Master Data Management (MDM) Project Manager

Job title: Master Data Management (MDM) Project Manager

Location: Fort Worth, TX

Project Scope & Outcomes

Domains & Processes: Material Master, Purchase Info Record, Source List, Pricing condition and Bill of materials.

Platforms: SimpleMDG, SAP ECC.

Project Governance: Master Data policies, ways of working with the Vendor, business glossary & reference data, stewardship roles, quality rules/scorecards, issue management (RAID + DQ defects).

Delivery Cadence: Define Build/Configure Test (SIT/UAT) Cutover GoLive Hypercare close in phased approach, with daily stand-up meetings, weekly status reports, monthly Steering Committee checkpoints and decision governance.

Adoption: Global change, communications, training (rolebased), enablement toolkits, and steadystate handoff to operations & data stewardship.

Major Responsibilities (Accountabilities)

1) Program Leadership & Delivery

Own the integrated plan to deliver a large scale MDM program in 10 months, balancing scope, timeline, risk, and value; manage stage gates, financials, and resource capacity (internal + partners).

Lead the crossfunctional program team and stake holders across different time zones

Establish and run weekly program reviews, release planning, dependency management, and change control; maintain RAID and decision logs with clear owners and due dates.

Drive SDLC: requirements, design, configuration, test strategy (SIT/UAT), test execution/defect triage, cutover rehearsal, golive readiness, and hypercare operations.

2) Governance, Data Quality & Controls

Ensure adherence to the MDM operating model: RACI, business glossary, and reference data standards.

Implement data quality rules & automated scorecards; design triage, root cause, and continuousimprovement loops with operational owners.

Ensure access, segregation of duties, and auditability (SOX/GxP where applicable); coordinate with InfoSec/Privacy/Quality to meet policy and regulatory requirements.

3) Stakeholder Management & Steering Committee

Own Steering Committee (SteerCo) planning and facilitation: charter, agenda, prereads, options/impacts, investment & benefits tracking, and decision capture.

Provide executivelevel updates: status, risks, financial burn vs. value, adoption & quality metrics, and change impacts translating complex topics into business outcomes.

Align regional leaders (Americas/EMEA/APAC), site operations, commercial, finance, and IT; resolve escalations and tradeoffs quickly and transparently.

Executive dashboards published weekly during critical phases; accuracy 99%.

4) Change, Training & Adoption for 2,000+ Users

Deliver a global change & communications plan working with Change Management Expert and super users with targeted training

Coordinate building rolebased curricula, quickreference guides, and elearning.

Define adoption KPIs and a benefits realization plan; transition to steadystate governance with documented runbooks and ownership.

Key Performance Indicators / Measures of Success

Delivery & Financials

Ontime golive within 5% of the 10month timeline.

Budget adherence within 5% of the program spend.

Critical path tasks completed on or before plan ( 100% ontime).

Adoption & Enablement (2,000+ users)

Rolebased training completion 95% of inscope users pregolive.

RightFirstTime (RFT) master data creation 95%

Issue resolution SLA: 90% of P1/P2 data issues resolved within agreed SLAs during hypercare.

Process & Productivity

Automation value: Significant numbers of hours annualized manual effort removed (baseline vs. postgolive runrate).

Zero severity1 production incidents attributable to MDM configuration during hypercare.

100% completion of SOX/Quality documentation and auditready artifacts; no major audit findings.

Required Qualifications & Experience

10+ years in project/program management leading crossfunctional teams in regulated environments to implement largescale MDM/MDG platforms such as SimpleMDG.

Proven experience and certifications in Agile project methodology.

Excellent communication skills (oral and written), including senior management communications.

Demonstrated delivery of multimilliondollar data initiatives on accelerated timelines, with global user bases (1K-5K+).

Handson expertise with SAP (S/4 or ECC) master data solutions and processes.

Strong command of data governance (operating model, stewardship, glossary, reference data, DQ rules/scorecards, lineage/metadata).

Proven change leadership: communications, training, adoption measurement, benefit tracking, and SteerCo/Boardlevel storytelling.

Ability to work with teams across different time zones for project delivery and change management.

Methodologies: PMP/PRINCE2 or equivalent; familiarity with Agile practices for data/ERP at scale; Lean/Six Sigma mindset.