Implementation Project Leader / Manager

Trace3 is a leading Transformative IT Authority, providing unique technology solutions and consulting services to clients. The Atlan Implementation Project Leader / Manager is responsible for executing the implementation of Atlan as an enterprise data catalog, ensuring delivery, technical execution, and governance across various domains.

Responsibilities:

• Own and maintain a single integrated delivery plan covering all remaining milestones, dependencies, and critical path activities
• Run the RAID log (risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies) as the authoritative program record
• Drive weekly planning and status cadences
• Serve as the named delivery owner bridging Atlan’s advisory engagement and the program’s in-tenant responsibilities
• Maintain a role matrix and escalation path to support timely decision-making
• Provide executive-ready status reporting to the DMO and program sponsors
• Direct and validate connector configuration across Snowflake, Salesforce, Domo, dbt, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle, with Okta for SSO
• Lead end-to-end lineage validation for Customer 360, including mapping resolution, defect triage, and documented test cases
• Troubleshoot platform, ingestion, and metadata issues hands-on
• Coordinate the Monte Carlo integration for data quality visibility
• Complete RBAC and persona modeling, configuration, and testing
• Secure and document formal approval of access models
• Balance business-user discovery of certified assets against broader visibility requirements for designated roles
• Configure Context Agent collections for automated metadata enrichment
• Tune enrichment outputs to an agreed acceptance standard
• Publish operating procedures for repeatable enrichment workflows
• Drive asset certification activities, including ownership assignment and glossary linkage
• Close metadata coverage gaps and report progress against targets
• Build steward enablement materials and reusable guidance
• Develop and deliver rollout materials including training, demos, and launch communications
• Define adoption KPIs and dashboard reporting
• Execute operational handoff with a documented support model and roadmap recommendations
• Validated production-source inventory and connector configuration record
• End-to-end lineage validation report and remediation log
• Configured RBAC/persona model with approval evidence
• Configured Context Agent collections and supporting operating procedure
• Certified asset inventory with ownership and glossary links
• Steward enablement materials and reusable guidance
• Rollout package including training, demos, and launch communications
• Adoption measurement framework (KPIs and dashboards)
• Closeout package including support model and roadmap recommendations

Requirements:

• 8+ years delivering enterprise data or analytics programs
• 4+ years leading implementations as the accountable delivery owner
• Demonstrated experience implementing a modern data catalog or metadata management/governance platform; Atlan strongly preferred, with Collibra, Alation, Informatica, or Microsoft Purview also considered
• Hands-on working knowledge of Snowflake, Salesforce, dbt, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle
• Familiarity with Domo and Okta-based SSO
• Proven ability to validate and remediate data lineage across heterogeneous sources, including mapping resolution and defect triage
• Practical experience designing and configuring RBAC/persona-based access models and guiding them through security approval
• Strong data governance foundation, including stewardship models, business glossary management, asset certification, and metadata quality management
• Experience with integrated planning, RAID management, dependency tracking, and executive status reporting
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and executive stakeholders
• Bachelors with 8+ or Master with 6+ Years of Experience