Sr. Staff Project Manager (Migrations Specialist), Professional Services

Databricks; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Databricks is looking for a Sr. Staff Project Manager specializing in migrations, ensuring the success of client projects and satisfaction. You will lead and manage large teams on significant migrations, balancing project delivery with commercial objectives in a fast-paced environment, driving excellence in every engagement.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Extensive project management experience with global deployments.
• Experience managing enterprise scale migrations in big data and analytics.
• Ability to oversee projects with teams up to 40 people and contracts over $1 million.

Responsibilities

• Drive successful large-scale migrations to Databricks platform.
• Manage project scope, risk, and provide milestone tracking.
• Ensure alignment with commercial objectives and maintain client satisfaction.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Education

PMI/PRINCE/AGILE certification

Job description

Sr. Staff Project Manager (Migrations Specialist), Professional Services

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As a Sr Staff Project Manager (Migrations Specialist), you are instrumental in driving the mission of our Professional Services team, which is dedicated to accelerating and de-risking our customers' migrations by ensuring the success of every project we undertake. Your role is pivotal in not only achieving project goals but also in maintaining an exceptional level of customer satisfaction throughout the migration, working with blended teams including customer, partner and Databricks staff. You will expertly navigate the balance between delivering outstanding results and aligning with the commercial objectives of the Professional Services organization. Your leadership and strategic insight will contribute directly to our clients' success and the growth of our business. In this position, you will report to the Senior Manager of Professional Services, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver excellence at every stage.

The Impact You Will Have

• You will specialise in the delivery of large-scale migrations to the Databricks platform
• You will take ownership of all commercial delivery of services from a project administration and director perspective across numerous concurrent projects ranging from a single individual for 2-3 weeks to 12+ month engagements of multi-person teams
• You will define, manage, scope and mitigate risk across projects including enforcing project reporting, milestone tracking and financial management of engagements to accelerate our customers success adoption and their associated outcomes.
• Work with the account management and customer teams to complete handover from sales to delivery teams
• Work with the account management team to ensure accurate reporting on projects and keeping all relevant parties up-to-date with project activity and success
  
  

What We Look For

• Individuals who excel in a high paced environment working with cross-functional and multi-organisational teams on multiple customer engagements often concurrently.
• Extensive experience successfully managing and overseeing projects with teams of up to 40 people with contract values in excess of $1 million
• Experience in managing enterprise scale migrations, with global deployments ideally within the big data and analytics industry domain
• Experience of industry project management techniques including agile project delivery ideally with PMI/PRINCE/AGILE certification
• Excellent communication and analytical skills with ability to mentor team members to achieve success.
• Initiative, determination and a high degree of resourcefulness
• Strong commercial focus and will have managed both T&M and Fixed Price project engagements
• Travel is required up to 10%, more at peak times.
  
  

About Databricks

Databricks is the data and AI company. More than 10,000 organizations worldwide — including Comcast, Condé Nast, Grammarly, and over 50% of the Fortune 500 — rely on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform to unify and democratize data, analytics and AI. Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices around the globe and was founded by the original creators of Lakehouse, Apache Spark, Delta Lake and MLflow. To learn more, follow Databricks on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.

Benefits

At Databricks, we strive to provide comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all of our employees. For specific details on the benefits offered in your region, please visit https://www.mybenefitsnow.com/databricks.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Databricks, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel. We take great care to ensure that our hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards. Individuals looking for employment at Databricks are considered without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.

Compliance

If access to export-controlled technology or source code is required for performance of job duties, it is within Employer's discretion whether to apply for a U.S. government license for such positions, and Employer may decline to proceed with an applicant on this basis alone.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Software Development

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