Technical Project Manager - Data Engineering and Analytics

Please note that our customer is currently not considering applicants from the following locations: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

About the Role

We are seeking a Technical Project Manager on a contract basis to support our customer's business needs. This role is on-site in Sunnyvale, CA. We need an experienced BI technical project manager to drive and execute our Enterprise Data Warehouse Cloud Migration project. The scope of this project is to migrate the existing EDW data foundation from SQL Server and all reports, dashboards, and analytics onto the Snowflake Cloud platform. The other objective of the project is to plan and execute change management so that our large cross-functional user base (thousands) is engaged, trained, and informed to adopt the system.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will lead and drive the project to architect and build data and analytics—drive quality and consistency of data across business functions. You will use your technical and data analytics experience to facilitate and lead different workstreams within the project. You will work with our Enterprise Analytics portfolio owners, developers, analysts, lead SMEs, and cross-functional business stakeholders to migrate EDW data and its reports and analytics to our Snowflake Cloud platform. You will manage the code conversion, data foundation build, and reports and analytics migration efforts. The data objects span across all business functions: finance, sales, marketing, manufacturing operations, supply chain, services, quality, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage all aspects of program deliverables from project inception to implementation and resource oversight
• Lead the technical delivery, implementation, business change management, and adoption of new scalable and reliable data analytics and business intelligence solutions for cross-department leadership and business teams
• Ensure that the project is delivered on time, within scope, and within budget
• Develop a detailed project plan and timeline to monitor and track project progress on a daily and weekly basis
• Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant internal stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Track and monitor daily tasks and overall progress for multiple workstreams based on functions
• Collaborate, communicate, and drive with business stakeholders and project team in all phases of the project
• Manage risks and escalations at the right time and effectively
• Manage and track deliverables assigned to each team member to ensure delivery completeness before exiting each phase gate
• Manage changes to the project scope and project schedule using appropriate verification techniques
• Work directly with business and technical teams to help solve issues, remove roadblocks, and keep all deliverables and timelines on track
• Assist in the documentation of best practices
• Measure performance using appropriate project management tools and techniques
• Build and support a collaborative relationship with internal matrix partners
• At any given time, maintain awareness of overall project health, current issues, blockers, risks, and mitigations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree related to Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, or Information Resource Management, or relevant work experience in the BI space
• 7 years of experience in leading BI projects and programs related to data engineering, data analytics, business intelligence, and data warehouse (On-prem or Cloud)
• Hands-on experience related to Enterprise Data Warehouse, Snowflake Cloud, Business Intelligence tool sets, and data warehouse utilities such as SQL, Tableau, etc.
• Strong acumen with all Project Management Knowledge areas
• Strong understanding of System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Strong experience delivering projects using hybrid project methods: Waterfall and Agile
• Proven track record of proactively managing scope, timeline, risks, issues, and escalations
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills (clear, concise, and confident, with audience-appropriate level of detail) across project team and cross-functional business stakeholders
• Ability to understand technical discussions between teams to identify and remove blockers
• Proven track record of project execution—analysis, design, develop, and deliver
• Ability to lead with minimal direction and handle ambiguity
• Be a leader and assertive collaborator—not afraid to speak the truth to uncover and remove roadblocks
• Team player and collaborator

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in leading organizational change efforts using data tools and solutions to improve organizational efficiency and change management
• Experience working in the role of Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Solution Architect, Data Engineer, or Technical Business System Analyst before becoming TPM

Skills

• Enterprise Data Warehouse, MDM, MDG, SQL, Snowflake, Tableau reporting experience is required
• Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or equivalent tool to manage projects
• JIRA
• Excel, PowerPoint
• Scrum master certification a big plus

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401k

Pay

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.