Location:

Los Angeles, CA, or Chicago, ILEducation:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Administration.

Certification:

• PMP, Agile/Scrum, Six Sigma, or similar certification preferred.

Experience Required

• 7+ years of experience in project, program, or delivery leadership roles within data, technology, or financial services environments (preferably financial services or data-driven environments).
• 5+ years of experience partnering with senior leadership (Director level and above) and developing clear executive-level communications.
• Exceptional executive communication skills, with demonstrated ability to develop clear, concise decks and summaries for C-suite audiences.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery models, with the judgment to apply the right approach based on context.
• Proven ability to work independently and cross-functionally in complex environments.
• Strong business analysis skills, including requirements gathering, process analysis, and translating business needs into actionable deliverables.
• Strong proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint.
• Working knowledge of data concepts.

Experience Preferred

• Financial services or asset management experience.
• Familiarity with reporting or analytics tools such as Power BI, SQL, or Snowflake.

How You Work

• Proven ability to work independently, collaborate, and drive results and accountability across teams in an ambiguous environment.
• Fast, responsive, and deadline-driven.
• Decisive in resolving business problems, making decisions, and identifying priorities.
• Strong organizational skills; able to prioritize, plan, and organize work and deliverables.
• Comfortable moving between different types of initiatives.
• Detail-oriented with excellent follow-through.
• Influential, focused, and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure.

Engaging Team's Highlights:

We've seen several candidates with solid data backgrounds who didn't advance. The gaps were mostly in communication and executive presence, not technical skill. Going forward, please focus on the following.

Communication and presenceCandidates should be polished and concise, and able to report out to executive-level stakeholders.

They should be able to explain how they prioritize competing business requests, not only how they coordinate technical or architecture work.

They should be able to walk through their own projects clearly during screening: scope, decisions, and outcomes.

Technical background

• Candidates need hands-on technical project management experience.
• Data experience is strongly preferred. MDM (Master Data Management) experience is a plus.
• If data-specific candidates are limited, strong technical generalist PMs are now welcome, provided they meet the experience and communication bar above.

Overview

• The Technical Project Manager will lead the planning and execution of strategic and tactical initiatives across the Data organization.

This role requires a highly capable, self-directed individual who can operate effectively across a broad portfolio of data initiatives, including data platforms, governance, reporting and analytics, business process improvement, data quality, integrations, regulatory and operational initiatives, and other emerging priorities.

• The ideal candidate combines strong project and program management discipline with business analysis skills and sufficient technical and data fluency to work effectively with data engineers, architects, product owners, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.

This individual does not need to be a data engineer or deep technical specialist, but must be comfortable learning new subject areas quickly, asking the right questions, connecting business needs to technical execution, and driving work forward in ambiguous environments.

• The ideal candidate is experienced, detail-oriented, comfortable in ambiguity, and trusted to "fly above the noise.

" They can stay focused on priorities and outcomes while remaining close to execution, bringing structure to complex initiatives, resolving issues, and keeping stakeholders aligned from planning through implementation.

Scope includes:

Delivery & ExecutionLead complex, cross-functional data initiatives from planning through implementation, driving scope, timelines, resources, and delivery outcomes.

Drive day-to-day execution, establish clear ownership, and hold project teams accountable for commitments and milestones.

Proactively identify and resolve project risks, issues, resource constraints, and cross-functional dependenciesSupport implementation readiness, including testing, documentation, communications, training, and operational handoff as needed.

Stakeholder Partnership & CommunicationPartner with business and technical stakeholders to define requirements, analyze processes, and translate needs into actionable solutions.

Coordinate internal teams, vendors, and partners across Data, Technology, and business functions.

Provide concise, decision-ready communication to senior leadership, highlighting progress, key risks, dependencies, and decisions needed.

Continuous ImprovementContribute to the development and improvement of project management practices, templates, tools, and processes across the Data organization.

Identify opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, reduce manual effort, and improve delivery practices across the Data and Technology organizations.

• Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.
• Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client's business needs and requirements.

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