Project Manager

IO Datasphere, Inc.; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

IO Datasphere, Inc. is seeking a results-driven Project Manager to lead BI/Analytics initiatives, a data lake platform, MDM, data integration, and governance.

The role emphasizes strong analytics, problem-solving, and collaboration on a small agile team to deliver value to business partners. The ideal candidate will guide cross-functional teams, manage risks, and influence stakeholders while ensuring quality deliveries in a data-driven organization.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience in managing teams
• Experience leading large, complex enterprise projects
• Experience in delivering BI/analytics projects using Agile methods

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage enterprise BI/analytics projects on cross-functional teams
• Coordinate release management and stakeholder communication
• Identify risks, manage scope and ensure timely delivery within agile sprints

Skills

Leadership

Enterprise projects

Agile

Jira

Tools

Jira

Job description

NOTE: Must be a WI resident. No relocation is allowed. This position can work 100% remote from anywhere within the state of Wisconsin. We can accept H1b, H4, TN and other valid work visas for IT. However we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.

Description:

Our client is looking for a Project Manager to be 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 their 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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Strong Leadership experience
• Experience leading and managing large, complex enterprise-level 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.
• 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.

Skills Required

• 5+ years - Experience in a Project manager role leading Agile technical projects.
• 5+ years - Experience in large, complex enterprise-level projects consisting of multiple teams (hands-on project execution skills)
• Experience leading projects for business intelligence and data warehousing.
• Strong technical knowledge in data management.
• 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.