Data Project Manager

Ambition; Hong Kong Island; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Job summary

Ambition is seeking an experienced Data Project Manager to drive delivery across multiple strategic data initiatives in Hong Kong. You will maintain the programme view, align projects and workstreams, and deliver business outcomes through data and analytics capabilities.

Responsibilities include governance, stakeholder management, and cross-functional coordination to ensure value delivery and adoption of self-service BI across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering medium to large-scale projects as a Project Manager or Program Manager.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project dependencies, governance frameworks, RAID logs and stakeholder communications.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to tailor messages to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Highly proactive with ownership, accountability and initiative.
• Experience in Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid delivery environments.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage medium to large-scale data transformation projects
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones and delivery roadmaps
• Drive programme governance across multiple workstreams and project teams
• Identify project risks, dependencies and issues, and proactively implement mitigation plans
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including business stakeholders, data specialists and technology teams
• Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders and leadership teams
• Support the delivery of enterprise data models, semantic models and self-service BI capabilities
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions and communicate complex information in a clear and impactful manner
• Drive user adoption and business engagement throughout the project lifecycle
• Ensure projects deliver measurable business value and strategic outcomes

Skills

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Project governance

Agile/Hybrid delivery

Data analytics projects

Communication and presentation

Risk management

JIRA/Confluence

Program management

Data modelling awareness

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

We are partnering with a leading organisation undergoing an exciting data transformation journey and are seeking an experienced Data Project Manager to drive delivery across multiple strategic initiatives. This position will play a critical role in maintaining the overall programme view, ensuring alignment across projects and workstreams, and delivering meaningful business outcomes through data and analytics capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage medium to large-scale data transformation projects
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones and delivery roadmaps
• Drive programme governance across multiple workstreams and project teams
• Identify project risks, dependencies and issues, and proactively implement mitigation plans
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including business stakeholders, data specialists and technology teams
• Monitor project progress and provide regular updates to stakeholders and leadership teams
• Support the delivery of enterprise data models, semantic models and self-service BI capabilities
• Facilitate stakeholder discussions and communicate complex information in a clear and impactful manner
• Drive user adoption and business engagement throughout the project lifecycle
• Ensure projects deliver measurable business value and strategic outcomes

Requirements

• Proven experience delivering medium to large-scale projects as a Project Manager or Program Manager
• Strong understanding of data and analytics projects, including data modelling, semantic models and self-service BI environments
• Demonstrated ability to manage project dependencies, governance frameworks, RAID logs and stakeholder communications
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to tailor messages to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Highly proactive with strong ownership, accountability and initiative
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid delivery environments
• Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA, Confluence or similar platforms

Preferred Experience

• Experience delivering enterprise data transformation programmes
• Exposure to Power BI, Tableau or similar analytics platforms
• Experience working with large and complex stakeholder environments

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to join a high-profile transformation programme
• Exposure to senior business leaders and strategic initiatives
• Collaborative and high-performing project environment
• Competitive compensation package and career development opportunities