, senior leaders, and line managers to build visible sponsorship and accountability.
• Coach leaders and people managers on their role in driving SAP adoption and reinforcing new ways of working.
• Equip leaders and people managers to actively lead change, reinforce adoption and address resistance.
• Facilitate workshops as applicable.
• Develop and deliver a comprehensive SAP change communication strategy, including key messages, timing, channels, and audiences.
• Rebuild confidence following prior ERP efforts through transparency, creditability and leadership alignment.
• Create and oversee delivery of communication materials (emails, presentations, intranet content, FAQs, roadmaps).
• Ensure messaging is clear, consistent, and tailored to different stakeholder groups.
• Coordinate communications with program management, SAP SteerCo team, and other corporate and operating group stakeholders to ensure messaging is appropriately tailored.
• Define and govern the training strategy for SAP end users, including role-based learning paths.
• Partner with L&D as well as functional teams to help design, develop, and deploy training materials.
• Ensure training aligns with business processes, system configuration, and go-live readiness.
• Measure trainings by proficiency, adoption and time-to-productivity.
• Support super-user and change champion networks to enable peer-to-peer adoption.
• Define and track adoption metrics, readiness indicators, and change KPIs.
• Conduct organizational readiness assessments and coordinate corrective actions in real time.
• Maintain a portfolio-level view of enterprise change initiatives to minimize change saturation and collisions.
• Support go-live and post-go-live stabilization, including hyper-care support.
• Develop sustainment plans to reinforce adoption and embed changes into standard operating procedures.
• Act as a core member of the SAP program team, working closely with Project/Program Management, Business Champions, Business Data Leads, IT Technical Leads, System Integrators, and ensure OCM deliverables are integrated into the overall SAP program.

Job description

Moog is seeking an OCM Program Manager for the Business Modernization Program to lead organizational change management for the ERP/SAP rollout. This role owns the enterprise OCM strategy and execution, ensuring readiness and value realization across a multi-year S/4 implementation.

You will partner with executives and IT to embed disciplined change practices, build capability, and drive adoption while coordinating with SAP workstreams and stakeholders across the enterprise.