{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"235dff48eef141b2b4086011","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/235dff48eef141b2b4086011","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/235dff48eef141b2b4086011","title":"Junior Technical Project Manager - Data Analytics","description":"Hybrid in Houston Texas\nSalary range 80K to 100K Annual Salary (see note below)\nAll the benefits and perks you need:\n100% Paid Healthcare Insurance, including First Primary Care Wellness Program\nStart accruing Paid Days Off from Day One\nCareer Development with certification bonuses\nFitness Reimbursement\nMatching 401K Retirement Plan\nMentoring Program\nTeam Events\nAnd more….\nSmartbridge\nWe simplify business transformation, applying thought leadership and innovation to create digitally connected enterprises. From Strategy to Implementation, we bring our clients’ digital agenda to life. One of the keys to our success as a company is finding and hiring exemplary employees. We believe that each member of our team contributes directly to Smartbridge’s growth and success, and we take pride and celebrate with our employees as they continue to grow and succeed with their career paths as well.\nThe ideal candidate is someone with strong consulting experience managing IT projects (ex. scope, budget, etc.), while providing clients with an exceptional experience. This is a full-time, salaried opportunity offering a competitive salary, bonus, 401(k) match, and a strong benefits package.\nJob Description:\nThe Technical Project Manager is responsible for planning, coordinating, and driving the efforts of cross-functional teams to ensure all aspects of the project lifecycle are completed efficiently and effectively. Projects you may lead could include digital transformation assessments, strategy/roadmap development, custom or platform-based mobile application development/delivery, machine learning/AI models, application integration delivery, or other enterprise application delivery (CRM, ECM, AP automation, etc.) Project team sizes can range from a couple of people to over 20 Smartbridge and client resources. At this time we are looking for individuals with experience in Data Analytics projects with AZURE.\nTo be successful in this role, you need to be passionate about delivering high-quality professional services, demonstrate structured and critical thinking skills, and be able to maximize client success while driving efficient and profitable project delivery for Smartbridge. Strong written and verbal communication skills coupled with an ability for identifying and mitigating project risks will enable you to be successful in this extremely important role of driving digital innovation for our clients.\nResponsibilities:\nOwn the development of detailed project estimates, work plans, and resourcing plans to execute successful projects\nAssist with the development and delivery of project proposals and statements of work to support business development activities\nEstablish strong working relationships with key client stakeholders\nDeliver projects/work on-time, on budget, and in a way that accomplishes client goals\nSchedule and communicate tasks, deadlines, and milestones for all stakeholders and resources\nSet and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders\nManage the timeliness and quality of in-scope activities and deliverables\nEngage client and Smartbridge resources as necessary to achieve commitments\nFacilitate the identification, documentation, mitigation, escalation, and resolution of project risks, issues, and decisions\nUse project change management practices and deliverables to manage scope and client expectations\nActively manage project financials to satisfy both client and Smartbridge leadership\nDevelop comprehensive weekly status reports and deliver to project leadership\nBuild and manage waterfall project work plans\nEstablish and manage project delivery using agile techniques\nDrive the internal development and delivery of solution accelerator and/or POC/demonstration solutions\nTravel to client locations based on project and/or client needs\nRequirements:\n3+ years of relevant professional experience managing technology projects\nRecent and relevant consulting experience is required\nExperience on data analytics projects\nData Importing\nData Cleaning\nData Manipulation\nData Visualization\nExcellent foundational consulting skills including critical thinking and analysis, verbal and written communications, executive presence, facilitation and presentation skills, business analysis\nAbility to conduct business user workshops, design reviews, executive presentations, and lead other senior stakeholders/sponsor meetings\nExperience driving technology projects that span complex technical architectures; this may include on-premises and cloud (Azure) hardware and software components, enterprise application/data integration, custom and commercial off-the-shelf software, and web/mobile application delivery\nPrevious experience and ability to manage/lead projects using waterfall or agile approach with a project team ranging from 3 to 20 team members\nStrong problem-solving ability; biased toward finding solutions and removing barriers to progress\nExperience working in Asana, JIRA or similar is a plus\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\nCalm under pressure, and thrives in a fast-paced environment\nFamiliarity with the typical sections of a Statement of Work\nWorking understanding of the software development lifecycle, general IT architecture components, mobile application\nAbility to travel to client locations, if needed\nQualities that will ensure success:\nBachelor’s degree (business, engineering, MIS, CS, or related field recommended); knowledge of theories, principles, and concepts typically acquired through completion of a bachelor’s degree\nCommitment to our values of Empathy, Thought Leadership, Exceptional Experience, Succeeding Together, Entrepreneurial Spirit, and the ability to demonstrate these proactively internally, with our clients, and our technology partners\nIntrigued by the promise of today’s transformation-enabling technologies (machine learning/AI, automation, IoT, mobile, cloud, AR/VR, analytics, blockchain, etc.)\nAbility to successfully navigate and perform well in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment\nDemonstrated history of on-time and high-quality project delivery\nStrong interpersonal skills, including the ability to demonstrate empathy, candor, modesty, and diplomacy while still garnering respect and commanding authority\nExcellent communication skills with an ability to convey technical topics and challenges to non-technical audiences, including C-level executives\nMust be able to work with various internal or external groups and teams and have the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously\nStrong organization skills and detail-oriented focus to ensure deliverable quality and repeatability\nAmbitious, energetic, and willing to learn and grow\nPlease note that the compensation information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position only and is provided pursuant to the Equal Pay Transparency Laws in numerous states we operate. 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