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AUTP Data Project Manager

Location

North Carolina

City

Greensboro

Role Type

Permanent

WHO WE ARE

ITG Brands is the third-largest tobacco company in the USA with offerings of some of the most well-known cigarette, cigar, and e-vapor brands. As a member of the globally recognized Imperial Brands PLC family, we are a forward-thinking partner with operational integrity.

ITG Brands is committed to putting consumers at the center of what we do, while creating an innovative workplace where inclusion, creativity, and bold thinking drive progress. This empowers us to bring our true selves to work, to collaborate more effectively through showing our passion and being confident to bring new ideas to the table.

We are not afraid to seize opportunities and make things happen – both individually and collaboratively. We strive to exceed expectations by seeing things differently and doing things differently. This truly is a place where we all share a challenger mindset which drives our success.

What You Will Do

- JOB SUMMARY

The ITG Brands Transformation Program is a multi-year initiative to standardize core processes, harmonize data, and deploy SAP S/4HANA and Blue Yonder across the organization. Within this program, the Data Tower plays a pivotal role in ensuring data quality, migration readiness, andgovernance—recognizedas a strategic determinant of program success.

We are seeking a Project Manager (PM) to provide dedicated leadership and oversight for the Data Tower. The PM will partner with the Data Tower Lead to ensure that all planning, execution, and reporting activities are coordinated, risks are actively managed, and deliverables are achieved with quality and on time.

- WHAT YOU WILL DO

Program & Project Management

+ Develop, maintain, and track the **Data Tower project plan** , ensuring alignment with global milestones (mock loads, UAT, cutover, go-live).

+ Manage data related RAAIDD (Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions, Dependencies) logs in **Jira/RAAIDD** and drive timely resolution or escalation.

+ Ensure Data Migration plan is part of the overall program cutover runbook

+ Support Data Migration readiness for each Quality gate (incl. entry and exit criteria)

+ Driving the Data Migration Audit requirements and ensure collection of respective evidence

+ Drive the Data Freeze preparation and work with Comms Tower on timely communication and with the Deployment Tower to incorporate this into the overall cutover process.

+ Coordinate dependencies with other towers (Finance, Supply Chain, Commercial, IT) and external partners.

+ Ensure compliance with the **Program PMO Handbook** , playbooks, and stage-gate governance.

Data Migration & Quality Oversight

+ Track progress across ADM phases (Design → Mapping → Extraction → Construct/Collect → Transform → Load → Validate).

+ Monitor data cleansing and migration dashboards (Syniti ADM, DMI/DOS trackers) to ensure readiness against mock cycle thresholds (50%, 75%, 90%, 100%).

+ Drive cross-tower alignment on hot spots: SKU creation, BOM/UoM alignment, BP transformation, batch/lot tracking, and product hierarchy.

Stakeholder & Workshop Management

+ Plan and facilitate Data Tower workshops (localization, deep dives, hotspot reviews), including agenda setting, SME onboarding, and documentation of outcomes.

+ Maintain transparent and timely communications with leadership, escalating risks with solutions.

+ Coordinate and run the data loads kick off sessions

+ Partner with the Change Tower to ensure SMEs and BPLs are engaged without fatigue, following best practice workshop structuring.

Reporting & Analytics

+ Prepare Data Tower contributions for **weekly Operational Reviews, PLT, and SteerCo meetings** , ensuring risks and status are clear, concise, and decision-ready.

+ Publish dashboards on data object readiness, migration status, and cleansing KPIs.

+ Align reporting with PMO standards, ensuring traceability from requirement → object → migration outcome.

Qualifications

- REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

+ **10+ years of project/program management** experience, ideally in large-scale ERP transformations (SAP S/4HANA, data migration, or MDM).

+ Proven experience managing projects, ideally with exposure to large-scale data migration or system implementation programs.

+ Strong project planning, scheduling, and tracking skills.

+ Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.

+ Strong knowledge of **data governance, migration strategies, and ADM/MDG tools** .

+ Proven experience managing RAID logs, project schedules, and cross-tower dependencies in complex environments.

+ Skilled in stakeholder management across executive and technical levels.

+ Familiarity with data migration processes (e.g., extraction, transformation, loading, validation) is an advantage, though deep technical expertise is not required.

+ Proficiency with **Jira, ADM dashboards, MS Project/Smartsheet, and SAP environments** is highly desirable.

+ PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certifications preferred.

Key Attributes

+ Structured, detail-oriented, and disciplined in execution.

+ Strong communicator with the ability to make complex data issues understandable to non-technical stakeholders.

+ Collaborative, with a facilitative leadership style that encourages ownership while holding teams accountable.

+ Resilient under pressure; able to manage competing priorities while keeping focus on critical milestones.

Work Environment and Physical Demand

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits package that includes medical/dental/vision/life insurance/disability plans

• Dollar for dollar 401k match up to 6% and 5% annual company contribution

• 15 Company-paid holidays

• Generous paid time off

• Employee recognition and discount programs

• Education assistance

• Employee referral bonus program

• Hybrid workplace – remote / in office

• Summer hours

• Casual dress policy Monday through Friday

Applicant Information

This job description describes the essential functions of the job at the time the job description was created, but it is not an exhaustive list of tasks, duties and responsibilities. In addition, the position may evolve or change over time and such changes may not be reflected in the job description until it is next updated.

**ITG Brands and ITG Cigars provides equal employment opportunities.** All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you have a concern about discrimination in the application or hiring process or you need an accommodation based on religion, disability or pregnancy in the application or hiring process, please contact us at [email protected] .

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