Technical Program Manager, Data

LABUR; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

LABUR is partnering with a client to hire a Technical Program Manager to drive high-priority data programs, with a strong focus on the Customer Data Platform and complex data migrations. The role requires hands-on delivery, strong technical fluency, and end-to-end ownership across multiple workstreams.

You will coordinate across CDP, data engineering, and business stakeholders, lead quarterly planning, and guide executive conversations.

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in data engineering or large-scale programs.
• Strong experience guiding full delivery lifecycles from planning to post-delivery review.
• Excellent documentation, diagrams, and architecture map skills.
• Exceptional communication and facilitation for senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in ambiguity with distributed teams and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery of complex data programs with CDP focus.
• Coordinate across business stakeholders, CDP, data engineering, and leadership.
• Lead quarterly planning, prioritization frameworks, and roadmap decisions.
• Produce high-quality documentation: requirements, milestones, diagrams, and architecture overviews.
• Translate requirements into Jira epics and user stories; support sprint planning and backlog grooming.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and sign-off; manage issue tracking.
• Present progress and risks in SteerCo sessions and leadership forums.

Skills

Technical Program Mgmt

Data engineering

Stakeholder communication

Jira & Agile

Documentation

Tools

Jira

Job description

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Overview

LABUR is partnering with a client to find a Technical Program Manager to play a critical role in driving high priority data programs. This role primarily supports data engineering initiatives with a strong focus on the Customer Data Platform and complex data migrations, while occasionally contributing to non-data projects as business needs arise. The ideal candidate thrives in ambiguity, wears many hats, and actively dives in wherever needed — from shaping documentation and requirements to organizing sprint workflows to facilitating executive-level conversations. This is a hands‑on delivery role requiring strong technical fluency, exceptional communication skills, and end-to-end ownership of complex programs.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery of complex data programs, with primary focus on CDP initiatives — from planning and prioritization through execution, launch, and business impact reviews
• Operate as the main coordination point across business stakeholders, technical owners, CDP and data engineering teams, and data leadership to close gaps, resolve dependencies, and maintain alignment
• Lead quarterly planning activities, maintain prioritization frameworks and scorecards, and support roadmap and sequencing decisions
• Create and maintain high-quality documentation including requirements, milestone plans, dependency maps, technical diagrams, and architecture overviews to drive project clarity
• Collaborate with engineering teams to turn technical requirements into well-structured Jira epics and user stories; support sprint planning, backlog grooming, and delivery rituals to keep teams organized and focused on outcomes
• Spearhead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), including planning, execution, stakeholder coordination, issue tracking, and sign-off
• Communicate progress, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations in stakeholder and leadership forums; own SteerCo operations end-to-end, including building executive-level materials, facilitating sessions, and driving follow-ups

Qualifications

• 6-8+ years of experience as a Technical Project Manager or Technical Program Manager delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives, ideally in data engineering, platform, or large-scale technical programs
• Proven experience leading data engineering, platform, or large scale technical programs; strong understanding of the full project delivery lifecycle from planning through post-delivery review
• High technical fluency and comfort collaborating with engineers on requirements, architecture, dependencies, and delivery trade-offs
• Proven ability to create clear documentation — including requirements, process flows, diagrams, and architecture maps — and translate business and technical needs into actionable Jira epics and user stories across multiple concurrent workstreams
• Exceptional communication and facilitation skills across sprint planning, discovery, UAT, stakeholder sessions, and executive reviews, with comfort presenting to and influencing senior leaders
• Proactive, adaptable, and comfortable operating in ambiguity; experienced in managing risks, driving accountability, and maintaining momentum in technology-driven environments with distributed teams

Compensation

$85-$90/hr - Dependent on fit and experience