Senior Technical Project Manager - Data Engineering & AI

About the role

Join a high-impact technology initiative driving enterprise data engineering and AI innovation within a large public sector environment. We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead complex, cross-functional projects focused on data platforms, cloud technologies, analytics, and AI adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, coordination, and execution of enterprise technology projects focused on data engineering, analytics, cloud, and AI initiatives.
• Gather business requirements and translate them into project plans, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, engineering, data, and AI stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, status reports, risk logs, and executive communications.
• Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, resource planning, and financial reporting.
• Track project deliverables and ensure alignment with business objectives and technical requirements.
• Support platform modernization, data pipeline initiatives, and AI adoption programs.
• Facilitate collaboration between business leaders, developers, analysts, architects, and vendors.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and drive issue resolution.
• Produce project documentation including charters, schedules, lessons learned, and implementation plans.
• Present project updates to technical and executive leadership.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience leading enterprise technical projects in data, analytics, cloud, or digital transformation environments.
• 10+ years managing data architecture, data modeling, and data warehousing initiatives.
• Proven experience delivering business intelligence, big data, and analytics projects.
• Strong understanding of SQL and database technologies.
• Experience with project budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and financial reporting.
• Experience using Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar project management tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical concepts to executive leadership.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams and managing complex project timelines.
• Strong documentation, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms, enterprise applications, and modern data systems.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting AI, advanced analytics, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Healthcare industry experience.
• Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, CCDA, or other healthcare data standards.
• Knowledge of SDLC, enterprise architecture, and information management principles.
• Experience working in regulated industries with security, compliance, and data governance requirements.
• Additional certifications such as PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, TOGAF, Azure, AWS, or GCP are highly desirable.
• Strong consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Pay and Schedule

The salary for this position is $71 - 81 per hour, with working hours from 8am to 5pm. The location is Austin, TX, with onsite collaboration required two days per week.