Strategic Program Manager: Data Modernization & Governance

NTT DATA, Inc.; Butlerville (IN); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NTT DATA, Inc. in the United States seeks an accomplished senior program manager to lead a large-scale data modernization, insurance transformation, and enterprise reporting initiative.

You will own the program charter, objectives, and success criteria, and drive governance across architecture, data, and compliance. Will coordinate executive sponsors, business owners, and technology leadership, manage risks and budgets, and oversee release and cutover planning for major platform go-lives using a

Qualifications

• 15+ years leading large-scale data modernization, insurance transformation, or enterprise reporting programs.
• Experience managing fixed-fee / milestone-based delivery across architecture, ingestion, transformation, reporting, testing, and hypercare.
• Strong track record coordinating business, IT, data SMEs, security, infrastructure, and vendor partners.
• Experience driving executive governance, RAID management, dependency tracking, financial control, change management, and steering committee reporting.
• Familiarity with hybrid agile delivery, release planning, sprint governance, and phased cutover aligned to major platform go-lives.

Responsibilities

• Own program charter, objectives, and success criteria.
• Establish governance structures – steering committees, program working groups, and architecture review boards.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for executive sponsors, business owners, and technology leadership.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise strategy, architecture standards, and regulatory/compliance requirements.
• Define and manage overall program scope across all workstreams
• Break down the program into projects, milestones, and sprint plans, coordinating dependencies across teams.
• Drive release planning and cutover planning (mock runs, dress rehearsals, freeze windows, rollback).
• Proactively identify and manage program risks and issues (technology, resourcing, scope, dependencies, vendor constraints).
• Maintain and socialize risk registers, mitigation plans, and contingency strategies.
• Own program financials: estimates, budget tracking, staffing plans, and change requests.
• Ensure commercial obligations (SLAs, SOW milestones, deliverables, acceptance criteria) are met and documented.
• Build strong relationships with business and technology stakeholders across data, analytics, operations, and compliance.
• Facilitate workshops and working sessions to clarify requirements, refine scope, and gain alignment on migration priorities.
• Provide clear, concise status reporting at all levels:<ul><li>Executive dashboards and steering committee packs.</li><li>Detailed project status for PMO and technical leads.</li></ul>
• Manage expectations around timelines, risks, and trade-offs, particularly for production cutovers and high-visibility workloads.

Skills

Data modernization leadership

Executive stakeholder coordination

Governance & risk management

Hybrid agile delivery

Job description

NTT DATA, Inc. in the United States seeks an accomplished senior program manager to lead a large-scale data modernization, insurance transformation, and enterprise reporting initiative.

You will own the program charter, objectives, and success criteria, and drive governance across architecture, data, and compliance. Will coordinate executive sponsors, business owners, and technology leadership, manage risks and budgets, and oversee release and cutover planning for major platform go-lives using a