AI Data TPM — Program Manager for Data & Analytics

TAFF Inc; Cupertino (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

TAFF Inc. is seeking a Data Program Manager (TPM) to drive the data and analytics workstream within a large, cross-functional legal operations program. You will embed with the team, own the backlog, write requirements, run ceremonies, and provide clear program updates to non-technical stakeholders.

The role focuses on end-to-end delivery coordination, milestones, dependencies, and ensuring data readiness ahead of releases in a hybrid on-site/remote setting across Cupertino, CA or Austin, TX.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in program management, project management, or technical delivery roles.
• Experience managing data, analytics, or technology workstreams within large cross-functional programs.
• Strong understanding of data and analytics concepts — able to engage credibly with data engineers, analysts, and architects.
• Proven ability to represent technical workstreams to non-technical stakeholders and leadership.
• Experience working within program management offices (PMO) or large enterprise program structures.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills — able to produce clear status updates, decision logs, and escalation summaries.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and dependencies simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program management for the data workstream — tracking milestones, managing dependencies, and ensuring delivery against program commitments.
• Build and maintain program trackers, dependency maps, and status dashboards directly — not delegated, owned
• Own the data workstream backlog — actively prioritize, refine, and sequence work with the engineering and analytics team.
• Run sprint ceremonies — standups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and backlog grooming for the data workstream.
• Write detailed requirements documents and data specifications — translating business needs into clear, actionable inputs for data engineers, analysts, and architects.
• Manage multiple concurrent program phases simultaneously, coordinating data delivery commitments across overlapping timelines.
• Represent the data and analytics workstream in cross-functional forums including technology workstreams, functional teams, and the PMO.
• Translate data team work — pipelines, integrations, analytics models, data quality efforts — into clear program updates that non-technical stakeholders can act on.
• Manage intake, prioritization, and requirements for data requests coming from across the program.
• Identify and surface risks, dependencies, and blockers across the data workstream and escalation as needed.
• Coordinate with enterprise technology, data platform, and functional teams on data delivery dependencies.
• Support data release planning and ensure data readiness milestones are met ahead of program releases.
• Partner with the data and analytics team to ensure program commitments are realistic, well-scoped, and achievable.

Skills

Program management

Data analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder communication

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Asana

Job description

TAFF Inc. is seeking a Data Program Manager (TPM) to drive the data and analytics workstream within a large, cross-functional legal operations program. You will embed with the team, own the backlog, write requirements, run ceremonies, and provide clear program updates to non-technical stakeholders.

The role focuses on end-to-end delivery coordination, milestones, dependencies, and ensuring data readiness ahead of releases in a hybrid on-site/remote setting across Cupertino, CA or Austin, TX.