Data management - Technical Project Manager

****Only local to Texas candidates are applicable***

***15+ years of experience in IT is required****

*****Technical Project Manager on larger scale projects experience is Mandate****

****H1 transfers are applicable****

This role is responsible for managing end-to-end delivery of projects supporting the database administration (DBA) and infrastructure teams. The Project Manager will coordinate planning, scheduling, communication, and execution activities, ensuring alignment with business needs and technical constraints. While not a hands-on technical role, the PM candidate will need to possess a solid understanding of database environments and how to navigate technical discussions to ensure timely and successful project outcomes. It requires enough technical fluency in Oracle database architecture and data modeling (Erwin) to engage credibly with data architects, data modelers, and DBAs – understanding scope, dependencies, and technical risk at a real level – while owning the project management discipline: schedule, budget, resourcing, status reporting, and stakeholder alignment. Typical projects include data model builds and migrations, schema changes and database modernization efforts, data integration/ETL initiatives, and data governance rollouts, all within an on-premise Oracle environment and often under regulated-industry constraints.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end delivery of Oracle-based data projects: define scope, build project plans, establish milestones, and manage the delivery schedule from kickoff through deployment and closeout to meet success criteria.
• Collaborate with the Bas to translate business and data requirements into actionable technical workstreams in partnership with data architects, data modelers, DBAs, and business stakeholders.
• Understand and track technical dependencies specific to schema/DDL changes, data model (Erwin) sign-off gates, environment refreshes, capacity/storage planning, and database change windows.
• Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies particular with large-volume data migrations and schema changes e.g., extended load/validation windows, downtime/outage planning, and data quality/reconciliation risk thereby escalating proactively with clear options to ensure clear alignment.
• Manage project budget and resourcing, including tracking burn against plan and forecasting resource needs (DBAs, data modelers, data engineers) across the project lifecycle.
• Run project governance: status reporting, steering committee updates, RAID logs, and stakeholder communications tailored to technical and executive audiences.
• Coordinate across cross-functional teams (application teams, data movement, DBAs, infrastructure/ops, etc.) to ensure aligned delivery across interdependent workstreams, including coordination of environment availability and change control.
• Facilitate project planning sessions, agile ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, sprint retros) and stage-gate delivery, catering to organizational standards
• Drive change management: assess the impact of scope changes (especially schema or data model changes with downstream impact), manage change requests, and keep plans and stakeholders synchronized while maintaining accurate project documentation, schedules, and financials
• Ensure projects meet data governance, quality, security, and compliance requirements applicable to a regulated, on-premise data environment.
• Plan and track cutover, migration, and rollback strategies for all modernization efforts including but not limited to large-volume data migrations, platform upgrades, migrations, patching cycles, and performance improvement efforts
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and capture lessons learned to improve future project delivery
• Act as a trusted mentor to junior staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development through a regular cadence of 1-on-1 meetings to deliver constructive feedback, support professional development and alignment of team goals.

Required Qualifications:

• 5-8+ years of project management experience delivering technical/IT projects, with meaningful experience managing data platform, database, or data migration initiatives specifically.
• Demonstrated technical fluency with Oracle on-premise database environments i.e., able to understand schema design, database change types, and performance/capacity considerations well enough to manage scope and risk credibly, without necessarily writing SQL/PL-SQL day-to-day.
• Working knowledge of database platforms (Oracle, SQL Server, or PostgreSQL) and database terminology (high availability, backup/recovery, migrations).
• Working familiarity with data modeling concepts and Erwin (or equivalent) sufficient to understand model review/sign-off gates and their impact on project timelines.
• Direct experience managing projects involving large data volumes (GB to multi-TB scale), including the planning implications for migration windows, validation, and risk.
• Strong command of project management fundamentals: scheduling, budgeting, resource planning, risk/issue management, and status reporting.
• Experience with agile delivery methodologies, including formal change-control processes typical of on-premise database environments.
• Manage vendor/contractor coordination where third parties are part of delivery, including SOWs, deliverables tracking, and acceptance criteria.
• Proficiency with project management tooling (e.g., Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet, Confluence) and reporting to executive stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical detail (schema changes, migration risk, data quality issues) into business-relevant updates and vice versa.
• Experience managing multiple cross-functional enterprise data teams spanning ETL Development, DBAs, data modelers/architects, and application development while coordinating across multiple technical workstreams
• Experience managing vendor/offshore-onshore blended delivery teams on data platform initiatives.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in dynamic, fast-paced settings
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in documentation and reporting

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing projects involving database upgrades, migrations, or infrastructure refreshes
• Experience in a regulated industry (utilities, financial services, insurance, healthcare) with associated change-control and compliance requirements
• Exposure to IT change management and governance practices
• Understanding of audit, compliance, and documentation requirements for database systems
• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent project management certification
• Exposure to portfolio/PMO reporting and prioritization processes

Team Culture:

Our team – Data Management – is fast paced, fun, highly energetic, motivated and hardworking. We expect our candidates to be integrated into our results-driven and solution-oriented culture from the get-go. Our team attains high-quality results on challenging projects; the belief that outcomes are linked to one's effort rather than chance and the tendency to personally set challenging yet realistic goals.