Principle Program Manager - Enterprise Data

The Director / Senior Director, Enterprise Information provides enterprise leadership for the strategy, governance, and execution of information capabilities that improve business performance, strengthen decision-making, protect organizational information assets, and enable sustainable growth. This role converts business strategy into an integrated enterprise information roadmap spanning data, analytics, governance, information lifecycle management, AI readiness, security, and related digital capabilities. Working across Digital Operations, Information Services, Cybersecurity, and business functions, this leader establishes priorities, operating models, governance, and investment approaches for enterprise information initiatives. The role leads a portfolio of complex, cross-functional efforts; aligns senior stakeholders around enterprise standards and outcomes; resolves organizational barriers; and ensures capabilities are scalable, practical, secure, and tied to measurable business value. Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Digital Operations, the Director / Senior Director serves as a strategic advisor to executive and functional leaders on enterprise information opportunities, risks, and investments. The role is accountable for advancing McGough’s enterprise information maturity and building the organizational capabilities, partnerships, and disciplined execution needed to support long-term business priorities.

Qualifications

Required Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, Construction Management, Information Systems, or a related field. 12+ years of progressive experience in enterprise information, data and analytics, technology, business transformation, program leadership, or related disciplines, including significant experience leading complex enterprise initiatives at a senior level. Demonstrated success setting strategy, establishing multi-year roadmaps, prioritizing investments, and leading execution across multiple business and technology functions. Experience influencing senior and executive leaders, building enterprise alignment, and driving decisions in a matrixed environment without relying solely on direct authority. Experience establishing governance, operating models, decision rights, standards, and accountability mechanisms for complex enterprise capabilities. Strong business and financial acumen, including business case development, investment evaluation, resource planning, vendor/partner management, and value realization. Deep understanding of organizational change, process improvement, technology-enabled transformation, risk management, and enterprise-scale implementation. Exceptional executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder leadership skills.

Preferred

Experience within construction, engineering, manufacturing, industrial, or other project-based organizations. Leadership experience across enterprise data, analytics, data governance, information management, cybersecurity, AI governance/readiness, or digital transformation. Experience leading or developing teams, communities of practice, or cross-functional capability groups. Familiarity with Lean, Continuous Improvement, Business Process Reengineering, or comparable improvement methodologies. Experience evaluating enterprise platforms, implementation partners, managed services, and strategic vendor relationships. PMP, Agile, Change Management, data/governance, security, or related professional certifications.

Responsibilities and Tasks

Enterprise Information Strategy & Leadership

Own and evolve McGough’s enterprise information strategy and multi-year capability roadmap in alignment with business strategy and Digital Operations priorities. Translate enterprise priorities into a sequenced portfolio of information, governance, analytics, AI, security, and business enablement initiatives with clear outcomes, sponsorship, and investment requirements. Advise executive and functional leaders on information-related opportunities, risks, capability gaps, and strategic tradeoffs. Establish enterprise principles, operating models, decision rights, and governance structures that enable consistent, scalable information practices. Assess external trends and emerging capabilities and recommend where McGough should invest, standardize, pilot, partner, or defer.

Portfolio, Investment & Value Leadership

Lead prioritization and governance of the enterprise information portfolio, balancing business value, risk, capacity, dependencies, and strategic importance. Sponsor development of business cases, investment recommendations, implementation strategies, and resource plans for major initiatives. Establish portfolio-level measures of success and hold initiative leaders and stakeholders accountable for outcomes, adoption, and value realization. Identify and resolve cross-enterprise dependencies, resource conflicts, and organizational barriers that threaten strategic outcomes. Provide executive visibility into portfolio health, investment performance, risks, decisions, and emerging needs.

Enterprise Information Governance & Risk

Provide leadership for enterprise information governance in partnership with Data Governance, Information Security, Legal, Information Services, and business stakeholders. Set direction for information stewardship, lifecycle management, classification, retention, privacy, sensitive information management, and enterprise data protection practices. Guide enterprise approaches to AI governance and responsible information use, balancing innovation and business enablement with security, legal, compliance, and reputational risk. Ensure governance frameworks are practical, risk-based, and embedded into business and technology processes rather than operating as standalone controls. Escalate material information risks and recommend appropriate mitigation, acceptance, or investment decisions to senior leadership.

Information, Data & Business Enablement

Partner with business leaders to identify high-value opportunities to improve decision-making, operational performance, customer/project outcomes, and organizational effectiveness through better use of information. Set enterprise direction across data governance, information lifecycle management, metadata, master data, analytics, AI readiness, information protection, and related capabilities. Champion common definitions, trusted information, scalable data practices, and fit-for-purpose access that improve enterprise consistency and usability. Ensure solutions and standards balance immediate business needs with enterprise architecture, governance, security, sustainability, and long-term scalability. Drive adoption of practical information management practices that increase the value, quality, accessibility, security, and usability of enterprise information.

Cross-Functional & Executive Leadership

Build sustained alignment across Digital Operations, Information Services, Cybersecurity, Construction Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, and other business functions. Chair or lead steering committees, governance forums, prioritization discussions, and executive decision sessions for major enterprise information initiatives. Create clear accountability among executive sponsors, business owners, technology leaders, governance functions, and delivery teams. Communicate strategy, progress, risks, decisions, and business impacts in concise executive-level materials and presentations. Represent enterprise information priorities in broader organizational planning, transformation, and investment discussions.

Organizational Capability & Change Leadership

Build enterprise information capability by defining needed competencies, roles, partnerships, processes, and ways of working across business and technology teams. Provide leadership, coaching, and direction to team members and cross-functional initiative leaders; develop talent and strengthen succession and organizational capability over time. Establish change, adoption, and stakeholder engagement expectations for major initiatives and ensure business ownership extends beyond technical implementation. Promote a culture of information stewardship, continuous improvement, accountability, and evidence-based decision-making. Partner with Digital Operations leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, sourcing strategy, and long-range capability development.

Partner, Vendor & Delivery Oversight

Set expectations and provide oversight for strategic vendors, implementation partners, and service providers supporting enterprise information capabilities. Evaluate delivery models, partner performance, cost, risk, scalability, and internal capability needs when determining build, buy, partner, or managed-service approaches. Ensure major initiatives have appropriate governance, executive sponsorship, delivery discipline, transition planning, and operational ownership. Intervene when critical initiatives are off track, facilitating decisions and corrective actions necessary to restore business outcomes.

Additional Duties as Assigned

Participate in Lean improvement efforts, enterprise transformation initiatives, and workflow optimization that support organizational goals. Maintain current knowledge of information governance, data and analytics, AI, cybersecurity, risk management, compliance, and relevant regulatory trends. Represent McGough on internal committees, working groups, professional associations, or industry forums as appropriate. Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned to meet evolving business and organizational needs.

Office and Travel

Position can be remote or based in McGough’s Roseville, MN, Dallas, TX or Raleigh, NC Offices. Travel is expected to be approximately 20% for this role. Additional travel to various national office locations may be required as determined by the individual and their manager.

Physical Requirements

The physical requirements listed here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Position involves sitting for extended periods of time at employee’s workstation and during meetings as well as while traveling, either by plane or car. Employee needs to be able to lift to 20 pounds as frequently as needed to move objects; dexterity to write and manipulate computer keyboard and mouse; ability to hear and speak clearly; and ability to distinguish between colors on graphs and charts. Employee may be required to visit construction jobsites which may expose the employee to dirt, dust, uneven surfaces, outdoor weather conditions and extreme temperatures.

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