Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Smart Tech Skills is a technology and professional services firm specializing in innovative technologies. The Senior IT Project Manager leads multiple concurrent enterprise Data & Analytics projects, overseeing delivery schedules, financials, governance, technical risks, stakeholder communication, and team accountability across the full SDLC.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of 2 to 4 concurrent Data & Analytics projects across both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Build, baseline, and maintain comprehensive project plans, detailed Gantt charts, milestone schedules, dependency maps, and critical paths
- Establish and actively manage RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) logs, identifying technical bottlenecks and driving mitigation strategies
- Oversee project financial management, tracking project budgets, resource allocations, actuals, and forecasts
- Guide technical delivery teams through the full SDLC, ensuring adherence to data architecture, pipeline engineering, and reporting milestones
- Enforce enterprise data governance, data privacy, compliance, security protocols, and data leakage prevention standards across data ingestion pipelines
- Collaborate with technical teams working in Azure Data Lake, Databricks, and business intelligence environments (Power BI / Tableau)
- Serve as the central communication bridge between executive sponsors, business stakeholders, data engineering teams, and analytics leads
- Challenge technical teams and vendors when necessary, holding delivery teams accountable to milestones, deliverables, and quality standards
- Facilitate structured status meetings, executive steering committee reporting, and transparent progress updates
Skills
- 10 or more years of hands-on IT Project Management experience managing complex software and technology initiatives
- Demonstrated recent experience leading enterprise-level Data & Analytics projects
- Strong familiarity with Azure data environments, including Azure Data Lake and modern data lakehouse architectures
- Working knowledge of Databricks and cloud-based data ingestion/pipeline concepts
- Proven experience managing BI and reporting projects utilizing Power BI or Tableau
- Deep understanding of enterprise data governance, privacy, security regulations, and data loss prevention risks
- In-depth expertise in the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) across both Agile and Waterfall delivery models
- Advanced project scheduling and controls capabilities (Gantt charts, critical path management, milestones, RAID logs, and financial budgeting)
- Demonstrated track record of successfully managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Strong technical acumen with the confidence to challenge engineering assumptions, question estimates, and push back constructively
- Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management, and conflict resolution skills
- High accountability and drive to keep complex, multi-threaded projects on schedule and within budget
- Proactive risk management mindset with strong critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Project management certifications such as PMP (Project Management Professional) or Agile certifications (PMI-ACP, CSM)
- Experience with enterprise data modernization, cloud data warehouse migrations, or master data management (MDM) initiatives
- Familiarity with modern data integration and orchestration tools
Benefits
- Fully remote position in the United States
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