Technical Project Manager

LHH is seeking a Technical Project Manager (Data Warehouse Development) to partner with the Management of IT Project Management to develop, execute and support program and project initiatives. You will work with business stakeholders and project teams to collaborate on technology roadmaps and execution. Focus on the overall success of highly visible and prioritized efforts and drive the overall planning and project execution for your projects, as well as other team projects. We’re looking for a results-driven attitude with strong leadership skills to build and retain effective technical-project teams and mentor junior team members. The Technical Project Manager reports to the SS IT Project Lead Supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with business Managers/Directors and technical leaders to plan, build and execute a program that involves cross-portfolio technical teams (Data Warehouse, Data Visualization, Systems, Networks, Security and Operations)
• Oversees tactical planning and day-to-day management of the overall technical project or program
• Summarizes input from business and develops a deep understanding project and program managers to report overall program status to technology leadership
• This is for the buildout of the new data warehouse in Snowflake (more technical details to follow).
• Would like to see someone who is an agile practitioner, who will provide scrum master and project management job duties.
• Certifications for SAFE and Scrum Master would be preferred.
• Teams are typically 8-12 people. Some teams are larger. This team is currently 22 and will be split into 2 workstreams.
• Position can be remote and will required to work mainly PST.
• Performs core project management duties including, developing a technical project plan, detailed budget, program roadmap, RACI charts and RAID (risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies) logs
• Ensures status reports are relevant, transparent and add value to core teams and technology leadership
• Ensure that all project activities from design to deployment are performed within the allotted schedules
• Prepare SOW, review contract terms and conditions and perform client or vendor negotiations when needed
• Lead and direct daily activities of project teams and provide technical and analytical guidance to project team when needed
• Mentor team with lessons learned and toward best practices in project methodologies
• Develop process improvements to ensure to ensure high-quality and cost effectiveness
• Personnel responsibility extends to managing program and project management resources (internal employees and external vendor-contractors/consultants) – will provide feedback to direct-managers to assist with the annual review process
• Assists in owning project and program budgets and strategical fiscal year planning

Skills and abilities:

• Solution analysis and design for both commercially available as well as costumed developed solutions, enterprise, infrastructure architecture, systems integration, data conversion, extraction and migration, environment management, build processes, and deployment planning and execution.
• A self-starter that works independently, without the need for day-to-day guidance
• Has knowledge and is comfortable driving the use AGILE, Waterfall and Scrum methodologies in all technology projects and programs
• Expertise in/with MS Project (Project Server) and at least one program portfolio management tool, such as MS Project Portfolio Management (PPM)
• 3+ years automotive industry experience
• 5-7+ years of experience in enterprise organizations as an individual contributor or manager driving/leading highly complex cross-portfolio technical projects and programs
• 4-year degree from accredited university and/or relevant PMP certifications and experience


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