Senior Data Project Manager

PERCEPT SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Percept Solutions is seeking an experienced Senior Data Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of complex data and cloud initiatives. The role coordinates business and technical teams, manages scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and ensures successful delivery of high‑quality data solutions.

The ideal candidate will drive end-to-end data project delivery across requirements, data sourcing, ETL/ELT, modelling, testing, deployment, and production handover, while aligning with stakeholders and

Qualifications

• Strong experience managing data engineering, data platform, data warehouse, analytics, or cloud projects.
• Good technical understanding of GCP and/or AWS cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with PySpark/Scala data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, metadata management, data lineage, and scheduling platforms.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum or Kanban delivery environments.
• Strong project planning, risk management, budget management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively between technical and business teams and make informed delivery trade‑off decisions.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and organisational skills.

Responsibilities

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, budgets, resources, and success criteria.
• Manage end-to-end data project delivery across requirements, data sourcing, ETL/ELT, modelling, testing, deployment, and production handover.
• Act as the key liaison between business stakeholders, data engineers, analysts, data scientists, architects, infrastructure teams, and management.
• Translate business requirements into clear functional and technical requirements.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, project dependencies, risks, issues, scope changes, and delivery blockers.
• Coordinate project teams and facilitate Agile/Scrum activities such as sprint planning, stand‑ups, and retrospectives.
• Ensure appropriate data governance, data quality, validation, data lineage, security, and compliance requirements are addressed.
• Oversee testing activities including data validation, transformation logic, integration testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Track project costs, resource utilisation, and vendor/contractor deliverables.
• Maintain key project documentation, status reporting, risk registers, and management updates.
• Oversee production deployment, data migration, cutover, rollback planning, and change management.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and measure project outcomes against agreed KPIs.

Skills

Data project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Budget management

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Analytical thinking

Education

PMP/PRINCE2 certification

Agile/Scrum certification

Tools

GCP

AWS

PySpark

Scala

ETL/ELT tooling

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Senior Data Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of complex data and cloud initiatives. The role will coordinate business and technical teams, manage project scope, timelines, budgets, risks, and ensure successful delivery of high-quality data solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, budgets, resources, and success criteria.
• Manage end-to-end data project delivery across requirements, data sourcing, ETL/ELT, modelling, testing, deployment, and production handover.
• Act as the key liaison between business stakeholders, data engineers, analysts, data scientists, architects, infrastructure teams, and management.
• Translate business requirements into clear functional and technical requirements.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, project dependencies, risks, issues, scope changes, and delivery blockers.
• Coordinate project teams and facilitate Agile/Scrum activities such as sprint planning, stand‑ups, and retrospectives.
• Ensure appropriate data governance, data quality, validation, data lineage, security, and compliance requirements are addressed.
• Oversee testing activities including data validation, transformation logic, integration testing, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Track project costs, resource utilisation, and vendor/contractor deliverables.
• Maintain key project documentation, status reporting, risk registers, and management updates.
• Oversee production deployment, data migration, cutover, rollback planning, and change management.
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and measure project outcomes against agreed KPIs.

Requirements:

• Strong experience managing data engineering, data platform, data warehouse, analytics, or cloud projects.
• Good technical understanding of GCP and/or AWS cloud architectures.
• Familiarity with PySpark/Scala data pipelines, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, metadata management, data lineage, and scheduling platforms.
• Experience with Agile/Scrum or Kanban delivery environments.
• Strong project planning, risk management, budget management, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively between technical and business teams and make informed delivery trade‑off decisions.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and organisational skills.

Preferred:

• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum, or equivalent certification is an advantage.
• Experience delivering enterprise‑scale cloud migration or modern data platform initiatives is preferred.

Percept Solutions is expanding and actively seeking talented individuals. We encourage applicants to follow Percept Solutions on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/percept-solutions/ to stay informed about new opportunities and events.