Sr. Technical Project Manager (Cloud/Data Migration/EDW/ETL) - Remote

Next Pathway - Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Salt Lake City, UT

About the position

Next Pathway, recognized as one of Canada's hottest start-ups by the Globe and Mail, is seeking a skilled Senior Technical Project Manager specializing in Cloud/Data Migrations and Enterprise Data Warehousing (EDW). This role is pivotal in guiding clients through the complexities of migrating their applications and workloads to the cloud using our advanced automation technology. The ideal candidate will possess over 10 years of project management experience, particularly in managing risks associated with complex projects, and at least 5 years of experience leading multiple technical teams, potentially across different geographical locations. A strong technical background in cloud technologies, data integration pipelines, and enterprise data warehouse concepts is essential for success in this position. As a Senior Technical Project Manager, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive project and program management skills across various projects. This includes facilitating meetings with key client staff to gather requirements, preparing detailed project plans, and managing the tasks of the entire team, including vendors and client staff, to ensure milestones are met. You will track and monitor project budgets, follow escalation procedures for project health issues, and prepare weekly status reports to communicate project progress, issues, risks, and milestone dates. Your role will also involve identifying and managing issues and risks, facilitating regular status meetings, and ensuring that teams have the necessary technical clarity during meetings and stand-ups. In addition to project management responsibilities, you will implement processes and tools that allow for multiple paths of delivery, recommend improvements, and drive alignment across IT teams within the same line of business. Your expertise in agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, will be crucial in managing iterative and incremental development processes. You will also be expected to have a solid understanding of software development practices, estimation and planning, and agile techniques such as user stories and continuous integration. Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, are essential, as you will be required to conduct C-level presentations and maintain excellent interpersonal relationships with team members and clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide project and program management skills to various projects.
• Facilitate meetings with key staff from clients to gather requirements.
• Prepare a detailed project plan(s) of the task by project phases.
• Manage the tasks of the entire team (vendors, client, staff) to ensure the milestones are met for the completion of the project phases.
• Track and monitor the budget and consumption of the budget based on adherence to project estimates.
• Follow escalation procedures for matters relating to overall project health influenced by risks, issues and budget.
• Prepare a weekly status report to identify the current tasks, tasks to be completed next, issues, risks, budget and project milestone dates.
• Identify, track and manage issues and risks and bring them to the attention of the appropriate leadership.
• Facilitate regular status meetings with team members and client to update them on the project's progress, issues, risks and milestone dates.
• Ensure teams have access to technical clarity and focus during meetings / stand-ups.
• Facilitate operational efficiencies of the development team to plan maximum deliverables in an iteration.
• Responsible for removing the impediments and blocking issues for the team.
• Implement processes, practices, and tools that allow for multiple paths of delivery.
• Recommend improvements and drive alignment across IT teams within the same line of business.

Requirements

• 10+ years as a Project Manager managing risks inherent in leading complex projects.
• 5+ years leading multiple technical teams that may be geographically distributed.
• Technical familiarity with cloud technologies, enterprise data warehouse concepts, data integration pipelines and reporting.
• Previous experience in EDW, Datawarehouse Migration or Data Integration projects.
• Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks (i.e. Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.).
• Expert in estimation and planning for software development projects.
• Ability to understand the commitment to deliver the project on time and analyze, organize and prioritize work.
• Experience in matrix-managing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in sprint planning and agile development practices.

Nice-to-haves

• Previous Consulting or Experience Conducting C-Level Presentations.
• Strong Work Ethic with a Positive Attitude and a Passion for Scrum and Project Management.
• Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills.
• Excellent Time Management Skills.