Technical Project Manager (TPM) - Data Engineering and Analytics

Location: Sunnyvale, CA • Duration: 12 Months

About the Role

We need an experienced BI Technical Project Manager to drive and execute our Enterprise Data Warehouse Cloud Migration project. The scope includes migrating the existing EDW data foundation from SQL Server and all reports, dashboards, and analytics onto the Snowflake Cloud platform. Additionally, you will plan and execute change management to engage, train, and inform a large cross-functional user base (thousands) to adopt the new system.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will lead the project to architect and build data and analytics, ensuring quality and consistency of data across business functions. You will facilitate and lead different workstreams within the project, collaborating with Enterprise Analytics portfolio owners, developers, analysts, lead SMEs, and cross-functional business stakeholders to migrate EDW data, reports, and analytics to Snowflake Cloud. You will manage code conversion, data foundation build, and reports and analytics migration efforts spanning finance, sales, marketing, manufacturing operations, supply chain, services, quality, and compliance.

Responsibilities

• 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 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 defining 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 alignment with business stakeholders and project teams in all phases of the project.
• Manage risks and escalations effectively and at the right time.
• Manage and track deliverables assigned to each team member to ensure delivery completeness before exiting each phase gate.
• Manage changes to project scope and schedule using appropriate verification techniques.
• Work directly with business and technical teams to resolve issues, remove roadblocks, and keep all deliverables and timelines on track.
• Assist in documenting best practices.
• Measure performance using appropriate project management tools and techniques.
• Build and support a collaborative relationship with internal matrix partners.
• Maintain awareness of overall project health, including 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 leading BI projects and programs related to data engineering, data analytics, business intelligence, and data warehousing (On-prem or Cloud).
• Hands-on experience with Enterprise Data Warehouse, Snowflake Cloud, Business Intelligence toolsets, and data warehouse utilities such as SQL and Tableau.
• Strong acumen in all Project Management Knowledge areas and a strong understanding of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• 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 detail) across project teams 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, development, and delivery.
• Ability to lead with minimal direction and handle ambiguity.
• Assertive collaborator—able to speak truth to uncover and remove roadblocks.
• Team player and collaborator.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading organizational change efforts using data tools and solutions to improve organizational efficiency and change management.
• Background as a Business Intelligence/Data Warehouse Solution Architect, Data Engineer, or Technical Business System Analyst before becoming a TPM.
• Scrum Master certification is a plus.

Skills

• Enterprise Data Warehouse, MDM, MDG, SQL, Snowflake, Tableau reporting.
• Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or equivalent project management tools.
• JIRA, Excel, PowerPoint.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and retirement options.