Technical Program Manager - Enterprise Data Strategy & Enablement

Blue Yonder is a leading global, AI‑driven supply chain software company that helps organizations optimize demand planning, logistics, and execution through advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions. The Technical Program Manager will play a critical role in driving the execution of the Enterprise Data Strategy and enabling the transformation of the BI organization into a Strategic Data Enablement function.

Responsibilities:

• Drive planning, execution, and delivery of cross-functional programs across the six pillars of the Enterprise Data Strategy
• Lead end-to-end program management for major initiatives including the Unified Semantic Layer, Metrics-That-Matter, governance rollout, and platform modernization
• Establish and maintain roadmaps, OKRs, RAG status, risks, dependencies, and milestones
• Ensure program visibility and alignment across leadership, technical teams, and business partners
• Facilitate collaboration between Data Engineering, MDM, Analytics Engineering, BI Advisors, Data Governance, Security, and IT
• Coordinate intake, prioritization, and resource assignment
• Serve as connective tissue between teams to unblock progress and ensure timely decisions
• Prepare and run steering meetings, working groups, and program reviews
• Support operationalization of governance processes (data ownership, stewardship, quality workflows, policies, RACI)
• Drive rollout and adoption of definitions, standards, and architectural guardrails
• Ensure compliance and audit-readiness for SOX, IPE, lineage, and metadata requirements
• Establish repeatable program management frameworks and reporting
• Improve processes around intake, execution, testing, release, communication, and post-implementation review
• Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and implement improvements
• Provide clear, concise updates to senior leaders
• Translate complex technical concepts into business-friendly language
• Build high-quality materials for executive reviews and planning cycles
• Understand data architecture patterns, semantic modeling, MDM, data quality frameworks, and analytics workflows
• Work effectively with engineers, architects, and data modelers
• Provide context for technical decisions, tradeoffs, and risk identification

Requirements:

• Minimum 5+ years of professional experience in Technical Program Management
• Must have experience leading cross-functional programs in data, analytics, BI, data engineering, or enterprise architecture
• Must have a solid understanding of modern data stacks (Databricks, Snowflake, Azure, AWS, AtScale, Purview, MDM)
• Experience with governance, lineage, or compliance programs
• Experience in SaaS or high-growth tech environments
• Familiarity with semantic layer tools, metadata tools, or MDM platforms
• Background in Agile or hybrid delivery
• PMP, Agile, or Scrum certifications (optional)