Data Project Manager

Vaco by Highspring; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead BI, reporting, analytics, and data initiatives in a hybrid, Cincinnati-based role. You will drive execution, coordinate stakeholders, and maintain comprehensive project documentation to ensure successful delivery of business and technology objectives.

The ideal candidate brings strong communication and organizational skills, with hands-on experience managing multiple BI/data projects, governance, and executive-level reporting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Project Management experience leading technology, data, analytics, or reporting initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of BI, reporting, analytics, and data-related projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define objectives and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain project plans, status reports, meeting notes, action items, and risk logs.
• Coordinate project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resources for timely delivery.
• Facilitate project meetings, stakeholder reviews, and progress updates.
• Monitor risks, issues, and roadblocks and drive resolutions.
• Track progress using Azure DevOps and other PM tools.
• Ensure effective communication across technical and non-technical teams.
• Maintain project governance standards and reporting requirements.
• Support change management and user adoption activities.

Skills

Project Management

BI

Data & Analytics Projects

Azure DevOps

Stakeholder Communication

Documentation Management

Project Coordination

Organization & Planning

Risk & Issue Management

Executive Reporting

Meeting Facilitation

Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

Status Reporting & Governance

Tools

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Job description

Position Summary

Vaco is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and coordinate Business Intelligence (BI), reporting, analytics, and data-focused initiatives. This role is responsible for driving project execution, facilitating communication among stakeholders, maintaining project documentation, and ensuring successful delivery of business and technology objectives.

This is a hybrid position located in downtown Cincinnati. 3 days onsite, 2 days work from home.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and possesses strong communication and coordination skills. The Project Manager will serve as the central point of contact between business leaders, technical teams, and project stakeholders, ensuring priorities, timelines, and deliverables remain aligned throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of Business Intelligence, reporting, analytics, and data-related projects.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, leadership teams, analysts, developers, and subject matter experts to define project objectives and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain project plans, status reports, meeting notes, action items, risk logs, and other project documentation.
• Coordinate project schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource requirements to ensure timely delivery.
• Facilitate project meetings, stakeholder reviews, and progress updates.
• Monitor project risks, issues, and roadblocks, escalating concerns as needed and driving resolution.
• Track project progress and deliverables using Azure DevOps and other project management tools.
• Ensure effective communication across technical and non-technical teams.
• Maintain project governance standards and reporting requirements.
• Support change management efforts and user adoption activities related to project deliverables.
• Prepare executive-level status updates and presentations for leadership stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of Project Management experience leading technology, data, analytics, or reporting initiatives.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively engage stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Proven experience creating and maintaining comprehensive project documentation.
• Exceptional organizational, planning, and coordination skills.
• Experience managing project timelines, budgets, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Strong meeting facilitation and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience utilizing Azure DevOps for project tracking, work management, status reporting, and coordination of deliverables.
• Experience supporting Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Data Warehouse, Reporting, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, or similar data initiatives.
• Knowledge of data and reporting project lifecycles.
• PMP or other professional project management certification is a plus.

Key Skills

• Project Management
• Business Intelligence (BI)
• Data & Analytics Projects
• Azure DevOps
• Stakeholder Communication
• Documentation Management
• Project Coordination
• Organization & Planning
• Risk & Issue Management
• Executive Reporting
• Meeting Facilitation
• Cross-Functional Team Collaboration
• Status Reporting & Governance

Ideal Candidate

The successful candidate is a proactive and organized project leader who excels at communication, documentation, and coordination. They are capable of managing multiple priorities, keeping stakeholders informed, maintaining clear project records, and ensuring BI and analytics initiatives are delivered successfully and with a high level of professionalism.

Desired Skills and Experience

Data, Analytics, Power BI, SSRS, Reports, Reporting, Reports migration, data migration, Databricks, Project management, Project manager, IT Project manager, agile, scrum, azure devops, SDLC

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries "we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring" are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail] .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).