Project Manager/Business Analyst - MDM
Company Location
Noah Consulting - Houston,Texas
Contact Info
Jermaine Williams - Phone 832-212-1308 | Email:careers@noah-consulting.com
Job Description - Job Type (Full-time)
Project Manager/Business Analyst - MDM The Project Manager/Business Analyst will direct project execution from beginning to end to ensure successful implementation as defined by the project scope, identify and develop the conceptual solution and business requirements for the Master Data Management Project. This individual must have strong interpersonal skills to facilitate: the successful management of scope, schedule, and budget to complete agreed upon deliverables, requirements gathering, quality reviews, deliverable approvals, and project decisions with key stakeholders & project teams. This includes facilitating customer meetings to identify the systems of record for Master Data and the source systems which contribute to the Master Data across the entire Well Lifecycle. The individual will also be responsible for defining the Master Data elements and the attributes which must be aligned with each master data element in order to create a full and robust Master Data record. The requirements combined with the Master Data elements and attributes for building a successful Master Data solution and determining what technologies would be appropriate as the backbone for the overall solution. It is also important that this individual have a good understanding of the relationship between the key elements of petrotechnial elements of a Master Data solution and the corporate or “enterprise” needs for Master Data. This person should also be capable of estimating tasks and building complete plans for execution of Master Data engagements. The planning and estimation aspects of this segment of the project will be crucial for future success of on-going engagements. This individual must have a proven track record of successful project delivery with increasing responsibility over time. The resource is responsible for all customer interactions, including but not limited to building a growing relationship, effective project communication to all stakeholders, identifying future potential opportunities. Skills & Responsibilities: Project Delivery: – Create and execute project work plan & WBS and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements. – Implement a Change Control Process with appropriate approval mechanisms. – Identify resources needed and assign & monitor individual tasks. – Manage day-to-day operational aspects of the project, scope, schedule, and budget. – Review deliverables prepared by team before passing to client. – Prepare for engagement reviews and quality assurance procedures. – Track & Minimize exposure and risk on the project. – Track & Resolve issues and a project backlog identified as part of the project – including escalations where appropriate. – Experience developing business cases for Information Management projects including development of ROI, NPV, and Risk Estimating. – Expert at understanding user needs by facilitating and gathering user requirements and preferences and leading/recommending solutions that meet these needs. – Experience implementing/participating in MDM, Metadata, Profiling, and Information Quality Projects or Programs – Identifying business requirements and ensuring designs adequately meet the requirements of the project while remaining aligned with the overall program strategy & architecture – Capturing and Refining the ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ business processes especially as they pertain to Information Management and Program Delivery – Experience with data modeling is preferred. Project Communication: – Develop and build customer relationship and communication – Communicate with project team members and program delivery in remote locations – Prepare and deliver weekly status reports – Conduct & Facilitate meetings, status, and project communications – Coordinate User Adoption including sign off of deliverables and acceptance testing – Ensure project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately – Define naming standards and a project repository Industry Expertise: This individual must have deep experience working in one of the domains listed above with progressive experience over the past 7-10 years. In addition, this individual must have exposure to Information Management methodologies, including: This individual must have worked at all levels of technical delivery including development, testing, design, and architecture and experience with any data delivery tool is preferable. Education: A BA or BS is required for this position. A degree in an Energy discipline (e.g. Geology, Petrophysics) Engineering, Information Technology, or MIS is preferred.
