Project Manager, MDM

About Fresh Gravity:

Founded in 2015 and rapidly expanding, Fresh Gravity (www.freshgravity.com) is a business and technology consulting company at the cutting-edge of digital transformation. We drive digital success for our clients by helping them adopt transformative technologies that make them nimble, adaptive and responsive to their rapidly-changing business needs. Our unparalleled digital transformation expertise combines business strategy prowess with digital technologies know-how. Our expertise includes Data Management, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science & Analytics, and API Management & Integration.

In a short time, we have crafted an exceptional team who have delivered impactful projects for some of the largest corporations in the world. We are on a mission to solve the most complex business problems for our clients using the most exciting new technologies. And we are looking for top talent to join us in our quest.

Fresh Gravity’s team members are authorities in their field, but know how to have fun, too. We’re building an inspiring, open organization you’ll take pride in. We challenge ourselves to grow – every day. We create value for our clients and partners – every day. We promise rich opportunities for you to succeed, to shine, to exceed even your own expectations.

We are thoughtful. We are engaged. We are relentless. We are Fresh Gravity.

Fresh Gravity is an equal opportunity employer.

About this position:

• Our Client Success capability is seeking a strong techno-functional project manager who will be responsible for driving successful project outcomes for Fresh Gravity’s clients. The role entails delivery oversight of data management solution projects with key inputs on the solution options, implementation approaches, delivery planning and execution. The candidate will have responsibility and accountability for planning and driving a project team comprised of both local, US based team members and India based team members. The person will be responsible for assisting and developing proposals for such engagements as well as negotiating delivery related actions through the life of a project. In addition, the person will be responsible for working with other Fresh Gravity stakeholders to define and refine delivery methodology artifacts and approaches, design and implement project execution best practices, develop sales and marketing collateral as well as represent Fresh Gravity at client or other public events. Someone who is looking for a niche consulting firm with an excellent culture with the desire to grow as the company grows would make a great candidate.

Requirements

Project Management:

• Manage the development lifecycle using a combination of agile and waterfall delivery models including activities such as backlog grooming, sprint planning, retrospectives, test cycle definition and planning, migration and cutover planning
• Strong attention to detail with ability to ensure formatting of documents is consistent and adherent to standards.
• Lead team; organize and drive to consensus, combining multiple opinions from various experts
• Ability to understand and validate user stories in Jira and ensure all important parts of a story are present, including acceptance criteria
• Ability to communicate at an executive level and build out steering committee status reports and presentations which combine validated input from team to present a consistent message
• Provide weekly status on project activities, deliverables, scope, schedule, budget, and risks/issues
• Lead and participate in the full delivery lifecycle of strategy and implementation projects for our clients using agile and hybrid project management approaches (e.g., experience as a Scrum Master)
• Plan workstreams, assign and track work activities, identify, report and manage/mitigate risks, manage resolution of outstanding issues and actions

Good to have :

• Participate in strategy/roadmap initiatives while aligning the strategy to business objectives, including helping establish organization constructs, development methodologies and selection of technology components (e.g., API gateways, code repository tools, data quality tools, data management/governance strategy, etc.)
• Plan, lead and manage requirements definition and solution design working sessions in addition to documenting functional use cases and architectures, business requirements, and high level business solution approaches
• Communicate business requirements to architects and developers, assist in conducting feasibility assessments and identify optimal approaches to technically achieve business requirements (e.g., Assist Sr. Technical Architects and leads on a data platform implementation)
• Own the delivery of demos to our clients of working software built to specification and soliciting feedback to ensure satisfaction of business requirements (e.g., demonstrate data stewardship functionality on an MDM project)
• Manage and facilitate verification of development artifacts/software as being built to specification through various levels of testing.

Skills and Qualification Requirements

• 6 to 8 years of project management and functional architecture experience
• Experiencing managing 1-2 implementation MDM is a must.
• Informatica MDM is a plus
• Experience leading and managing MDM implementations.
• Managing data projects (MDM/Data Warehouse/Data Lake/Data Staging/Data Analytics
• Experience working with reporting tools like Azure, Aws etc
• Need to work across multiple projects and coordinate projects.
• Experience working in a business context (technology consulting, systems integration, management consulting, working as an analyst “in industry,” etc.) – Big 5 Consulting or similar (e.g., Deloitte, Accenture, E&Y, KPMG, PwC, Slalom, etc.) background is highly desirable

Other:

• Assist in responding to RFPs by participating in planning, scoping, solution definition and estimation
• Manage client and vendor partner relationships and activities to ensure alignment of schedule, scope, and responsibilities
• Support and contribute to an evolving project delivery methodology by designing and creating templates, accelerators and reusable artifacts

Additional Needs:

• Must be willing to work various US time zones with willingness to engage with teams from India at other hours of the day
• Must have authorization to work in the United States with no visa sponsorship requirements
• Must be open to either Contract, Contract-to-hire. FT.
• Must be available and willing to go to client location in Frisco, Texas at least 2 days a week.

Benefits

In addition to a competitive package, we promise rich opportunities for you to succeed, to shine, to exceed even your own expectations. We offer the tools necessary to make remote work successful including videoconferencing, real-time chat, and a culture built for remote work. In keeping with Fresh Gravity’s challenger ethos, we have developed the 5Dimensions (5D) benefits program. This ever evolving program recognizes the multiple dimensions within each of us and seek to provide opportunities for deep development across these dimensions. Enrich Myself; Enhance My Client; Build my Company, Nurture My Family; and Better Humanity.