Project Manager of Data & Analytics

Valiant Technologies LLC; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 93,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in Raleigh, NC is seeking a dedicated Project Manager of Data & Analytics for a 9-month engagement. You will own delivery cadence, coordinate data engineering, BI, and QA teams, and align scope with the business champion.

The role requires experience with waterfall and Scrum/Agile, data warehousing and ETL/ELT, and modern cloud tools such as Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering projects using waterfall and Scrum/Agile, including hybrid approaches.
• Experience with data warehousing, data pipelines (ETL/ELT), semantic modeling, BI reporting, and data validation.

Responsibilities

• Own overall project delivery, cadence, schedule, and quality of work products with business champions.
• Develop and maintain project charter, integrated plan, schedule, and release roadmap; manage backlog and sprint cadence.
• Facilitate sprint events and coordinate work across data engineering, reporting, and QA teams.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests; escalate blockers to the business champion.
• Track progress, hours, and budget; provide weekly status reports and dashboards to stakeholders.
• Coordinate testing, UAT, release, cutover, and lessons learned.

Skills

Waterfall & Agile delivery

Data analytics lifecycle

Cloud data platforms

Stakeholder management

BI experience

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Job Title

Project Manager of Data & Analytics

Duration

9 Months + Extension

Bill Rate

$82/hour (C2C)

Job Type

W-2, 1099, C2C

Client

To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization

US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description

Looking for one dedicated Project Manager with experience in waterfall and Scrum/Agile delivery methods and in data and analytics development processes. The Project Manager will be responsible for delivering the following services (activities include, but are not limited to, those listed):

• Own overall project delivery, cadence, schedule, and quality of work products, and align scope and priorities with the Columbia business champion and leadership
• Develop and maintain the project charter, integrated plan, schedule, and release roadmap using waterfall planning practices, and manage the product backlog and sprint cadence using Scrum/Agile practices
• Facilitate sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and steering meetings, and coordinate work across data engineering, reporting, and quality assurance teams
• Manage risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, and change requests, and elevate blockers and decisions to the business champion
• Track progress, hours, and budget, and provide weekly status reports and dashboards to Columbia stakeholders
• Coordinate testing, user acceptance, release, and cutover activities, and close out the engagement with a hand-off and lessons learned

Required Skills & Experience

• Experience managing projects using both waterfall (plan-driven) and Scrum/Agile delivery methods, including hybrid approaches
• Experience with the data and analytics development lifecycle, including data warehousing, data pipelines (ETL/ELT), semantic modeling, business intelligence reporting, and data validation and reconciliation
• Familiarity with cloud data platforms such as Azure, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric, and Power BI, and with project and backlog management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps or Jira)
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills
• 2+ years of work experience with Business Intelligence (BI)

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.