About the role

Job Title: Project Manager

Job Summary

The Project Manager is responsible for managing the successful delivery of external Client Assessments, Projects, and Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions involving Data Warehousing, Master Data Management, Data Quality, Data Engineering and Business Intelligence initiatives. This includes management of project resources, risks and issues, communication of status to project stakeholders and deliverable completion and acceptance. This position will be involved in performing business analysis, creating and managing project plans, and regularly working with business and technical users. The Project Manager will be responsible for scheduling resources, documentation capture and sign-off of deliverables.

This position will have the opportunity to engage with clients utilizing all aspects of a Data Management organization including Data Governance, Data Quality, MDM, and Business Intelligence. You will also be working closely with Cloud, Big Data, Data Modeling, and Data Engineering consultants. The Project Manager must be able to work well in multi-functional and multi-shore project teams. This position will require frequent travel to client sites.

Leadership not only in the conventional sense, but also within a team we expect people to be leaders. Candidate should elicit leadership qualities such as Innovation, Critical thinking, optimism/positivity, Communication, Time Management, Collaboration, Problem-solving, Acting Independently, Knowledge sharing and Approachable.

Essential Duties

Create project plans, complete with estimated duration, tasks, resources and milestones
Ensure project deliverables are strategically aligned with business and project objectives
Coordinate meetings between team members, and business and IT stakeholders
Gain sign-off on project deliverables
Identify risks, their associated potential impacts, and the mitigation of the risks
Manage resources to ensure adherence to the project plan
Implement project change requests and corrective actions to ensure project success
Utilize and identify tools, processes and templates to manage projects effectively
Maintain meeting/project documentation and identify and track changes in project scope. Update and maintain project plans on a regular basis
Assist with identifying and producing project metrics to be used in tracking project success
Consistent communication to stakeholders and project sponsors outlining status, risks, issues, key decision and action plans, including accurate and timely updates on project deliverables, timelines, and budget
Clearly identify project stakeholders and project participants, establishing roles and responsibilities with rules of engagement, communicate status, and issue resolution
Providing coaching and mentoring of project resources to ensure the projects are delivered on-time and within budget

Education & Experience

8-10 years of experience as a project manager on medium to large scale IT projects, and 5+ years focused in at least 2 of the following areas:

Field	Description
Data Integration/Movement
Business Intelligence
Data Quality
Cloud Platforms
Master Data Management
Big Data
Data Governance
Business and Data Analysis
Data Modelling

3+ years of experience delivering projects with a combination of onshore and offshore project teams in a consultant role.
Must have experience with BI/DW implementations and the enterprise data management space
At least 4 years of solid Agile experience in a Data Warehouse environment
Knowledge of other project management discipline and methodologies, including, Waterfall, RUPP, Scrum, Kanban
Highly competent with MS Project and standard desktop MS Office applications
Bachelor’s Degree in Business or IT preferred or 3 years of relevant professional experience.
Experience with master data management
Experience with data governance
JIRA and/or Trello and/or DevOps or other similar tool
Experience managing project teams of 5-20 people
A deep level of experience creating and managing project plans, including estimation, task identification, resource planning, resource balancing loading, and risk mitigation

Preferred Skills & Experience

Deep knowledge in multiple areas of the data management industry (Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud, MDM, Data Governance, Data Quality, Data Modelling)
Ability to organize, prioritize and manage complex project dependencies
Ability to lead group facilitation, mediation and conflict resolution
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to deal effectively in a team environment
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpolate from abstract material
Ability to partner across the organization to coordinate resources and solve issues
Excellent planning and time management skills
Effective communication with mid to upper level management
Demonstrated work ethic, focus and self-discipline
Is effective in a variety of formal project and external presentation/meeting settings: one-on-ones, small and large groups, with peers, direct reports, and superiors.
Demonstrates strong understanding of the types of technology/tools available and how these are used in EDM solutions. This includes an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of leading technologies/ tools such that they can have a meaningful discussion of such with clients and team members.
Excels in a fast paced, agile environment where critical thinking and strong problem-solving skills are required for success.
Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpolate from abstract material
Understanding of, and ability to, apply Business Analysis and Requirements Gathering to projects

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