Job Role: Technical Project Manager and Product Owner - Databricks
Job Location: Remote - Florida
Job Type: Full Time
Job Description:
Seeking a highly accomplished Project Manager and Product owner to lead a complex business and technology transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess a strong blend of program management, product ownership, and stakeholder leadership skills to drive strategic products and enterprise programs from conception to execution.
This role will be responsible managing multi-million-dollar program, aligning business and technology roadmaps, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional customer and business outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Lead new and ongoing Data Engineering initiatives in collaboration with client Product and Business teams.
- Partner with customer stakeholders to gather, analyze, and validate business requirements.
- Develop and maintain key project artifacts, including user stories, API specifications, process flows, prototype designs, and other functional documentation.
- Manage end-to-end project delivery across the application development lifecycle, including scope management, planning, resource allocation, dependency management, integration, and scheduling.
- Establish and maintain project governance processes, including resource capacity, schedule management, risk tracking, executive reporting, and cross-functional dependency management across Data Engineering, Platform, and Compliance teams.
- Monitor project progress, proactively identify risks and issues, manage dependencies, and drive timely resolution.
- Take ownership of critical issues by coordinating with relevant support teams and ensuring effective resolution within agreed timelines.
- Collaborate closely with track leads and Scrum master to maintain project plans, identify constraints and bottlenecks, and implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure project plans are consistently updated in accordance with defined processes and that status updates are communicated effectively to stakeholders.
- Manage stakeholder expectations and maintain alignment on project priorities, objectives, and deliverables.
- Ensure adherence to project governance frameworks, quality standards, and compliance requirements.
- Facilitate requirement-gathering workshops, product demonstrations, steering committee meetings, and weekly status reviews.
- Drive effective project communication and reporting across internal and external stakeholders, including preparation of executive-level updates and leadership communications.
- Foster collaboration among business, product, engineering, and operational teams to ensure successful project outcomes and delivery excellence.
Work and Technical Experience:
- 12+ years of experience in project Management, product Management, or related roles
- Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
- Strong experience of SDLC, Agile and product development life cycle
- Proven experience managing multiple stakeholders and cross functional teams
- Proven analytical, communication and leadership skills
- Must have strong D&A background with core skills application development/data engineering, analytics etc.
- Project delivery expertise on data engineering, data migration, data foundation buildout and data analytics using BI tools
- Expertise in project management processes and communication including tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps.
- Client stakeholder management to ensure program deliverables are achieved
- Conduct detailed impact analysis on new requirements to ensure all dependencies are addressed
- Tracking and delivering complex projects with multiple stakeholders
- Communication with business users to understand the requirements and complete associated requirements documentation for technical teams
Preferred Qualifications
- PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master (CSM), PMI-ACP, or Product Owner Certification (CSPO/PSPO).
- Knowledge of insurance process flows
- Experience in corporate finance projects
Key Skills
- Product Strategy & Roadmap Management
- Agile & Scrum Methodologies
- Project Planning & Execution
- Stakeholder Management
- Risk & Issue Management
- Backlog Prioritization
- Business Analysis
- Budget & Resource Management
- Leadership & Team Management
- Communication & Presentation Skills
