Senior Project Manager

As a Project Manager - Lead within the Data Management Business Unit, you will lead Data Management and Analytics projects to success, work closely with the technical delivery and account management team to (1) Ensure customer satisfaction and drive successful outcomes (2) Ensure project healthiness across multiple metrics (3) Help sell/position additional work for the company.

Develop integrated project plans, act as primary customer contact for projects. Participate in or develop mechanisms for establishing, monitoring and integrating projects. Use various analyses, other performance measures and risk assessments to manage implementations or to recommend change.

Negotiate program and project changes and incorporate changes into project change processes to maintain statements of work, cost and schedule baselines. Lead and direct a remote project team to be successful.

This position will focus on delivery of solutions inside our Data Management/Analytics business unit.

Candidates with working knowledge of delivering solutions to clients using one or more of the following preferred; Cloud solutions (AWS, Azure), Business Intelligence, Analytics, ETL or Data Integration, Reporting and related technologies as well as being familiar with both Waterfall and Agile development methodologies.

Candidates must have project successes of turning complex business challenges into technical solutions.

Essential Functions

Responsible for managing cross functional projects for clients

Oversee project budget and driving course corrections to maintain such, for items within your control

Able to organize internal business groups to manage and implement projects to scope while managing customer expectation

Simultaneously manage a portfolio of unrelated projects and provide transparency into progress to client and Datavail management

Tailor a project management approaches to the type/size of project using various techniques including Agile and waterfall

Develop integrated schedule including critical path and ensures assigned resources are executing as planned

Must have the ability to multitask and enhance a team environment

Monitor, track, and control change to the projects through formal change control management of requirements, configuration, performance measures, cost, schedule, program organization structure, and technology environment (release schedules, infrastructure changes, etc.)

Education/Experience

10 or more years Project/Program Management experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

At least 4 years managing Data Management, Analytics, Business Intelligence or Data Warehouse projects within a cloud or on-prem environment

Must have experience and be adept and leading globally sourced project teams as we use a global delivery model

Bachelor's degree, Business or Technical or a related field of study

10 years professional services experience with leading projects for external or internal customers

Data Warehouse or Analytics project implementation experience required

PMP or Agile implementation methodology experience

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

Hands-on / roll sleeves up work ethic, team player willing to take on work needed for project to succeed, willing to go beyond the project management role if needed (help create documents, presentations, etc.)

Strong leadership skills and the ability to interface and report status with client leadership (C-Suite)

Experience successfully managing implementation projects

Demonstrated ability to manage (lead and direct) and execute projects through application of best practices

Develops solutions to problems of unusual complexity that require a high degree of ingenuity, creativity, and innovation

Develops solutions to unique challenges that may serve as precedent for future decisions

Decision making that has positively affected the financial posture of the company

Able to lead projects from a position of experience and drive successful outcomes

Excellent customer communication skills

Data analytics/data warehousing specific knowledge

Waterfall & Agile project methodology experience required

Originally posted on Himalayas