IT Program Manager (M&A)

Location: The Woodlands, Texas, United States; willingness to travel to domestic and international Crane or customer locations is required, with up to 25% travel during peak periods.

Company

Crane Aerospace & Electronics operates in the aerospace and manufacturing sectors and provides an IT leadership environment focused on major business priorities and operational excellence.

What you will do

• Lead full-lifecycle IT integration for mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, from due diligence through post-close stabilization.
• Develop and maintain the M&A IT Integration Playbook aligned with the Crane Tollgate process.
• Define integration strategies and plans while managing scope, schedules, budgets, tollgate reviews, costs, and controls.
• Coordinate IT and business workstreams, senior leadership communications, stakeholder engagement, change management, and user adoption.
• Oversee integration of enterprise systems, infrastructure, applications, and ERP platforms, including SAP, Oracle, and QAD environments.
• Manage external vendors, identify and mitigate integration risks, drive synergies, and develop KPI dashboards for program visibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience leading IT integration projects in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise IT systems, architecture, and ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, or QAD.
• Experience managing cross-functional global teams, third-party vendors, remote teams, and matrix organizations.
• Proven experience with both Waterfall and Agile project management methodologies for software development.
• Strong communication, leadership, analytical, problem-solving, presentation, and change-management skills, including engagement with senior executives.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree such as an MBA or MS in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• PMP certification.
• Experience with ERP migrations or carve-outs in M&A contexts.
• Familiarity with ITIL, Agile, and Lean Six Sigma methodologies.
• Proficiency with MS Project, Excel, Visio, Power BI, and collaboration tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Results-focused environment with opportunities to work with senior leaders on high-priority business initiatives.
• Opportunity to progress toward an IT leadership track.
• Potential transition into a business-unit IT leadership role.
• Work across organizational boundaries to promote creativity, transparency, accountability, and operational excellence.