Technical Project Manager, Data Initiatives (Ops)

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Our client, an investment firm, is seeking a Technical Project Manager, Data Initiatives (Ops) to join their team in Los Angeles, CA or Chicago, IL!

The ideal candidate will join the firm's Data Solutions team, with a strong focus on executive-facing delivery and strategic data initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Support delivery of data initiatives, ensuring milestones, risks, and dependencies are clearly tracked and communicated.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, document processes, and ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with technology, business, risk, compliance, and operations teams to ensure alignment and successful delivery.
• Support adoption and change management through clear documentation and communications.
• Produce clear, concise executive updates highlighting progress, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions.
• Learn and document key aspects of the firm's data environment, with an emphasis on governance, data definitions, reporting practices and asset management related data flow.
• Support data foundation efforts such as cloud migration, data modeling, data dictionaries, reporting frameworks, and data warehouse decommissioning.
• Contribute to initiatives involving master data management (MDM) and investment data platforms, ensuring outputs are clearly understood and accurately represented in executive communications.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Administration.
• 7+ years of experience in project, program, or delivery leadership roles within data, technology, or financial services environments, preferably in financial services or data-driven environments.
• Exceptional executive communication skills, with demonstrated ability to write clear, concise decks and summaries for C-suite audiences.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models, with the judgment to apply the right approach based on context.
• Proven ability to work independently and cross-functionally in complex environments.
• Strong proficiency in Jira, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to master data management (MDM) concepts and platforms.
• Semarchy experience preferred.
• Experience with data warehouse migration or decommissioning initiatives.
• Familiarity with reporting or analytics tools such as PowerBI, SQL, or Snowflake.
• Exposure to private equity, asset management, fund accounting, or portfolio data.
• Experience supporting data foundation initiatives (such as cloud migration, conceptual data models, data dictionaries, or reporting frameworks).
• Write and manage Jira stories and backlogs; support sprint planning and Agile ceremonies.
• PMP, Agile/Scrum, Six Sigma, or similar certification preferred.

Key Personal Attributes And Competencies

• Proven ability to work independently, collaborate, and drive results and accountability across teams and in an ambiguous environment.
• Fast and responsive, deadline driven.
• Demonstrate decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently.
• Detail oriented with excellent follow-through skills.
• Ability to prioritize, plan, and organize work and deliverables.
• Influential, focused, and versatile team player comfortable under pressure.

Pay Rate: $80/hr

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