Big Data Program Manager/Scrum Master in CA by Eliassen Group

Big Data Program Manager/Certified Scrum Master (W-2 only-no C2c)
Location: Los Angeles or Seattle (Hybrid work schedule 1-4 days a week depending on meetings that matter)

Our Fortune 500 media client is seeking an experienced Senior Project /Program Manager with Big Data experience to join their team. This role will be responsible for overseeing large-scale data projects and utilizing SAFe Agile and Scrum methodologies.

What you will do
You will play a critical role in the success of our client’s diverse range of data warehousing, integration and migration projects. Responsibilities include:
Project Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams to drive concurrent projects from initiation to closure, developing strategic plans outlining key dates, dependencies, and priorities.
Drive execution and delivery of multiple high-profile big data & analytics projects from start to finish
Own end-to-end solution delivery on the assigned program
Track and manage dependencies across multiple projects; lead escalation processes to make issues visible to stakeholders and leadership; drive resolution of dependency issues through the process.
Collaborate with Product Managers on project objectives, provide clear communications to teams and stakeholders on milestones, deliverables, and success criteria.
Develop trusted partnerships with stakeholders by collaborating and delivering on common goals. Ensure that projects and priorities support partner strategic plans and each project is managed to ensure on-time implementation and flawless execution.
Provide timely updates on the status of projects to a cross-functional audience in multiple formats.
Leverage Agile and SDLC methodologies to lead teams on a daily basis to the successful delivery of software development projects in accordance with the DTCI delivery framework and established best practices.
Create and maintain project documentation (primarily in Confluence) that is the single source of truth about a project to keep teams aligned and informed.
 
Keys to Success:
Deep eexperience in Agile software development with expertise in Scrum methodology and practices.
Working knowledge of modern program management, analysis, and reporting tools such as Wrike, Trello, Jira/Confluence
Practical experience in delivering projects in Data and Analytics, Big Data, Data Warehousing, and/or Business Intelligence. Familiar with relevant technological solutions, industry best practices
Good understanding of data engineering challenges and proven experience with data platform engineering (batch and streaming, ingestion, storage, processing, management, integration, consumption)
Aware of various tools, techniques, and hands-on knowledge of some of the tools and techniques (e.g. Python, Scala; data mining, predictive analytics, machine learning, etc)
Experience with data visualization, aware of various tools, technologies
Good understanding of classical analytical methods; including relevant theories
 Experience building broad, large-scale communications plans
Love for Data and taking chaos and turning it into something actionable
High sense of ownership and a focus on building fast without sacrificing quality

Key: You should have independently run at least one 6–12 month project in the data and analytics space

Bonus Points:
Media & Entertainment Experience
SAFe Certification(s)
PMP or MBA: Possession of Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or an MBA.
Familiar with multiple Big Data technology stacks (e.g. Hadoop, Yarn, HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, Spark, Kafka, etc)

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.

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