Program Manager: IV

We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to guide complex global data initiatives within a large retail organization in San Antonio, Texas. This will be a remote opportunity, but you must reside within CST or EST time zones. This Long-term Contract position will drive structured delivery across multiple workstreams, ensuring milestones, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations remain aligned with broader program goals. The role requires strong coordination skills, disciplined execution, and the ability to partner effectively with business, engineering, architecture, and governance teams in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

Responsibilities:

• Direct assigned data program workstreams from planning through execution, keeping scope, timelines, and deliverables on track.
• Convert high-level program goals into practical roadmaps, milestone plans, and dependency management activities for each initiative.
• Coordinate daily delivery efforts across globally distributed teams, helping remove blockers and maintain forward progress.
• Support initiatives involving Azure data services, Snowflake, Databricks, and downstream reporting layers by reinforcing established delivery methods and quality expectations.
• Monitor migration-related activities such as data movement, modeling, integrations, and analytics enablement to ensure execution remains organized and predictable.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, and platform stakeholders to confirm delivery plans are realistic, compliant with enterprise standards, and positioned for successful implementation.
• Work with data governance and quality teams to embed required controls, policy checkpoints, metadata practices, and compliance expectations into execution plans.
• Lead cross-functional meetings, dependency reviews, and decision forums to promote alignment, transparency, and timely resolution of issues.
• Communicate status, risks, progress metrics, and escalation needs clearly to program leadership and senior stakeholders.