Agile Data Warehousing Manager

COOLSOFT; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

ETF in Madison, WI seeks a Project Manager to lead BI/Analytics initiatives, including a data lake, MDM, data integration, and data governance. Strong analytical skills and deep data management knowledge are essential.

This contract role requires coordinating cross-functional teams in an agile environment, with remote work within Wisconsin and MS Teams interviews. Start date 12/14/2026; end date 06/30/2027; duration approximately 7 months.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing large, complex enterprise projects, especially BI and data warehousing.
• Ability to define scope, schedule, and deliver value with regular progress reporting.
• Experience in mentoring teams, removing roadblocks, and coordinating resources.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage enterprise BI/data warehousing projects with agile practices.
• Coordinate release management and data management improvements across teams.
• Communicate with stakeholders and manage risks, issues, and delivery plans.

Skills

Large Project Experience

Agile

Data Warehousing

Job description

Agile Data Warehousing Manager

(Jobs in Madison, WI)

Requirement id 159542

Job title Manager

Job location in Madison, WI

Skills required Large Project Experience, Agile, Data Warehousing,

Open Date 12-Nov-2026

Close Date

Job type Contract

Duration 7 Months

Compensation DOE

Status requirement ---

Job interview type ---

Job Description Manager: Large Project Experience, Agile, Data Warehousing,

Start date : 12/14/2026

End Date : 06/30/2027

Submission deadline : 11/19/2026 4:00:00 PM

Client Info : ETF

Note:

*Interview Process: remote via MS Teams with camera on (may have two rounds of interviews)

*Onsite or Remote? Must be a WI resident. No relocation is allowed. This position can work 100% remote from anywhere within the state of Wisconsin.

Description:

We have an immediate opening at the Department of Employee Trust Funds (ETF) for a Project Manager. Our team is responsible for BI/Analytics, a data lake platform, master data management (MDM), data integration, data conversion, data quality, data architecture, data modeling, data literacy, and data governance. Data is one of our most valuable assets and we strive to become a more data-literate and data-driven organization. This position will work on a small, collaborative team that uses agile practices to deliver value to our business partners. This position must have strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and identify innovative solutions. This position must have strong technical knowledge in data management.

Key requirements

• Experience leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level projects. Must have experience leading projects for business intelligence and data warehousing.
• Experience defining project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organizing and leading project status and working meetings; preparing and distributing progress reports; managing risks and issues; correcting deviations from plans; and performing delivery planning for assigned projects.
• Experience in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; leveraging organizational resources to improve capacity for project work; and mentoring and developing team members.
• Experience assembling project plans and teamwork assignments, directing and monitoring work efforts daily, identifying resource needs, performing quality review; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
• Sufficient technical experience with data management and analytics to provide highly credible leadership to technical teams and to be able to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues.
• Provide leadership for release management.
• Managing team progress/status through JIRA.
• Ability to coordinate data management software upgrades and provide appropriate communication to impacted stakeholders.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills, ability to influence others and to interact with individuals at all levels.
• Ability to work productively with cross-functional working groups and across organizational layers.
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building.
• Ability to develop and deliver presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge and understanding of business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of customer trust and confidence.
• Solid understanding of and demonstrated experience in agile project management tools such as Jira or equivalent.

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