Technical Project Manager & Product Owner - Databricks

Role: Technical Project Manager and Product Owner - Databricks

Location: Remote or onsite/Tampa Florida

Type of Position: Full time

Job Description:

Seeking a highly accomplished Project Manager and Product owner to lead a complex business and technology transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess a strong blend of program management, product ownership, and stakeholder leadership skills to drive strategic products and enterprise programs from conception to execution.

This role will be responsible managing multi-million-dollar program, aligning business and technology roadmaps, and leading cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional customer and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead new and ongoing Data Engineering initiatives in collaboration with client Product and Business teams.
•  Partner with customer stakeholders to gather, analyze, and validate business requirements.
• Develop and maintain key project artifacts, including user stories, API specifications, process flows, prototype designs, and other functional documentation.
• Manage end-to-end project delivery across the application development lifecycle, including scope management, planning, resource allocation, dependency management, integration, and scheduling.
• Establish and maintain project governance processes, including resource capacity, schedule management, risk tracking, executive reporting, and cross-functional dependency management across Data Engineering, Platform, and Compliance teams.
• Monitor project progress, proactively identify risks and issues, manage dependencies, and drive timely resolution.
• Take ownership of critical issues by coordinating with relevant support teams and ensuring effective resolution within agreed timelines.
• Collaborate closely with track leads and Scrum master to maintain project plans, identify constraints and bottlenecks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Ensure project plans are consistently updated in accordance with defined processes and that status updates are communicated effectively to stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and maintain alignment on project priorities, objectives, and deliverables.
• Ensure adherence to project governance frameworks, quality standards, and compliance requirements.
• Facilitate requirement-gathering workshops, product demonstrations, steering committee meetings, and weekly status reviews.
• Drive effective project communication and reporting across internal and external stakeholders, including preparation of executive-level updates and leadership communications.
• Foster collaboration among business, product, engineering, and operational teams to ensure successful project outcomes and delivery excellence.

Work and Technical Experience:

• 12+ years of experience in project Management, product Management, or related roles
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments
• Strong experience of SDLC, Agile and product development life cycle
• Proven experience managing multiple stakeholders and cross functional teams
• Proven analytical, communication and leadership skills
• Must have strong D&A background with core skills application development/data engineering, analytics etc.
• Project delivery expertise on data engineering, data migration, data foundation buildout and data analytics using BI tools
• Expertise in project management processes and communication including tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps.
• Client stakeholder management to ensure program deliverables are achieved
• Conduct detailed impact analysis on new requirements to ensure all dependencies are addressed
• Tracking and delivering complex projects with multiple stakeholders
• Communication with business users to understand the requirements and complete associated requirements documentation for technical teams

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master (CSM), PMI-ACP, or Product Owner Certification (CSPO/PSPO).
• Knowledge of insurance process flows
• Experience in corporate finance projects 

Key Skills

• Product Strategy & Roadmap Management
• Agile & Scrum Methodologies
• Project Planning & Execution
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk & Issue Management
• Backlog Prioritization
• Business Analysis
• Budget & Resource Management
• Leadership & Team Management
• Communication & Presentation Skills