Hybrid Data Science Program Manager (San Diego)

Motion Recruitment; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 96,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment in San Diego, CA is seeking a Program Manager for hybrid roles. You will be the single point of contact for the program, coordinating in-flight work, governing intake requests, and fostering cross-functional collaboration with data analytics and engineering teams.

You will drive operational excellence through defining cadence, reporting, and risk management using RAID logs, and you will partner with leadership on key communications and stakeholder alignment.

Qualifications

• 3 years of program management experience in a technical environment with data analytics or engineering teams.
• Proven ability to drive programs from inception to completion.
• Strong communication skills to influence diverse stakeholders including technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with Jira, Smartsheet, and dashboards for reporting on project status and key metrics.
• Experience with Change Management and RAID logs.
• Experience with AI tools and automation (Claude).
• Experience working with data science or analytics teams.
• Familiarity with program governance models and operational cadences.
• Exceptional organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Structure: Organize and provide structure to all in-flight work, maintain comprehensive list of in-flight projects, capture new projects, and document updates.
• Operational Excellence: Own and run OpMechs to ensure alignment with cadences, manage recurring syncs, foster cross-functional collaboration, and retrospectives.
• Communication & Reporting: Serve as central hub for program communications, consolidate status updates for weekly executive updates.
• Intake & Governance: Act as intake point for new data initiative requests, route to proper teams, identify overlap, assist in approvals.
• Risk & Resource Management: Use RAID log to proactively identify and manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.

Skills

Program management

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Communication

Change management

Risk & issue management

AI tools

Data science collaboration

Governance

Jira

Smartsheet

Dashboards

Claude

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Dashboards

Claude

Job description

Motion Recruitment in San Diego, CA is seeking a Program Manager for hybrid roles. You will be the single point of contact for the program, coordinating in-flight work, governing intake requests, and fostering cross-functional collaboration with data analytics and engineering teams.

You will drive operational excellence through defining cadence, reporting, and risk management using RAID logs, and you will partner with leadership on key communications and stakeholder alignment.