Project Manager - Trade Promotion Management (TPM) Implementations

NTT DATA Services•Dallas, TX

4d•$105,840 - $196,000

About The Position

NTT DATA is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support Trade Promotion Management (TPM) implementation projects for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) clients. The role coordinates and manages implementation initiatives from planning through hypercare, working with senior leadership, client stakeholders, solution providers, and technical teams. It also supports business development and pre-sales activities, including proposal development, client presentations, implementation planning, and solution positioning for prospective TPM clients. The position requires project management capabilities, enterprise transformation experience, and effectiveness in cross-functional environments involving Sales, Finance, IT, Data & Analytics, and Supply Chain. Experience with TPM platforms such as Visualfabriq, Salesforce, XTEL, or similar solutions is highly desirable. The role is based in Dallas, Texas, and requires a minimum of 25% travel. Compensation is $105,840–$196,000 per year, with possible incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution; flexible spending or health savings accounts; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage; paid time off; employee assistance; and participation in a 401(k) program with company match, along with additional voluntary or legally required benefits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
At least 5 years of project management experience in enterprise software implementations.
At least 5 years of experience with project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, or Hybrid.
At least 3 years of experience managing cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
At least 3 years of experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar.
Ability to travel a minimum of 25%.
Strong organizational and documentation capabilities.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
Project planning and execution, executive communication, risk and issue management, client relationship management, cross-functional coordination, meeting facilitation, documentation and reporting, problem-solving, decision-making, and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting CPG or retail transformation initiatives.
Experience with TPM solutions such as Visualfabriq, Salesforce, XTEL, SAP TPM integrations, or other TPM/TPO platforms.
Knowledge of TPM business processes within CPG organizations.
Experience coordinating ERP integrations, especially with SAP.
Familiarity with middleware and integration platforms such as MuleSoft.
PMP, Scrum Master, or similar certification.
Experience working in consulting or system integration environments.

Responsibilities

Plan, execute, monitor, and support successful delivery of TPM implementation projects.
Develop and maintain integrated project plans, timelines, RAID logs, status reports, and governance documentation.
Coordinate activities across business, functional, and technical workstreams; track milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and critical-path activities.
Manage day-to-day communication with client and internal project teams; facilitate meetings, workshops, steering committees, and status reviews.
Proactively escalate risks, issues, and project deviations with recommendations for resolution.
Build relationships with client business and IT stakeholders and coordinate across Sales, Revenue Management, Finance, Demand Planning, Supply Chain, and Data teams.
Align business objectives, scope, timelines, and delivery expectations; support change management and user adoption.
Assist with discussions of TPM processes, including promotion planning, financial management and accruals, claims and deductions, customer planning, settlement and post-event analysis, and reporting and analytics.
Support requirements-gathering and solution-validation workshops, testing coordination, and integrations involving ERP, data warehouse, middleware, and reporting systems.
Maintain RAID logs; monitor schedule adherence, scope, defects, and resource utilization; support change-request and scope-governance processes; and maintain documentation standards and project controls.
Coordinate SIT, UAT, cutover, and hypercare; track defects, testing progress, and resolution status; support deployment readiness assessments and go-live planning.
Support TPM business development activities in the CPG industry, including proposal development, scope definition, effort estimation, and timeline creation.
Participate in client discovery sessions, capability presentations, and solution demonstrations; help prepare executive presentations, implementation approaches, and delivery models.
Coordinate internal contributors during proposal and pursuit activities and support reusable implementation assets, accelerators, delivery methodologies, thought leadership, and go-to-market initiatives.
Assist with client workshops, RFP responses, and system implementation selection processes.