Project Manager --DATA
Collabera · Jersey City, NJ · Yesterday
Project Management$70–$75/hrContract
Responsibilities
- Stakeholder Management: Develop and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with key stakeholders to understand their business challenges and identify how Data Solutions can support their objectives.
- Prioritization: Engage with business stakeholders to solicit and manage requests that equitably handle competing priorities across business teams. Determine what can realistically be completed based on resource capacity and budgets. Evaluate multiple scenarios to identify the optimal mix of projects and work.
- Agile Work Management: Manage incremental deliverables while centralizing important information so that everyone’s always on the same page. Spotlight issues that need attention. Proactively manage changes and issues.
- Manage dependencies: Visualize dependencies across programs, projects and BAU work, and applications - understand relationships and optimize delivery.
- Risk management: Track and mitigate risks to minimize surprises and improve communication across teams. Demonstrate strong ability to intuitively identify impediments on the critical path and unblock them.
- Reporting: Create workplans and other key tracking mechanisms. Provide visibility and insights into the portfolio. Help maintain a mature reporting dashboard to monitor the portfolio health of data products & services.
Requirements
- Must have experience in Jira, Confluence, MS Office, and MS Project
- Familiarity with Data Warehousing/Data Lake Architectures
- Exposure to Cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, etc.
- Exposure to relational Databases such as DB2, Oracle, etc., as well as their cloud equivalents RDS Oracle, RDS SQL, etc.
- Familiarity with data analytics tools/technologies (e.g., SQL, Tableau, Power BI)
- Exposure to projects involving modern data platforms such as Snowflake
- Must have 5+ years of proven experience as a Scrum Master in data engineering or data analytics-related domains.
- Must have 5+ years’ experience in applying Agile and Scrum principles and using agile metrics to analyze and improve sprint planning.
- Must have 5+ years’ experience working within an agile framework or method (i.e., SAFe, Scrum, Kanban).
- Must have 5+ years of creating and delivering presentations, PowerPoint decks, and project plans.
- Must have 5+ years of technology industry experience, most recently in the Banking & Financial Services sector.
- Must have 5+ years of experience in data management and data analytics.
- Must have 3+ years working with tools such as Atlassian (JIRA/Confluence), Clarity, and/or Cloud-based platforms (Amazon Web Services).
- Must have a Certified PMP from PMI; Certified Scrum Master.
- Must have 5+ years of proficiency in project management tools (e.g., JIRA, MS Project).
Qualifications
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Paid parking/public transportation
- Paid time off
- Paid sick and safe time
- Hours of paid vacation time
- Weeks of paid parental leave
- Paid holidays annually
Skills
- Jira
- Confluence
- MS Office
- MS Project
- Data Warehousing/Data Lake Architectures
- Cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, etc.)
- Relational Databases (DB2, Oracle, etc.)
- Data analytics tools/technologies (SQL, Tableau, Power BI)
- Snowflake
- Scrum Master
- Agile and Scrum principles
- Atlassian (JIRA/Confluence)
- Clarity
- Amazon Web Services
- Project management tools (JIRA, MS Project)
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Paid parking/public transportation
- Paid time off
- Paid sick and safe time
- Hours of paid vacation time
- Weeks of paid parental leave
- Paid holidays annually