Program Director – MDM & Product Reference Data Expert

Project overview

Context of the mission

Our client, a major player in mass retail, is undertaking a strategic program to transform its data repositories (products, suppliers, third parties, and sites) at the France and Group level.

Within its Data Factory Reference, the objective is to make reference data reliable and unified, modernize Data architectures, simplify business processes, and support the progressive decommissioning of the BCP mainframe, while ensuring the continuity of critical activities.

In this context, our client is looking for an MDM Program Director France capable of managing this transformation from end to end.

The position requires a dual strategic and operational dimension: beyond the overall program management, the consultant will need to be directly involved in analyzing flows, resolving anomalies, securing migrations, and validating corrections.

As a member of the Digital Factory Executive Committee, they will also contribute to strategic decisions and decision-making.

Work environment

Mission details

Main missions

Objectives:

Goals:

Ensure the operational and strategic success of the MDM France program by ensuring the modernization of product reference data, data reliability, and business continuity.

• Location: Massy (91)
• Remote work: 3 days on-site / 2 days remote
• Schedule: Full-time
• Start date: ASAP
• Duration: 12 months
• Team: Product Reference Data (MDM), existing team of 5 to 8 people
• Lead the transformation of the MDM Product Reference Data France and ensure the achievement of strategic milestones.
• Make reference data reliable and improve its quality, governance, and utilization.
• Secure data migrations, testing phases, cutovers, and go-lives.
• Identify and resolve functional and technical anomalies impacting the program.
• Coordinate Business, Product, Data, and Tech teams and ensure their alignment.
• Support change management and ensure the adoption of new tools and processes.
• Contribute to strategic decisions by participating in the Digital Factory Executive Committee.

Responsibilities

Expected deliverables:

• Define and manage the program roadmap, schedules, milestones, and dependencies.
• Oversee the different project phases: scoping, design, testing, migration, deployment, and stabilization.
• Directly analyze data flows, identify anomalies, and manage their resolution until validation.
• Coordinate technical and functional teams to resolve operational blockers.
• Organize and secure cutover plans, critical migrations, and go-lives.
• Manage the quality and governance of reference data.
• Anticipate risks, propose corrective measures, and monitor them.
• Support business users in adopting new processes and tools.
• Prepare and present progress indicators, risks, and decisions to the Executive Committee.
• Provide transversal leadership to teams and contribute to coordinating expertise.
• Detailed schedule and progress reports for program milestones.
• Anomaly log, resolution plans, and validation minutes.
• Secure deployment plans and business adoption reports.
• Risk map and mitigation plans.
• Steering dashboards, performance indicators, and Executive Committee presentation materials.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: 91300 Massy, France, FR
• Languages: French