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
As an Oracle Platinum Partner with 17 specializations, we have extensive experience with everything Oracle. Our experts have an average of 16 years of experience. They’ve overcome every obstacle in helping clients manage everything from databases, BI analytics, reporting, migrations, and upgrades to monitoring and overall data management.
You can free up your IT resources to focus on growing your business rather than fighting fires. Our Oracle experts can guide you through strategic initiatives or support routine database management.
Datavail’s Comprehensive Oracle Database Services
Datavail offers Oracle consulting services that allow you to take advantage of all the features of the Oracle database. We can also assist you in designing, implementing, and managing a wide range of Oracle applications.
Datavail’s business focuses on helping you use your data to drive business results through cost-saving services. The success of your business depends on how well you understand and manage your data. Our Oracle managed cloud services give you the power to unleash your organization’s potential. We provide comprehensive and technically advanced support for Oracle installations to ensure that your databases are safe, secure, and managed with the utmost level of care.
Our delivery performance in data management leads the industry. We offer highly trained Oracle database administrators via a 24×7, always on, always available, global delivery model. Datavail’s flexible and client focused services always add value to your organization. Our Oracle database managed services and products include:
Skills Required
- 10 or more years Project/Program Management experience
- At least 4 years managing Data Management, Analytics, Business Intelligence or Data Warehouse projects
- Experience leading globally sourced project teams using a global delivery model
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Technical, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 10 years professional services experience leading projects for external or internal customers
- Data Warehouse or Analytics project implementation experience
- PMP or Agile implementation methodology experience
- Waterfall and Agile project methodology experience
- Hands-on, team-player work ethic and willingness to perform tasks beyond PM role
- Strong leadership and ability to communicate with client leadership (C-Suite)
- Excellent customer communication skills
- Working knowledge of Cloud solutions (AWS, Azure)
- Familiarity with Business Intelligence, ETL/Data Integration, Reporting technologies
What We Do
A premiere data services company serving clients in North America, Datavail has 1,000 data professionals, data engineers, developers, project managers, consultants, and business experts, supported by industry-leading automation and intellectual property. For more than 17 years, Datavail has worked with thousands of companies spanning different industries and sizes. At Datavail, we look for more than smarts, experience and proficiency. On top of those requirements, we seek people who mesh with our corporate values. We seek brilliance without bravado and know-how without a know-it-all attitude. We hold low ego in high regard, embrace problem-solving as a passion and welcome every day as a new opportunity to learn. We’re flexible and hard working. We’re committed to our clients and colleagues. We help our people grow so they can help our clients grow. That makes us grow so we can help even more customers leverage organizational data for business value. Our Core Values: 1. We desire to serve. 2. We embody flexibility for availability 3. We exemplify low ego. 4. We work hard. 5. We strive for continuous improvement. 6. We are growth-oriented.
