Tech Program Manager 3(5-yr,fixed-term)-BI/Data Analytics

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Riverton (UT); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seeks a Technical Program Manager 3 for BI & Analytics in Utah. You will lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise BI programs, partner with product, data engineers, and stakeholders to translate analytics needs into executable strategy, and ensure quality across time, cost, and performance.

The role emphasizes data governance, modern analytics tooling, and a strong leadership approach to deliver reliable, scalable data solutions that support global

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent professional experience.
• Eight years of technical program or project management experience, including six years in a management or leadership role.
• Hands-on experience as a software developer, network engineer, systems engineer, or security analyst.
• Track record of delivering complex, enterprise-level projects.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships.
• Ability to negotiate and positively influence people at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Ability to think critically and decompose complex problems into coherent technology strategy and solutions.
• Solid understanding of architectural and system concepts.
• Project planning, organizing, communication, team motivation and delegation skills.
• Goal-oriented, action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined.
• This job operates in a professional office environment.
• Physical requirements may include sitting for long periods and using computer monitors.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of BI and Analytics programs from requirements through deployment and adoption.
• Define scope, tasks, priorities, and milestones across the BI portfolio aligned with strategy and KPIs.
• Assess program risks and dependencies; surface blockers to senior leadership.
• Champion development processes, data governance standards, and engineering best practices.
• Lead program reviews to assess schedule, architecture quality, and process compliance.
• Maintain understanding of the full BI/Analytics stack to guide engineering teams and evaluate trade-offs.
• Collaborate with data architects and engineers to ensure scalability and data quality.
• Evaluate emerging BI/ analytics technologies (Databricks) for IT direction.
• Drive team delivery by establishing ownership, removing impediments, and enforcing accountability.
• Onboard data engineers, analytics engineers, and other team members for program workstreams.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Negotiation

Influence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Masters degree

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Redshift

Synapse

dbt

Apache Airflow

Prefect

Databricks

Job description

Job Description

The Technical Program Manager 3 a0 BI & Analytics is a master-level professional role responsible for the end-to-end success of Business Intelligence and Analytics programs. This position partners with product managers, development managers, data engineers, architects, and key business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet quality expectations across timeline, cost, architecture, and performance.

Job Description

The Technical Program Manager 3 a0 BI & Analytics is a master-level professional role responsible for the end-to-end success of Business Intelligence and Analytics programs. This position partners with product managers, development managers, data engineers, architects, and key business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet quality expectations across timeline, cost, architecture, and performance.

In this role, the incumbent leads the planning, delivery, and continuous improvement of complex, enterprise-scale BI and analytics solutions including data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines, semantic models, and reporting platforms. Programs managed are broad in scope, often unprecedented in approach, and carry significant global impact to the organizations operations and decision-making capabilities.

A defining dimension of this role is the ability to serve as a trusted liaison between technical delivery teams and business partners lu translating analytical needs into executable technical strategy, and ensuring the BI team consistently delivers measurable, mission-aligned value.

Note: This is a 5-year, fixed-term position.

This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.

We value early, mid, and late-career candidates and encourage all applicants with the posted skills and abilities to apply.

Responsibilities

BI & Analytics Program Leadership

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Business Intelligence and Analytics programs, from requirements gathering through deployment and adoption.
• Define scope, tasks, priorities, and delivery milestones across the BI program portfolio, ensuring alignment with business strategy and organizational KPIs.
• Provide continuous assessment of program risks, dependencies, and mitigation strategies; proactively surface blockers to senior leadership.
• Champion development processes, data governance standards, and engineering best practices across BI and analytics workstreams.
• Lead program reviews to assess schedule adherence, solution architecture quality, and process compliance.

Technical Direction & Oversight

• Maintain a working understanding of the full BI/Analytics technical stack to credibly guide engineering teams and evaluate architectural trade-offs, including:
• Data modeling (dimensional, normalized, and hybrid approaches)
• ETL and ELT pipeline design, orchestration, and optimization
• Cloud data warehousing platforms (e.g., Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, Synapse)
• dbt (data build tool) for transformation layer management, testing, and documentation
• DAG-based workflow orchestration (e.g., Apache Airflow, Prefect, or equivalent)
• Scheduled jobs, dependency management, and pipeline monitoring strategies
• BI semantic and reporting layers, dashboarding, and self-service analytics tooling
• Partner with data architects and senior engineers to validate solution design, ensure scalability, and uphold data quality standards throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Evaluate and guide the adoption of emerging BI/analytics technologies that align with the organizations IT direction. (Databricks)

Team Leadership & Development

• Drive the BI team to consistently deliver on commitments by establishing clear ownership, fostering accountability, and removing organizational impediments.
• Work with Solution Manager and functional managers to identify and onboard appropriate data engineers, analytics engineers, and other team members for program workstreams.
• Participate in iteration and release planning alongside development team leadership, balancing technical debt, new capability delivery, and business-priority sequencing.
• Cultivate a team culture centered on data quality, continuous improvement, and delivering analytics solutions that are trustworthy, well-documented, and easily maintained.

Business Partner Relationship Management

• Act as the primary point of accountability for business Product stakeholders, translating BI/Data Analytics goals and analytical needs into well-scoped program requirements.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with the business and partners across the Portfolio; establish a communication cadence that drives transparency, manages expectations, and builds confidence in the BI teams delivery capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent professional experience
• Eight years of technical program or project management experience. This experience should be in areas pertinent to the organizations IT directions i.e. java development, network engineering, infrastructure development, etc. including six years is a management or leadership role with responsibilities for project management
• Relevant hands-on experience as a software developer, network engineer, systems engineer or security analyst
• Track record of executing complex projects particularly enterprise-level applications
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships
• Ability to negotiate and positively influence people at all levels of the organization
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to think critically and decompose complex problems into coherent technology strategy and solutions. Strong, broad technical background required
• Solid understanding of architectural and system concepts
• Project planning, organizing, communication, team motivating and delegating skills.
• Goal-oriented, action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined
• This job operates in a professional office environment
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment

Preferred

• Masters degree
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
• Recognized project management certification
• Certified SAFe Practitioner

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lords work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.