Technical Project Manager, Data & Analytics

Introduction
At IBM our Project Managers excel by leading and coordinating a project team’s overall performance scope cost and deliverables. Our clients rely on timely and efficient status reports and as Project Manager you will drive the charge with project direction metric definition and performance management. If you are ready to help our clients and project teams succeed we would love to meet you!

Your Role and Responsibilities
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You’ll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role you’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

As a Technical Project Manager- Data & Analytics you will lead manage and support various technical and data analytics projects and programs for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The ideal candidate will have experience with diverse IT projects both large and small. Must be able to manage a portfolio of projects. Must be well versed in full systems development life cycle enterprise-wide network engineering strategic information planning business process reengineering structure and management practices. Must be able to identify and mitigate risks to the program. Must be able to manage to cost schedule and performance. This Technical Program Manager- Data & Analytics will be part of a top tier team that will provide a white glove service approach to highly visible efforts with the Veterans Affairs and will support and respond to requests by executive leadership. Strongly prefer experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs.

This program within the Department of Veterans Affairs will provide a cross-functional team capable of developing data products for emergent enterprise requirements by leveraging the toolset available on the Summit Data Platform. This team will provide responsive support for emerging data analytics needs that originate from executive leadership and VA offices across the enterprise. These data integration and data insights will help solve emergent challenges for the Department in response to changing laws regulations and needs for reporting to external entities and ultimately will provide better support to the veterans.

Responsibilities…
· Provide oversight and direct management of a technical team to meet schedules orchestrate projects and generally lead all initiatives.
· Develop review and/or analyze project management documents (project charter organizational breakdown structure work breakdown structure program/project management plan responsibilities matrix etc.).
· Support program/project requirements through analysis of client strategy and needs documents such as balance scorecard vision and scope documents and program road maps.
· Plan monitor and report on team accomplishments risks and issues related to the project.
· Integrate and use project management methodologies and Agile scrum methodologies as applicable to the project.
· Perform schedule and/or backlog development maintenance and revision/grooming.
· Plan lead and facilitate meetings and reviews (formal and informal).
· Track and report project issues. Monitor progress and key milestones. Identify and mitigate risks and advise senior management about project opportunities and risks.
· Support project requirements scope and change management issues.
· Coordinate and manage documentation presentations and processes in compliance with organization standards.
· Solve a wide range of difficult problems in imaginative and practical ways using professional concepts.
· Work on diverse problems requiring analysis.
· Identify key process improvements to help the team work more efficiently.
· Coordinate functional tasking of project team staff.
· Must be able to travel when needed.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
· Must have at least 7+ years related experience in technical program and/or project management. Experience in Data and Analytics is a must.
· Excellent communication skills and problem-solving with the ability to communicate clearly with all levels in an organization.
· Strong aptitude to learn and adapt to technology as well as to diverse environments.
· Detail oriented with strong analytical organizational and time management skills.
· Ability to lead and work collaboratively within a dynamic team environment.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Preferred Skills…
· Prefer project management professional certification (PMP).
· Strongly prefer previous experience supporting the Veterans Affairs or other government organizations.
· Prefer experience implementing Agile and/or Lean concepts.

Education: A Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering Computer Science Systems Business or related scientific or technical discipline required. (8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for degree.)