What are the responsibilities and job description for the Program Manager position at Moodys Northwest Consulting?
Description
We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead a large-scale platform migration program, transitioning a critical book of business from a third-party vendor product to a scalable in-house solution. The ideal candidate will be a strategic leader with strong cross-functional management, stakeholder alignment, and execution discipline, driving seamless delivery across engineering, product, operations, and business teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Program Leadership: Own end-to-end migration strategy, execution, and delivery across multiple workstreams — technology, data, operations, and business.
- Cross-Functional Coordination: Act as the central point of accountability bridging Product, Engineering, Architecture, QA, Operations, and Business teams.
- Migration Strategy & Governance: Define program roadmap, risk framework, governance model, and clear KPIs for migration success (stability, data integrity, cost efficiency, and customer experience).
- Stakeholder Management: Partner with senior business leaders and technology heads to ensure alignment on timelines, dependencies, and business continuity.
- Vendor Transition Management: Oversee knowledge transfer, contractual offboarding, and capability ramp-up within in-house teams.
- Change Management: Ensure organizational readiness, training, and adoption for the new platform across impacted business functions.
- Metrics & Reporting: Track progress through structured dashboards, program-level metrics, and executive reports.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Proven experience managing complex platform or data migrations, ideally from vendor to in-house environments.
- Strong background in program governance, Agile delivery, and stakeholder management across technical and business domains.
- Excellent understanding of software engineering and data ecosystem fundamentals (cloud platforms, APIs, integration patterns, data migration best practices).
- Exceptional communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across senior leadership and delivery teams.
- Hands-on experience with tools like JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, or MS Project.
- PMP / SAFe / Agile certification preferred.
About Us
Moodys NWC is a result-driven management consulting firm headquartered in the Seattle metropolitan area. We specialize in best-fit consulting based on client needs, with a focus on all aspects of digital product management. We have an active role that we are looking to assist our premier client with and are looking for an experienced consultant with the right set of values. For us, personality fit is paramount. We are looking for self-starters who are experienced but flexible in their approach and have a customer-focused outlook. Our consultants go above and beyond, focus on the end goal, and do what it takes to deliver the desired results. If you are someone who fits the above job description, then please look at the specific opportunity and let us know why you are a good fit for Moodys NWC.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The salary for this position ranges from $100,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $120,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Other forms of compensation are offered in the form of medical, vision, and dental benefits.
Moodys NWC believes in a culture of diversity, acceptance, and belonging. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer and hiring without discrimination, including based on race, color, creed, national origin, sex, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical status, or veteran status. Moodys NWC complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please submit a contact form here: https://moodysnwc.com/contact-us/
Salary : $100,000 - $120,000