Senior Project Manager - Data Management

Moog Inc; East Aurora (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus opportunities

401k matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Flexible Spending Accounts

Health Savings Accounts

Tuition Assistance

Mentorship and coaching opportunities

Leadership development

Employee Resource Groups

Job summary

Moog Inc. is seeking a Senior Project Manager for Data Management to lead cross-functional IT programs across the data lifecycle.

This role requires governance discipline, program strategy, and executive-level communication to deliver business value from planning through post-implementation support. The position is hybrid with a minimum of three in-office days per week at Moog's Corporate Headquarters in East Aurora, NY, and requires collaboration with PMO leadership and stakeholders across IT

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Business Management, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum of seven (7) years in project/program management within IT or business transformation.
• At least 5 years managing large, cross-functional programs or multiple interrelated projects.
• Over 3 years in a people leader or matrix leadership role.
• Proven executive communication skills and ability to influence decisions.
• Experience with governance, risk/issue management, audit readiness, and financial tracking.
• Knowledge of PMI, Agile, SAFe, and hybrid delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain program strategy, roadmaps, and delivery plans.
• Lead large-scale cross-functional programs across multiple teams.
• Interface with executives, provide updates, and escalate risks.
• Establish governance, logs, and compliance alignment.
• Incorporate change management milestones into plans.
• Own program budget, resource planning, and forecasting.
• Manage vendor/partner performance and dependencies.
• Report status on scope, schedule, financials, risks, and outcomes.
• Oversee testing, requirements validation, and deployment readiness.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Agile/SAFe knowledge

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Decision making

Program governance

Financial tracking

PMO methods

Education

Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Business Management, Engineering, or related discipline

Master’s degree

Tools

ServiceNow

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Project

Power BI

Microsoft 365

Copilot

Claude

Job description

Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.

Job Title: Senior Project Manager - Data Management Reporting To: PMO Director - Corporate IT Work Schedule: Hybrid – Buffalo, NY

Moog’s Corporate IT Project Management Office is looking for a Senior Project Manager to support Data Management! As the Senior Project Manager, you will provide centralized expertise, governance, and leadership for the data management programs spanning multiple projects, workstreams, business stakeholders, IT teams, and partners. You will align program strategy, delivery standards, financials, risks, dependencies, outcomes, and expected business value from planning through post-implementation support. You will serve as a primary executive-facing program leader, facilitating decisions, driving accountability, operating independently in ambiguity, and maintaining disciplined governance, documentation, compliance alignment, audit readiness, while providing clear leadership communication. This role requires a hybrid work schedule, with a minimum of three days in-office each week, at our Corporate Headquarters in East Aurora, NY.

To qualify for the Senior Project Manager role, here is what we would expect you to bring to Moog…

• Typically, a bachelor’s degree in information systems, Business Management, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Minimum of seven (7) of experience in project or program management within IT, business transformation, or a complex cross-functional environment.
• At least 5 years managing large, cross-functional programs or multiple interrelated projects/workstreams.
• Over 3 years in a people leader or matrix leadership role with demonstrated ability to motivate teams, influence stakeholders, and develop people.
• Proven executive communication skills and ability to influence decision-making across all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex initiatives with competing priorities, cross-functional dependencies, vendors, and third-party delivery partners.
• Strong expertise in program governance, documentation discipline, decision tracking, risk and issue management, audit readiness, compliance alignment, financial tracking.
• Strong knowledge of PMI, Agile, SAFe, hybrid delivery models, and related program management frameworks.
• Strong leadership, systems thinking, facilitation, negotiation, organizational, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with program management, workflow, portfolio, financial tracking, reporting, and collaboration tools.
• Must live local to the Buffalo, NY area to work onsite.

Preference will be given to candidates who have:

• Master’s degree.
• Minimum of 10 of experience in project or program management within IT, business transformation, or a complex cross-functional environment.
• Experience with Databricks Lakehouse Platform and Genie Spaces.
• Experience with Data Governance, MDM, and Data Quality tools is a plus.
• PMP, PgMP, Agile, SAFe, Scrum, Prosci, CCMP, or equivalent certification.
• Experience with ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Claude, or similar platforms; ServiceNow experience strongly preferred.
• Experience operating in regulated environments with legal, regulatory, internal compliance, information security, or export-control requirements.
• Experience leading technology-enabled transformation programs with measurable adoption, benefits realization, and business outcomes.

As the Senior Project Manager, you will…

• Develop and maintain program strategy, roadmaps, integrated plans, schedules, milestones, delivery approach, and performance measures aligned to organizational and technology objectives.
• Lead large-scale, cross-functional programs with multiple projects or workstreams across business, technical, operational vendor, and support teams.
• Serve as a primary interface with executives and sponsors by providing concise updates, facilitating decisions, escalating risks, and driving accountability for outcomes.
• Establish and maintain program governance, including decision logs, action tracking, documentation standards, risk and issue management, dependency management, audit readiness, and compliance alignment.
• Integrate change management milestones such as communications, training, stakeholder engagement, readiness, adoption metrics, and benefits realization into program plans.
• Own program budget, resource planning, forecasting, tracking, reconciliation, reporting, variance management, and workstream capacity visibility.
• Manage vendor and partner performance against contractual obligations, timelines, quality expectations, dependencies, escalations, and value objectives.
• Report program status, scope, schedule, financials, key metrics, risks, issues, dependencies, outcomes, benefits, and decision needs through a consistent leadership cadence.
• Oversee testing, business requirement validation, deployment readiness, operational readiness, and continuous improvement across delivery practices.
• Use project, workflow, portfolio, financial, reporting, and AI-enabled tools such as ServiceNow, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Claude to improve visibility, documentation, consistency, and efficiency.
• Operate as a self-directed program leader who can ramp quickly, navigate ambiguity, influence across levels, and take ownership of program success with appropriate escalation.
• Support program governance for the Data Governance function, which may include stewardship rollout, Data Council cadence, and MDM/Data Quality initiative tracking.

How we care for you:

• Financial Rewards: great compensation package, bonus opportunities, matching 401k, and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan (select locations), Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development and other personal growth programs
• Culture: Warm, respectful, family-like environment driven by our 12 core values. Multiple Employee Resource Groups led by our employees, open and welcoming to all.

Salary Range Transparency

Buffalo, NY $140,000.00–$170,000.00 Annually

Salary Range Disclaimer

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moog salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Moog's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, an open paid time off policy, and many region-specific benefits.

This position requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.

Moog offers an inclusive workplace, and, as such, affirms the right of every person to participate in all aspects of employment based on merit without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic.