Project Manager - Data Warehouse

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Project Manager - Data Warehouse in Jersey City, NJ. Summary: The Project Manager within Chief Data & AI Office uses project management techniques to coordinate project effort towards the successful completion to lead and/or support more complex Agile project(s) such as Data Strategy Execution, AI-enabled Data Capabilities. The Project Manager's role is to effectively manage a project within a specified time frame per PMO Policies and Procedures, including use of the PDLC (Project Development Life Cycle/Waterfall) and Advanced Iterative Method (Agile) project methodology. Successful completion implies that interim milestones are met and that the final deliverable(s) meets the business requirements and is within the allocated budget. Duties:

• Supports (in cases of more complex projects) supervises (in the case of less complex projects) the activities of the assigned resources from business; IT and vendor/consultants (if applicable) to ensure the project goals are being met
• Provides articulate and accurate reporting to the Project Sponsor, Steering Committee, Business Users, Audit and IT; creates presentations appropriate for audience
• Creates and maintains the project Work Break Down Structure as well as SAFe Agile Framework consisting of Jira Roadmaps/Epics/Features/Stories/Tasks
• Oversees/conducts all project activities and supervises/creates and archives all project documentation
• Tracks all testing and issues and identifies those for escalation
• Identify, mitigate, and reports project risks
• Manages Stakeholders and Customers
• Negotiates business and IT resources for project allocation
• Negotiates vendor proposals and manages vendor relationships
• Manages project budget to ensure maximum allotments are not exceeded
• 4-year college degree or equivalent; Master's degree would be a plus
• 6+ years of Project Management experience with a Financial Services Institution or Professional Management Consulting Firm
• Must have extensive experience with: Data Warehousing, Data & AI project experience, Vendor Contracts/SOW management
• Global project experience involving Global teams
• Test and Conversion Management; Budget Management; Financial Services understanding & experience
• Scrum Mastery and Agile Delivery, Status Reporting, Issue/Resolution Tracking, Risk Management; Management of Project Team, consultants, and vendors
• Expertise in Microsoft Project/PM Tools, Jira tools, and MS Office Suite
• Interpersonal skills and stakeholder management skills must be excellent
• Ability to deal with C-level officers
• Ability to deal with all enablers in Security, Infrastructure, and Architecture