Project IT Manager

Hybrid 3 on in Charlotte, NC

Our client seeks a Senior Technical Project Manager to lead delivery for two cross-functional teams focused on building and enhancing data products.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $70.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery for multiple concurrent data initiatives across two teams.
• Establish and manage a structured work intake process with clear scope, requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and forecasts, adjusting for changing priorities and dependencies.
• Drive predictable delivery through proactive risk identification, mitigation planning, and timely issue escalation.
• Partner with product owners, engineering leads, and business stakeholders to prioritize work based on value, capacity, and dependencies.
• Facilitate trade-off discussions and communicate delivery impacts and constraints.
• Manage and track external and cross-team dependencies to maintain alignment across platforms and teams.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies including daily standups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Ensure Agile best practices while keeping teams pragmatic and outcome-focused.
• Remove blockers and enable efficient and sustainable team operations.
• Own outbound communications to stakeholders and leadership, including status, forecasts, risks, and milestones.
• Create clear artifacts such as dashboards, timelines, RAID logs, and executive summaries.
• Serve as a central coordinator between technical teams and non-technical partners.

Experience Requirements

• 7+ years of technical project or program management experience, preferably supporting data or platform teams.
• Proven success managing multiple teams and complex delivery roadmaps.
• Strong understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to translate between technical and business audiences.
• Experience managing dependencies, risks, and delivery forecasts in dynamic environments.
• Fluency in modern data platforms and architectures, including data products and data platforms.
• Familiarity with AWS data services such as Glue, DMS, Lambda, and Amazon Aurora (PostgreSQL).
• Understanding of data processing using PySpark and Python.
• Experience with streaming and messaging technologies including Kafka and batch or streaming data pipelines.
• Experience with analytics and BI tools such as Qlik.
• Experience working with data engineering, analytics, or data platform teams (preferred).
• Familiarity with cloud-native data architectures on AWS (preferred).
• Experience supporting both streaming and batch data processing (preferred).
• Background as a technical contributor in engineering, data, or analytics (preferred).

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ( [email protected] , 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate.

Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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