Senior Manager, Data Readiness Lead

Date Posted:

2026-03-03

Country:

United States of America

Location:

US-IL-REMOTE

Position Role Type:

Remote

U.S. Citizen, U.S. Person, or Immigration Status Requirements:

This job requires a U.S. Person. A U.S. Person is a lawful permanent resident as defined in 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) or who is a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3). U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or individuals granted refugee or asylee status in the U.S. are considered U.S. persons. For a complete definition of “U.S. Person” go here. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-22/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-120/subpart-C/section-120.62

Security Clearance Type:

None/Not Required

Security Clearance Status:

Not Required

The Senior Manager, Interiors Data Readiness Lead is a strategic leadership role responsible for ensuring Interiors’ data is trusted, governed, and ready to power enterprise transformation. Serving as the data voice into oneRTX and S/4HANA initiatives, this leader drives alignment across systems, functions, and teams—translating complex data requirements into clear, actionable business outcomes.

This is a remote role with required travel (domestic and international) of 25-50% depending upon the project phase. Because this role supports international initiatives, candidates should be willing to flex their schedule to meet global collaboration needs.

What You Will Do:

Enterprise Data Strategy

• Drive cross-domain master and transactional data management strategy ensuring data integrity and compliance across Interiors.

• Serve as Interiors’ data lead into the oneRTX: PST (Process & System Transformation) program, ensuring requirements align to standard RTX solutions.

• Partner with functional experts to identify data standards and business rules for master data management in preparation for S4HANA implementation.

ERP Expertise

• Drive design, configuration, and governance of ERP Master Data in mixed-instance environments, ensuring alignment with end-to-end business processes.

• Map and harmonize critical ERP data objects including customers, materials, and bills of materials across legacy systems for migration readiness.

• Advise on standard SAP functionality to accelerate S/4 adoption and reduce complexity.

Integration & Governance

• Oversee data integration between ERP and non-ERP systems (MES, PLM, CRM, procurement platforms) across security domains.

• Establish data governance policies aligned with RTX enterprise standards, emphasizing export-controlled and classified data.

• Implement data quality programs and cross-domain reconciliation and cleansing to prepare for S/4 integration and data loads.

• Identify current KPIs vs system measures – identify differences and create gap closure plan with business.

• Facilitate/highlight necessity for process solutioning when processes are driving data issues.

• Implement data quality metrics and KPIs to track and drive business unit readiness (via dashboards and automated reporting tools).

• Ensure role-based access control across multiple domains.

Leadership Skills

• Be a change champion across Interiors, aligning leadership teams and SMEs on standardized governance and process impacts.

• Participate in the creation of relevant communications to cascade transformation updates and training to the larger Interiors organization.

• Facilitate the establishment of ongoing Interiors data governance council/committee.

• Strong cross-functional experience.

• Skilled at translating complex data concepts into business process language.

• Proven experience driving data integrity culture within an organization.

Qualifications You Must Have:

• A University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years’ experience

• 10+ years of relevant experience (ERP/SAP Data Management experience, including multi-instance environments)

• Proven experience in global ERP projects or projects involving heavy data consolidation

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Knowledge of data governance frameworks, export control compliance, and secure data integration.

• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders across business units and functions.

• Experience in regulated industries like Aerospace & Defense

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