Manager, IT Engineering Systems

Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.

We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

Estimated annual base pay: $142,000(minimum) - $177,000(midpoint) - $213,000(maximum)

All Levels are eligible for the benefits below:

• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity.
• 401(k) match (4.5%)
• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays.
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits.
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
• Member referral bonus
• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Voluntary benefits, including:
  • Home / Auto Insurance discounts
  • Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Purpose:

The Manager, IT Engineering partners with stakeholders define, lead, and drive the integration of cutting-edge digital technologies and processes across the organization, ensuring seamless connectivity, data flow, and operational efficiency. This role is critical to enabling our Model Based Engineering (MBE) strategy to drive adoption of modern, technology-driven solutions while leveraging the digital thread to create a connected ecosystem for data and processes across the entire lifecycle of products, systems, or operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Inspire and Lead High-Performing Teams:

• Cultivate a culture of trust, collaboration, ownership, and accountability by mentoring team members, setting clear goals, and fostering professional growth across diverse technical and business functions.
• Foster an environment of continuing education and career development for team members that includes both internal and external relationship building and understanding of business operations.
• Mentor and develop team members, fostering a collaborative environment and encouraging skill growth in emerging technologies and best practices.
• Manage daily team operations, including task assignments, workload balancing, and performance monitoring.
• Conduct regular team meetings to review progress, address challenges, and align priorities.
• Evaluate team member performance, providing feedback, and implementing improvement plans.
• Provide regular updates to leadership on team status.

Champion Strategic Alignment:

Foster strategic partnerships with stakeholders to drive the identification and implementation of business system improvements and innovations that support organizational goals, ensuring initiatives are well-communicated, strategically prioritized, and effectively executed.

Platform Strategy & Development:

• Partner with leadership to align and evolve team capabilities in line with the strategic goals.
• Lead the implementation of business system improvements and strategies that support organizational goals, ensuring initiatives are well-communicated, properly resourced, prioritized, and effectively executed for the engineering environment:
• Define and lead the IT vision and strategy, acting as a strategic liaison to the broader organization in the development of the roadmap for MBE adoption, defining technical standards and best practices for model development, management, and simulation.
• Partner with Engineering Design & Simulation communities to influence, define, and implement solutions to streamline and improve efficiencies.
• System Leadership (PLM/CAD/HPC):
  Manage the integration and maintenance of digital tools, including PLM systems (e.g., Windchill), to ensure seamless data flow across enterprise including Quality and Manufacturing.

Operational Excellence:

• Monitor and optimize system performance, enforce compliance, manage incidents, and ensure high availability and reliability of engineering IT services.
• Provide oversight in the deployment, integration, and maintenance of engineering software and simulation tools, ensuring robust and secure IT operations across platforms.
• Act as a strategic liaison to business partners, Sourcing, and other IT teams to…