Job : Technical Project Manager

Location : Sunnyvale ,CA (onsite)

Duration : 1 year

Description

Job Title: Technical Project Manager (TPM) - Data Engineering and Analytics

Technical Project Manager with at least 7+ years of experience in managing Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse projects and programs

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Bachelor s degree related to Information Systems, Computer Science, Data Science, or Information Resource Management or relevant work experience in 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).
Must have hands-on experience related to Enterprise Data Warehouse, Snowflake Cloud, Business Intelligence tool sets and data warehouse utilities such as: SQL, Tableau, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

Required Technical Project Management Skills:

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.
The 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 can handle ambiguity.
Be a leader and assertive collaborator not afraid to speak the truth to uncover and remove roadblocks.
Team player and collaborator are expected.

Technology Platform 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 is a big plus.

Projects and Job Description:

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 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 of users) is engaged, trained, informed, and able to adopt the system.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will lead and drive the project to architect and build data and analytics solutions while ensuring 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, including finance, sales, marketing, manufacturing operations, supply chain, services, quality, and compliance.

The TPM should be well versed in business requirements gathering, business stakeholder alignment, managing projects from concept to delivery using a hybrid methodology of Agile and Waterfall, providing stakeholder status reports, and executing all phases of a project. The TPM will also conduct alignment sessions with business partners, IT counterparts, and Enterprise Analytics internal teams. He/she should be able to work independently with minimum supervision and provide a structured analytical approach to ongoing and new projects.

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 across business functions.
Collaborate, communicate, and drive execution with business stakeholders and project teams throughout all phases of the project.
Manage risks and escalations effectively and at the appropriate 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 project 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 collaborative relationships with internal matrix partners.
Maintain complete visibility into overall project health, including current issues, blockers, risks, mitigation plans, and project status at all times.

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