Development Process Manager

Development Process Manager

Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.

The Development Programs Process Manager is responsible for leading Operations and Supply Chain (Ops / SC) activities across development programs, serving as the primary voice for Ops / SC execution. This role ensures alignment between program objectives, supplier capabilities, and manufacturing readiness, while driving strategic initiatives for future development work.

In Defense, every plan has a purpose, and every delivery supports the mission. As our Development Programs Process Manager, you'll translate complex program requirements into executable schedules, align demand with supply, and ensure materials, capacity, and teams are ready to deliver on-time, every time. Your work directly supports program milestones, warfighter readiness, and customer trust.

Primary Responsibilities :

• Act as the voice of Ops / SC execution within cross-functional program teams.
• Ensure operational readiness and alignment with program milestones.
• Proactively communicate program objectives, timelines, and risks to suppliers.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies and recovery plans to ensure continuity of supply.
• Support planning for emerging technologies and large-scale components (e.g., actuators, systems, batteries, structures).
• Identify long-term operational and supply chain resource requirements.
• Contribute to proposal strategy, cost estimation, and risk identification for new development programs.
• Collaborate with Demand Planning Manager for operational feasibility and supply chain considerations are provided to Proposal Team.
• Coordinate handoff from development to Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and Full-Rate Production (FRP).
• Establish processes and documentation that consider higher rate production.
• Lead Tiered Development Supply Chain meetings, ANDON's, and escalations.
• Assess staffing requirements.
• Collaborate with program design teams to incorporate supplier and manufacturing engineering input early in the design process.
• Promote cost-effective and scalable designs for future production.

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Salary Range Transparency : Buffalo, NY $85,000.00$125,000.00 Annually

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