Project Manager (Group Data)

Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Company

hirify.global is a financial market infrastructure company operating across eight business units and developing group-wide data and AI capabilities.

What you will do

• Work with the Chief Data Officer and senior stakeholders to transform data into a strategic asset aligned with business objectives.
• Lead group-wide initiatives covering data product management, data sharing, metadata and context management, data quality and observability, and AI for data.
• Contribute to the enterprise data and AI strategy, preparing fit-for-purpose data and context for internal and external consumption.
• Coordinate with strategic technology partners on data ecosystem and platform partnerships, including marketplaces and agents.
• Collaborate with business, product IT, and shared IT teams to implement data mesh principles and modern data governance practices.
• Monitor milestones, deliverables, KPIs, risks, and issues; facilitate stakeholder alignment and prepare senior-management updates.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of digital transformation experience within financial services or a relevant bank, asset manager, hedge fund, trading firm, exchange, strategy consultancy, or technology consultancy.
• Proven experience leading data and AI or digitalization project workstreams within the financial services industry.
• Completed university-level master's degree in business administration, economics, IT, data science, engineering, or a related field, with excellent results.
• Knowledge of data management, data products, data contracts, data quality, metadata, data distribution, and modern data architectures such as data mesh and data fabric.
• Experience with business transformation toward a data-driven or data-centric organization, analytical and operational data use cases, enterprise data strategy, target operating models, and federated data governance.
• Experience collaborating across multiple business lines, legal entities, jurisdictions, technical and non-technical functions, and interdisciplinary business, product, and shared IT teams.
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, communication, project management, and change-management skills, with attention to detail and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Nice to have

• Recognized project management certification such as PMP or PRINCE2.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly with the Group Chief Data Officer and senior stakeholders.
• Collaborate across eight business units and central functions in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Contribute to the buildout of group-wide data mesh, data governance, and data and AI platforms.