Sr. Analyst, Project Management - EMRge Custom

About Ovative Group: Ovative Group is an independent, full-funnel media, measurement, and creative firm transforming how brands grow. We partner with leading names like American Eagle, Best Buy, Domino’s, The Home Depot, Polaris, and UnitedHealth Group to build smarter media and measurement programs that drive real, profitable growth. We don’t just track performance—we redefine it. Powered by our proprietary intelligence platform, EMRge, and our holistic metric Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), we help brands connect revenue, customer, and brand outcomes into one clear picture of success. Our approach to full-funnel strategy, buying, and measurement delivers results that matter—and it’s getting noticed. Our work has been recognized by Digiday, Google, USA Today, Inc. 5000, and Search Engine Land. About the Role: EMRge Custom is a cross-functional Ovative team of Data Science (DS) and Data Engineering (DE) resources that delivers bespoke client work, innovation and platform partnerships, and consultative support for Edge Builders ( our self-service builder role) . The team exists to help Ovative respond nimbly to client and internal needs that fall outside the scope of standard EMRge product development and client delivery . As Technical Project Manager for EMRge Custom, you will own project management and intake coordination across all four of the team’s work areas — Custom MMM & Analytics, Innovation & Partnership, Team Maintenance, and Edge Builder Support. You are the connective tissue between Go to Market ( GTM ) , DS and DE Tech Directors, Measurement & T echnology Service (MTS) leaders, client account teams, and broader organizational stakeholders . You will ensure work moves from intake to delivery on time, on scope, and with the right people informed at every step. You will report to the Sr. Manager of EMRge Client Operations and partner day-to-day with the DS Tech Director , DE Tech Director , and where relevant the GTM team to translate business requirements into executable work. This is an execution-oriented role that requires strong adaptive organizational instincts, clear communication under ambiguity, confidence to manage prioritization decisions , and ability to drive organizational change of new processes across stakeholders . Role Responsibilities of a Sr. Analyst, Project Management: Intake & Prioritization Develop and Own the Intake Process: Build and manage the intake process for EMRge Custom, establishing a clear, structured way for client teams and Edge builders to submit requests, with defined criteria for how work is triaged, scoped, and sequenced across the team's four work areas. Build in partnership with Edge Builder Product Owner. Prioritize Work Across Client Engagements: Maintain a holistic view of all active and incoming contracted work , sequencing priorities across Custom MMM & Analytics, Innovation & Partnership, Team Maintenance, and Edge Builder Support, surfacing tradeoffs and capacity conflicts to leadership proactively. Translate Requests into Executable Work: Partner with DS and DE Tech Directors to convert incoming requests into well-scoped, clearly defined work items, including problem framing, acceptance conditions, and resource requirements, applying agile best practices to break work into discrete, deliverable increments that reduce ambiguity and enable technical resources to move quickly. Timeline & Delivery Management Define and Manage Timelines: Collaborate with stakeholders to establish clear project timelines, ensuring work is reflected accurately across active engagements. Monitor project progress to keep client work on track, proactively managing scope changes with thorough communication to all stakeholders. Own Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary point of contact for stakeholders on timeline, status, and deliverables, communicating clearly and consistently across audiences. Manage Capacity and Risk: Maintain real-time visibility across DS and DE workstreams, proactively identifying resourcing constraints, scope risks, and blockers, and surfacing them to the DS and DE Tech Directors and leadership before they impact delivery. Leverage AI to Drive Operational Efficiency: Actively use AI tools to accelerate the operational demands of the role, including synthesizing project status across workstreams, drafting stakeholder communications, maintaining documentation, and surfacing patterns in intake and capacity data that inform prioritization decisions. Change Management & Documentation Lead Change Management: Drive change management efforts for client-related processes, ensuring smooth transitions and clear communication to all affected parties across DS, DE, and stakeholder teams. Own Engagement Documentation: Document engagement scope, outputs, and maintenance requirements at the close of each engagement to support continuity and prevent undocumented technical debt from accumulating. Maintain Team Confluence: Maintain Confluence/JIRA documentation for EMRge Custom, keeping team-level process, operating model, and engagement records current and accessible to the broader organization . Requirement s: 2+ years of experience in project management, program management, or a related coordination role, with at least 1 years working directly alongside technical teams (Data Science, Data Engineering, or similar). Demonstrated experience managing intake, prioritization, and delivery tracking for technical work — including triaging requests, sequencing competing priorities, and maintaining backlog clarity in any project management or work management tool (e.g., Confueunce , Jira, Clickup , or similar). Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience communicating project status, scope, and risk to both technical and non-technical audiences. Demonstrated ability to manage scope boundaries and make prioritization calls independently, without requiring escalation for routine decisions. Demonstrated ability to create and maintain clear, structured documentation across the project lifecycle — including scope definitions, status updates, engagement outputs, and process changes — ensuring information is accessible, accurate , and usable by technical and non-technical audiences alike. Excellent written and verbal communication skills — able to synthesize complex technical work into clear, plain-language updates for clients and leadership. Demonstrated experience with or active curiosity toward AI tools, with a mindset toward applying them to improve the quality and efficiency of day-to-day work. Preferred: Background in marketing measurement, media analytics, or adjacent fields (e.g., attribution, incrementality testing, or marketing mix modeling). Familiarity with data platforms such as Databricks, BigQuery , or similar environments — not at an implementation level, but sufficient to follow technical conversations and flag risks . Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams with competing priorities across DS and DE functions. Prior experience in a consulting or client services environment where stakeholder relationship management is central to the role. Comfort working in Kanban or iterative delivery environments where methodology , tooling, and process are simultaneously evolving . Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, JSM, Confluence) preferred, but not required . Pay Transparency: At Ovative , we offer a transparent view into three core components of the total compensation package: Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and Benefits. For our Sr. Analyst positions, including the position of Sr. Analyst, Project Management - EMRge Custom , our compensation range is from $75,000 to $93,000 on an annualized basis, with the potential for an annual bonus of up to 15% of base salary. Working at Ovative Group: We provide strong, competitive, holistic benefits that understand the importance of your life inside and out of work. At Ovative, culture isn’t a buzzword—it’s the reason we’ve been named a Top Workplace for ten years running. We lead with trust, transparency, and a commitment to doing the hard work others avoid. We offer flexibility. You'll work from our Minneapolis, Chicago, or New York office on set days each week, and an option to work remote on others. Our open floor plan reflects our open communication and flat structure—where interns collaborate with VPs, analysts partner with senior leaders, and our CEO engages with every team member. Together, we create an environment where smart, driven people can do their best work and support one another in the process. We’re equally committed to inclusion and belonging. Ovative fosters a workplace where everyone can participate and thrive—regardless of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression or other protected class status. Our benefits and policies reflect that commitment, from inclusive medical leave coverage for same-sex spouses to equitable care and support for all families. Benefits: We strive to hire and retain the best talent by offering fair, competitive compensation, a meaningful bonus program, and excellent health coverage. When the company performs well, we all benefit. Some tangible benefits and amenities we enjoy: Access to all office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI Frequent, paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters for company events, team events, and in-person collaboration with teams Generous paid vacation policy 401k match program Top-notch health insurance options, inclusive of same sex partners Family formation benefits including reimbursement options for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting needs Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan Sabbatical program Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program Shenanigan’s Day Additional information can be found at Ovative's Career Page . The details of the benefits are covered by applicable plan documents for group benefits and by company policies where a plan document does not apply. Working at Ovative won’t be easy—but if you like challenging, hard work, driving results, and being surrounded by the best talent, it has the potential to be the most rewarding job you’ll ever have. If you think you can make us better, we want to hear from you! EEO & Accessibility: Ovative is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a respectful, inclusive workplace for all. Applicants receive consideration without regard to legally protected characteristics (e.g., color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth and related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity/, gender expression, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, marital/ status, familial status, military or veteran’s status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, and any other status protected under applicable law). We provide reasonable accommodations consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state law to qualified applicants and employees with disability, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If you need assistance or accommodation at any stage of the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at accomodations@ovative.com . Application Details and Process: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer on a full-time basis, without current or future need for visa sponsorship. Ovative is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification documentation upon hire. Open Until Filled or Otherwise Withdrawn: We encourage interested candidates to apply early. The position will remain open for at least 10 business days from the first day of posting. After this time, if the position has not been filled, the posting will remain open until the position is filled, or until the posting is otherwise closed or withdrawn for business reasons.