Technical Project Manager, Data Analytics

Ankura • Lexington, NY

360d • $85,000 - $200,000

About The Position

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth. Practice Overview: Ankura’s Data & Technology Practice includes client services in the areas of Analytics & Data Strategy, eDiscovery & Cyber Security. Our Data & Technology team helps our internal and external customers design, execute and test cutting edge solutions in each of our respective areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Technical field
• 7+ years in a Technical Project Manager role
• Understanding data analytics tools, techniques, and methodologies is crucial.
• Proficiency in SQL, data visualization tools like Power BI or Tableau, and knowledge of data warehousing and ETL processes.
• Strong technical skills in relevant technologies, such as cloud platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS), data pipelines, and big data technologies.
• Experience with tools like Azure Synapse, Data Factory, and DevOps is highly valuable.
• Mastery of project management principles, including scope, time, cost, quality, and risk management.
• Familiarity with methodologies like Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall is essential.
• Must have experience managing Data and Analytics projects
• Experience working in Onshore-Offshore model.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall project governance & execution
• Effective communication and collaboration with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Exercise Project Management best practices for the project and oversee project management areas - Schedule, Integration, Scope, Cost, Human Resources, Risk, Quality, Communications
• Create Project plan (MPP) and keep track of project issues, status, deliverables, milestones daily
• Work with various teams to ensure timely resolution of issues and timely delivery of project deliverables
• Monitor and track project progress, and communication across teams involved
• Drive large, complex, cross-functional programs from inception through planning, resource acquisition, execution and lessons learned.
• Effectively co-ordinate numerous projects, manage different stakeholders, mitigate challenges and work to achieve the desired outcome.
• Oversee all activities associated with the program to ensure goals are achieved.
• Expand program offering by identifying new opportunities and enhancing the quality of existing program.
• Synthesize requirements coming from many functions and demonstrate a solid working knowledge of requirements to project stakeholders and sponsors.
• Establish project governance processes that enable timely decision making and issue escalation and resolution.
• Establish common processes, tools and metrics that enable transparent project management and reporting.
• Develop and implement strategies for the program team, including developing a robust risk mitigation plan.

Benefits

• A reasonable estimate of the current base pay range is between $85,000 to $200,000.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Bachelor's degree