Data Project Manager

Understanding Solutions; England; On-site; GBP 66,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Understanding Solutions is seeking an experienced Data & Analytics Project Manager to lead a large data transformation spanning Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and Salesforce integration. This remote role (occasional onsite in Hertfordshire) supports a 4-month contract with potential extension, starting ASAP.

You will manage multiple technical workstreams, coordinate data ingestion, modelling, and reporting readiness, and govern RAID, risk and cutover.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering complex data and analytics projects/programmes.
• Strong Technical Project Management background across data platforms, BI, integration and migration.
• Experience delivering Microsoft Fabric and Power BI solutions.
• Strong Microsoft Azure Data & Analytics experience also considered.
• Good understanding of Salesforce data structures and reporting requirements.
• Strong knowledge of data mapping, cleansing, reconciliation and cutover.
• Excellent senior stakeholder and third-party supplier management.
• Strong RAID, dependency, governance and change-control experience.
• Azure DevOps Boards experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the Microsoft Fabric / Power BI data platform.
• Manage the Salesforce-to-Fabric reporting and data pipeline.
• Coordinate ingestion, modelling, semantic-layer alignment and reporting readiness.
• Lead CRM-to-Salesforce data migration planning and execution.
• Own project plans, milestones, dependencies, RAID and decision logs.
• Manage internal technical teams and external partners.
• Coordinate migration cutover, reconciliation and business sign-off.
• Drive senior stakeholder reporting and governance.
• Manage service readiness and transition into BAU.
• Ensure appropriate runbooks, support models and knowledge transfer are in place.

Skills

Data platforms

BI

Azure Data

Salesforce

Data mapping

Data cleansing

Stakeholder management

Change control

Azure DevOps

Tools

Azure DevOps Boards

Job description

Contract Length: 4-months (Likely to extend)

Location: Remote (Occasional Onsite in Hertfordshire - flexible)

Day Rate: up to £600 Inside IR35

Start Date: ASAP

We're looking for an experienced Data & Analytics Project Manager to lead the delivery of a significant data and analytics transformation covering Microsoft Fabric, Power BI and Salesforce integration.

You'll manage multiple technical workstreams and stakeholders, ensuring delivery remains controlled across timelines, dependencies, risk, cutover and transition into BAU. We're looking to an experienced person who enjoys working in a fast paced environment, whilst tackling a large scale project in a large scale environment.

Key Experience Needed

• Extensive experience delivering complex data and analytics projects/programmes
• Strong Technical Project Management background across data platforms, BI, integration and migration
• Experience delivering Microsoft Fabric and Power BI solutions
• Strong Microsoft Azure Data & Analytics experience also considered
• Good understanding of Salesforce data structures and reporting requirements
• Strong knowledge of data mapping, cleansing, reconciliation and cutover
• Excellent senior stakeholder and third-party supplier management
• Strong RAID, dependency, governance and change-control experience
• Azure DevOps Boards experience advantageous

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of the Microsoft Fabric / Power BI data platform
• Manage the Salesforce-to-Fabric reporting and data pipeline
• Coordinate ingestion, modelling, semantic-layer alignment and reporting readiness
• Lead CRM-to-Salesforce data migration planning and execution
• Own project plans, milestones, dependencies, RAID and decision logs
• Manage internal technical teams and external partners
• Coordinate migration cutover, reconciliation and business sign-off
• Drive senior stakeholder reporting and governance
• Manage service readiness and transition into BAU
• Ensure appropriate runbooks, support models and knowledge transfer are in place

Data & Analytics Project Manager

Contract Length: 4-months (Likely to extend)

Location: Remote (Occasional Onsite in Hertfordshire - flexible)