Senior Project Manager

Insight Global; Pasadena (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global in Pasadena, CA seeks a Senior Project Manager to drive BI modernization and cross-system data integrations using Data Bricks, Boomi, and ERP data sources. You will lead diverse teams, manage backlogs, and ensure on-time delivery of analytics-focused projects under the PMO.

The role requires 7+ years in IT/technology, PMP/CSM, and strong stakeholder communication. This position collaborates across departments with agile delivery and change management considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, MIS, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Project Management.
• 3-5+ years of experience leading Data Integration Projects
• PMP + CSM required - Project Management certification, in good standing.
• Deep understanding of modern data analytics, data lake, Data Bricks medallion architecture, data integration, ETL/ELT technology platforms.
• Familiarity with Change Management frameworks (PROSCI, ADKAR preferred).
• Ability to manage multiple overlapping projects with discretion and confidentiality.
• Demonstrates strong team leadership, fluid partnering interaction style, clear and concise written & verbal communication skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Technical mindset with problem-solving agility, can organize and facilitate a technical discussion with data integration developers, analytics/dashboard developers, solution and data architects.
• Proficiency in Smartsheet, Jira project administration including dashboard configuration and maintenance. Also open to Asana, for organizing projects, assign tasks, and tracking deadlines.
• Familiarity with Change Management frameworks (PROSCI, ADKAR preferred).
• Ability to manage multiple overlapping projects with discretion and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional planning and orchestration of projects focused on delivering decision support solutions comprised of data sourced from our JD Edwards ERP, Service (Salesforce) and other enterprise application data sources.
• Partner with business process owners, application functional analysts, data architects, data engineers and SMEs to define project scope, plan/schedule, resource requirements, technical tasks dependencies, testing/UAT, training and deployment.
• Build backlogs, conduct sprint planning and execution with focus on driving the working team to refine estimates, ensure user stories are broken down to detailed level such that it can be translated into actionable development tasks.
• Oversee sprint execution, deployment/releases and retrospectives. Maintain a roll-up project plan that summarizes sprint progress for business-context status updates.
• Proactively communicate to ensure well-coordinated project execution, manage risks and issues and provide transparency to stakeholders and executive sponsors.
• Partner with internal stakeholders on Change Management considerations to ensure a successful sequencing of communications, training and deployment of new reporting analytics across wider divisions.
• Collaborate with colleagues using multiple back-office productivity and collaboration tools: Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Box, Google Workspace (Gmail, GCalendar, GChat, Gemini-AI), Zoom, Lucid Charts, PowerPoint.
• Oversee planning and completion of User Acceptance Test (UAT) in non-production environments. Ensure technical SQA testing is documented and executed successfully prior to UAT/DITL.
• Adhere, advocate and contribute improvements to PMO framework and project management standards. Flex with technical groups working in Agile formats (Scrum, Kanban) to derive hybrid project plans.
• Partner with receiving Technology App/System Manager to compile “Transition to Support” Plan, including a Control Plan that defines PMO value-tracking KPIs and timing.
• Conduct project health assessments, lessons learned as directed by PMO, project sponsors.
• Adhere, advocate and contribute improvements to PMO framework and project management standards.

Skills

Project Management

PMP

CSM

Data Bricks

ETL/ELT

Smartsheet

Jira

Confluence

Change Management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or MIS

PMP certification

CSM certification

Tools

Smartsheet

Jira

Confluence

ServiceNow

Box

Google Workspace

Zoom

Lucid Charts

Job description

Position Requirements (Skills, Knowledge, Abilities):

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, MIS, or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in Project Management.
• 3-5+ years of experience leading Data Integration Projects
• PMP + CSM required - Project Management certification, in good standing.
• Deep understanding of modern data analytics, data lake, Data Bricks medallion architecture, data integration, ETL/ELT technology platforms.
• Familiarity with Change Management frameworks (PROSCI, ADKAR preferred).
• Ability to manage multiple overlapping projects with discretion and confidentiality.
• Demonstrates strong team leadership, fluid partnering interaction style, clear and concise written & verbal communication skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.
• Technical mindset with problem-solving agility, can organize and facilitate a technical discussion with data integration developers, analytics/dashboard developers, solution and data architects.
• Smartsheet and Jira. Hands-on ability to edit/create Smartsheet Project Management plans, dashboard status reporting; similar with Jira. Proficiency in Smartsheet, Jira project administration including dashboard configuration and maintenance. Also open to Asana, for organizing projects, assign tasks, and tracking deadlines.
• Familiarity with Change Management frameworks (PROSCI, ADKAR preferred).
• Ability to manage multiple overlapping projects with discretion and confidentiality.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Background in Data Engineering, ideally with hands-on experience in the data space before transitioning into a role leading data-focused projects.

Job Description

Job Description Summary:

We’re seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive business intelligence modernization and integration projects involving platforms such as Data Bricks, Boomi to build enterprise data analytics products (data marts) and robust cross-system integrations. Reporting to the Director of Project Portfolio Management (PMO), the ideal candidate has 7+ years of relevant, progressive IT/technology experience, including successful delivery in mid-sized company transformations.

• Lead cross-functional planning and orchestration of projects focused on delivering decision support solutions comprised of data sourced from our JD Edwards ERP, Service (Salesforce) and other enterprise application data sources. These projects involve leadership of teams who will perform data analysis towards architecting a data model within Data Bricks, completion of build in the Gold Layer and making the analytics tool available to the end business user with appropriate training and support.
• Partner with business process owners, application functional analysts, data architects, data engineers and SMEs to define project scope, plan/schedule, resource requirements, technical tasks dependencies, testing/UAT, training and deployment. Work with vendors as applicable.
• Build backlogs, conduct sprint planning and execution with focus on driving the working team to refine estimates, ensure user stories are broken down to detailed level such that it can be translated into actionable development tasks. Oversee sprint execution, deployment/releases and retrospectives. Maintain a roll‑up project plan that summarizes sprint progress for business-context status updates.
• Proactively communicate to ensure well‑coordinated project execution, manage risks and issues and provide transparency to stakeholders and executive sponsors.
• Partner with internal stakeholders on Change Management considerations to ensure a successful sequencing of communications, training and deployment of new reporting analytics across wider divisions.
• Collaborate with colleagues using multiple back‑office productivity and collaboration tools: Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Box, Google Workspace (Gmail, GCalendar, GChat, Gemini‑AI), Zoom, Lucid Charts, PowerPoint.
• Oversee planning and completion of User Acceptance Test (UAT) in non‑production environments. Ensure technical SQA testing is documented and executed successfully prior to UAT/DITL.
• Adhere, advocate and contribute improvements to PMO framework and project management standards. Flex with technical groups working in Agile formats (Scrum, Kanban) to derive hybrid project plans.
• Partner with receiving Technology App/System Manager to compile “Transition to Support” Plan, including a Control Plan that defines PMO value‑tracking KPIs and timing.
• Conduct project health assessments, lessons learned as directed by PMO, project sponsors.
• Adhere, advocate and contribute improvements to PMO framework and project management standards.