Data Technical Program Manager

HCLTech; Taguig; On-site; PHP 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HCLTech is seeking a Data Technical Program Manager to oversee the design, implementation, and governance of an AI-ready Data Platform and enterprise-wide data migration for a major telecommunications client. You will lead multi-workstream programs with a strong focus on data architecture, cloud-native data services on GCP, and data governance frameworks.

On-site presence in Manila is required. The role requires 10+ years managing complex data transformation programs and 3–5 years in large-scale

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Science, engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience managing complex data transformation programs.
• 3–5 years dedicated to large-scale data migrations on GCP.
• Ability to work on-site at the customer office in Manila, Philippines.

Responsibilities

• Lead program governance, execution, and status reporting for multi-workstream data programs.
• Liaise between Google Professional Services, channel partners, and customer teams.
• Oversee IaC Terraform deployments for GCP data services like Iceberg on GCS, Dataproc Serverless, Cloud Composer, Looker, Analytics Hub.
• Facilitate technical workshops to define Data Mesh topologies and metadata strategies.
• Validate and hand over blueprint data pipelines from raw ingestion to GCS/BigQuery-enabled environments.

Skills

Data program management

Data architecture

GCP data services

Terraform IaC

Cross-functional leadership

BigQuery/Dataproc/Dataplex

Education

Master's degree in CS/engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform

Apache NiFi

Kafka

Looker

Dataplex

Job description

We are seeking a Data Technical Program Manager (TPM) to oversee the design, implementation, and overall governance of an AI-Ready Data Platform and enterprise-wide data migration for a major telecommunications customer. This role demands a blend of program management expertise and deep technical knowledge of data architecture and engineering, cloud-native architectures, and data governance frameworks on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

About the Role

This role demands a blend of program management expertise and deep technical knowledge of data architecture and engineering, cloud-native architectures, and data governance frameworks on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Responsibilities

• Program Governance & Execution: Lead the execution and delivery assurance of complex, multi-workstream data programs. Maintain the program schedule, manage risk/issue registers, and provide regular, weekly Project Status Reports to steering committees.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary liaison between Google Professional Services, channel partners, and the customer's project manager and technical SMEs. Help manage customer-side dependencies including landing zone readiness and secure data extraction.
• Data Architecture & Implementation Coordination: Partner with customer engineering leads and Google technical teams to oversee the deployment of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Terraform modules for GCP data services (including Apache Iceberg on GCS, Dataproc Serverless, Cloud Composer, Looker, and Analytics Hub).
• Technical Workshop Facilitation: Lead joint technical workshops to define Data Mesh topologies, data product taxonomies, metadata harvesting strategies, and semantic layer integration with enterprise catalogs (e.g., Knowledge Catalog, Datahub, Dataplex).
• Validation & Handover: Manage the validation and deployment of blueprint data pipelines (such as IPDR demand trend analysis) from raw ingestion via Apache NiFi to GCS and BigQuery to ensure the target-state environment is fully operational and enabled with BigQuery ML.
• Cross Technology Alignment: Facilitate cross technology alignment for remote delivery teams across adjacent domains, e.g. Infrastructure, Data, Security, etc.

Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree in Computer Science, engineering, or a related technical field.

Required Skills

• Experience: 10+ years of experience managing complex data transformation programs, with at least 3-5 years specifically dedicated to large-scale data migrations on GCP.
• Technical Domain Expertise: Strong working knowledge of cloud-native data architectures, data pipelines (batch/streaming), and cloud analytics services (e.g., BigQuery, Dataplex, Dataproc, Cloud Composer).
• Location Requirement: Ability to work on-site at the customer office in Manila, Philippines on all weekdays as required by the project.

Preferred Skills

• Telco Industry Knowledge: Proven experience delivering data programs in the telecommunications sector, with exposure to high-volume telemetry datasets (e.g., IP Detail Records) and integration with ingestion open source tools like Apache NiFi or Kafka.
• Advanced Data Paradigms: Strong conceptual and technical understanding of domain-driven Data Mesh architectures, Data Contracts, lakehouse storage formats (specifically Apache Iceberg), and federated computational governance.
• DevOps & Cloud Security: Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Terraform deployments and enterprise security frameworks, including VPC-SC, IAM policy-driven access models, and data masking tools.
• Professional Competencies: Exceptional capability to lead in highly ambiguous enterprise situations, manage diverse cross-functional teams, and translate complex technical requirements into structured project phases.