Job description: Technical Project Manager
Location: Gurugram
Work Mode: Work from Office (5 days a week)
Experience: 815 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
About ScikIQ
ScikIQ Data Private Limited is a technology company focused on enterprise data platforms, data integration, data governance, analytics, and AI-driven solutions. Its platform helps organisations unify data from multiple sources, improve data quality and governance, and make enterprise data more accessible for analytics and AI applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end project delivery, from requirement gathering and planning to development, testing, deployment, and post-production support.
- Define project scope, objectives, milestones, deliverables, timelines, resource requirements, and budgets.
- Manage multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously while ensuring timely and quality delivery.
- Identify project risks, dependencies, bottlenecks, and scope changes; implement mitigation plans proactively.
- Track project progress against agreed milestones, SLAs, budgets, and delivery commitments.
Technical Project Management
- Work closely with Solution Architects, Data Engineers, Software Developers, QA Engineers, DevOps, and other technical teams.
- Understand technical requirements, solution architecture, data flows, system integrations, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
- Oversee projects involving data integration, ETL/ELT pipelines, data platforms, data warehousing, BI/analytics, and AI-enabled solutions.
Client & Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
- Conduct project kick-off meetings, requirement discussions, sprint reviews, status meetings, and steering committee meetings.
Agile & Team Management
- Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog reviews, retrospectives, and release planning, where applicable.
- Manage project teams across engineering, data, QA, DevOps, and business functions.
- Coordinate resource allocation, workload prioritisation, and cross-team dependencies.
- Remove delivery blockers and promote collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Track project metrics such as sprint velocity, defect trends, delivery predictability, and team utilisation.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- 815 years of overall experience in IT project management, technical delivery, software development, data engineering, or related technology roles.
- Demonstrated experience managing end-to-end technical projects involving multiple engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of data engineering concepts, ETL/ELT, data pipelines, data warehouses, data lakes/lakehouses, and system integration.
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Understanding of APIs, microservices, databases, software development lifecycle, CI/CD, and application deployment.
- Familiarity with modern data and analytics technologies such as Snowflake, Databricks, SQL, Power BI, or equivalent platforms.
- Exposure to AI/ML, Generative AI, or enterprise AI solutions is an advantage.
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, project governance, risk management, and delivery methodologies.
- Experience using project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, or equivalent.
- Excellent client-facing communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to understand technical discussions, challenge assumptions, identify risks, and make informed delivery decisions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
- PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM, or equivalent project management certification.
- Experience in a technology services, consulting, SaaS, or product engineering organisation.
- Key expectation: End-to-end ownership of project delivery, technical coordination, client communication, team management, and delivery outcomes.