Senior Data Project Manager

Schneider Electric • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Product Data Management Senior Project Manager leads complex product data, master data, and business process initiatives from strategy through delivery and stabilization. The role ensures alignment across scope, schedule, budget, quality, risks, and stakeholder expectations while strengthening data quality, standardization, governance, and process effectiveness in support of digital transformation and measurable business value.

As an individual contributor and recognized subject matter expert in Engineering Product Data Management and Master Data, this role provides structured project leadership, resolves ambiguity, and influences operational and strategic decisions through practical recommendations and strong stakeholder engagement. It works across regional and global teams and provides functional leadership without relying on direct reporting authority.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of project management experience, including responsibility for cross-functional project delivery.
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects and driving measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated experience in Engineering, Product Data Management, Master Data, data governance, or related business process domains.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid approaches.
• Advanced knowledge of Engineering Product Data Management, Product Data Management, Master Data, and related business processes.
• Ability to lead highly complex cross-functional initiatives involving regional and global stakeholders.
• Strong project leadership across scope, schedule, budget, risk, issue, dependency, quality, and change management.
• Ability to interpret and analyze complex information, clarify ambiguity, and develop practical recommendations and solutions.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to align business and technology teams around shared outcomes.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, presentation, collaboration, leadership, problem-solving, and organizational judgment skills.
• Ability to provide functional guidance and leadership without direct reporting authority.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and interdependencies simultaneously.
• Continuous improvement mindset focused on data quality, standardization, governance, process effectiveness, and measurable business value.
• Experience with project management and delivery tools such as Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, Asana, or Smartsheet.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex Product Data Management, Master Data, and business process initiatives from definition through implementation and stabilization.
• Translate strategic objectives and business needs into project scope, objectives, deliverables, success criteria, and execution plans.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource requirements, dependencies, and governance routines.
• Provide functional leadership to regional and global cross-functional teams and align business stakeholders, IT teams, project teams, and external partners.
• Monitor project progress, performance, risks, issues, decisions, and interdependencies, and provide timely updates to stakeholders and leadership.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate complex risks and issues; develop recommendations and solutions when requirements, ownership, or direction are ambiguous.
• Manage scope and project changes through governance and change control processes.
• Drive product data quality, standardization, governance, and process improvement across Engineering, PDM, and Master Data domains.
• Partner with Product Owners, Developers, and business stakeholders to define and prioritize requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure alignment between business requirements, solution design, project deliverables, organizational policies, governance requirements, and strategic objectives.
• Lead solution validation and User Acceptance Testing, including planning, execution, issue resolution, readiness assessment, and final sign-off.
• Coordinate communication and change management to support deployment, business readiness, and user adoption across the NAM region.
• Facilitate workshops, governance meetings, decision forums, and stakeholder communications to clarify complex information and drive timely decisions.
• Manage project costs and budgets to meet financial targets, and coordinate vendors, consultants, and external partners as required.
• Drive continuous improvement in Product Data Management practices, business processes, project delivery methods, and governance disciplines.

Benefits

• Medical insurance, including member reward points
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Basic life insurance
• Benefit Bucks credits to apply toward benefits
• Flexible work arrangements
• Paid family leaves
• Well-being programs
• 12 holidays per year
• 20 days of paid time off per year, prorated in the first year based on start date
• Base salary and short-term incentives or sales incentives
• Opportunities to own company shares, subject to eligibility based on start date
• 401(k) with company match
• Ongoing performance and development conversations
• Senior Talent Program
• Global career opportunities
• Access to the Schneider Career Hub for positions, projects, and mentors
• Learning platforms such as Coursera
• Recognition program, including service anniversaries
• Volunteer leave
• Programs through the Schneider Electric Foundation
• Initiatives supporting youth education
• Military leave benefits
• Professional development programs, certifications, and mentorship opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior