Senior Project Manager

Senior Technical Project Manager

Charlotte, NC - Hybrid Onsite 3 Days a Week

Hourly Rate: $60-70 an hour DEO

W-2 through Brooksource

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor employment visas at this time.

We are seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager (TPM) to lead delivery for multiple cross‑functional teams focused on building and enhancing data products . This role partners closely with engineering, data, analytics, and business stakeholders to ensure initiatives are well‑intaked, properly prioritized, transparently communicated, and delivered predictably.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, technically fluent, comfortable operating in an Agile environment , and experienced managing complex data platforms with both batch and streaming workloads . This role requires strong ownership across planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder alignment.

Key Responsibilities

Program & Delivery Management

• Own end‑to‑end project delivery for multiple concurrent data initiatives across multiple teams
• Build and establish documentation around processes, creating a bettter framework.
• Establish and manage a structured work intake process , ensuring clear scope, requirements, and acceptance criteria
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and forecasts , adjusting as priorities or dependencies change
• Drive predictable delivery through proactive risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue escalation

Prioritization & Stakeholder Alignment

• Partner with product owners, engineering leads, and business stakeholders to prioritize work based on value, capacity, and dependencies
• Facilitate trade‑off discussions and help stakeholders understand delivery impacts and constraints
• Manage and track external and cross‑team dependencies , ensuring alignment across platforms and teams

Agile Execution & Team Enablement

• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives
• Ensure teams follow Agile best practices while remaining pragmatic and outcome‑focused
• Remove blockers and enable teams to operate efficiently and sustainably

Communication & Reporting

• Own outbound communications to stakeholders and leadership, including status updates, delivery forecasts, risks, and milestones
• Create clear, concise artifacts such as dashboards, timelines, RAID logs, and executive summaries
• Act as a central point of coordination between technical teams and non‑technical partners

Technical Environment (Experience Strongly Preferred)

This role does not require hands‑on development but does require technical fluency in modern data platforms and architectures, including:

• Data Products & Data Platforms
• AWS Services :
• AWS Glue
• AWS DMS
• AWS Lambda
• Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL)
• Data Processing & Languages :
• PySpark
• Python
• Streaming & Messaging :
• Kafka
• Streaming and batch data pipelines
• Analytics & BI :
• Qlik

Experience managing projects involving data ingestion, transformation, orchestration, and analytics consumption is a major plus.

Required Qualifications

• 5-7+ years of experience in technical project or program management , preferably supporting data or platform teams
• Proven success managing multiple teams and complex delivery roadmaps
• Strong understanding of Agile / Scrum methodologies
• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to translate between technical and business audiences
• Experience managing dependencies, risks, and delivery forecasts in dynamic environments
• Recent PMP Certification (attained within the last 5 years)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with data engineering, analytics, or data platform teams
• Familiarity with cloud‑native data architectures , especially on AWS
• Experience supporting both streaming and batch data processing
• Background as a technical contributor (engineering, data, or analytics)

What Success Looks Like

• Stakeholders have clear visibility into priorities, timelines, and risks
• Teams have well‑defined, properly scoped work entering each sprint
• Delivery is predictable , even in the face of complexity and change
• Risks and dependencies are identified early and actively managed
• Teams are able to focus on execution while the TPM drives alignment and communication

About Us:

At Brooksource, relationships are the foundation of everything we do. Since 2000, we’ve built lasting partnerships with clients, consultants, and internal teams to deliver an exceptional experience across every engagement. As a trusted IT and Engineering services provider, Brooksource supports Fortune 500 organizations through Experience-Driven Staffing, Professional Services, and Elevate, our proprietary Workforce Transformation program. Whether you're hiring for software development, cloud computing, cybersecurity, data analytics, or enterprise IT, our customized staffing solutions are designed to align with your company’s unique goals, culture, and technology stack. We offer flexible hiring models, including contract, contract-to-hire, and direct placement to meet your evolving business needs.

We are a certified partner of leading platforms, including Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft, and Google Cloud, enabling us to deliver scalable, end-to-end technology solutions. With a growing national footprint, Brooksource is redefining expectations in IT consulting, engineering services, and technology workforce solutions.

Brooksource is a top consulting and professional services provider specializing in IT and Engineering solutions for Fortune 500 companies and the public sector. It utilizes a national network of over 25,000 consultants, local and national delivery engines, as well as strategic partnerships with industry-leading technology providers to support its customers’ high-impact initiatives.

EEO Statement:

Brooksource is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws and ordinances.

Benefits & Perks

Benefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.

Pay Disclaimer:

The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.