Technical Project Manager

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This role is responsible for managing end-to-end delivery of projects supporting the database administration (DBA) and infrastructure teams. The Project Manager will coordinate planning, scheduling, communication, and execution activities, ensuring alignment with business needs and technical constraints. While not a hands‑on technical role, the PM candidate will need to possess a solid understanding of database environments and how to navigate technical discussions to ensure timely and successful project outcomes.

It requires enough technical fluency in Oracle database architecture and data modeling (Erwin) to engage credibly with data architects, data modelers, and DBAs – understanding scope, dependencies, and technical risk at a real level – while owning the project management discipline: schedule, budget, resourcing, status reporting, and stakeholder alignment. Typical projects include data model builds and migrations, schema changes and database modernization efforts, data integration/ETL initiatives, and data governance rollouts, all within an on‑premise Oracle environment and often under regulated‑industry constraints.

• Own end-to-end delivery of Oracle-based data projects: define scope, build project plans, establish milestones, and manage the delivery schedule from kickoff through deployment and closeout to meet success criteria.
• Collaborate with the Bas to translate business and data requirements into actionable technical work streams in partnership with data architects, data modelers, DBAs, and business stakeholders.
• Understand and track technical dependencies specific to schema/DDL changes, data model (Erwin) sign-off gates, environment refreshes, capacity/storage planning, and database change windows.
• Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies particular with large-volume data migrations and schema changes e.g., extended load/validation windows, downtime/outage planning, and data quality/reconciliation risk thereby escalating proactively with clear options to ensure clear alignment.
• Manage project budget and resourcing, including tracking burn against plan and forecasting resource needs (DBAs, data modelers, data engineers) across the project lifecycle.
• Run project governance: status reporting, steering committee updates, RAID logs, and stakeholder communications tailored to technical and executive audiences.
• Coordinate across cross-functional teams (application teams, data movement, DBAs, infrastructure/ops, etc.) to ensure aligned delivery across interdependent work streams, including coordination of environment availability and change control.
• Facilitate project planning sessions, agile ceremonies (sprint planning, standups, sprint retros) and stage-gate delivery, catering to organizational standards
• Drive change management: assess the impact of scope changes (especially schema or data model changes with downstream impact), manage change requests, and keep plans and stakeholders synchronized while maintaining accurate project documentation, schedules, and financials
• Ensure projects meet data governance, quality, security, and compliance requirements applicable to a regulated, on-premise data environment.
• Plan and track cutover, migration, and rollback strategies for all modernization efforts including but not limited to large-volume data migrations, platform upgrades, migrations, patching cycles, and performance improvement efforts
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and capture lessons learned to improve future project delivery
• Act as a trusted mentor to junior staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development through a regular cadence of 1-on-1 meetings to…