Big Data Project Manager

Company: Aureon Consulting
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

Aureon Consulting has an immediate need for an experienced Project Manager for a large, complex Data Normalization project with a great client in the Financial Services industry.--Our ideal candidate will have prior Big Data experience, specifically with Hadoop.--This is a brand new, ground floor effort that will involve working with technology that's not currently used by this company, previous experience with a similar effort is an absolute must have. Client with be entering the Big Data world and needs leadership in creating a normalized look of all data across their entire organization to help scale for future growth.--This a hands on Project Management role that involves directly managing and driving work in an environment that is not yet process mature, only those capable of handling a great deal of autonomy need apply.--Must be an expert at bringing order to chaos.Responsibilities include* Vendor management and extensive collaboration with various technology and business leaders.* Performs standard analyses of business goals and objectives and needs of the business environment. * Plans and designs business processes and makes recommendations in order to improve and support business activities that enhance the advisor experience. * Builds, monitors and manages highly-functioning teams that effectively accomplish objectives and meet milestones in a timely fashion by proactively identifying, managing and quickly resolving issues and problems.* Defines project scope, resource requirements, budget, timeline, deliverables and milestones: evaluates various courses of action on an ongoing basis and selects the best alternative to attain project goals.* Manages projects through all phases of the life cycle, including project initiation, project requirements and specifications, design, construction, testing, installation and post implementation review.* Maintains focus on project plan tasks, manages risks throughout the project life cycle, and makes contingency plans to manage issues that pose risk to budget, time delivery or functionality.* Determines the detailed information requirements of the project stakeholders and the project/organization, develops feedback routines to ensure two-way communication. * Ability to effectively influence without hierarchical authority.Additional responsibilities:* Drive scope definition for projects * Schedule and facilitate project meetings with functional stakeholders * Create project plans, schedule and track status, costs and maintain plans and issue logs * Escalate issues to the PMO * Create status reports * Facilitate steering committee meetings * Attend meetings and identify next deliverables, create agendas and document meeting minutes * Prepare Sr. Leader decks/materials for PM Director * Assist with meeting facilitation in the PM Directors absence * Complete various analysis utilizing Excel including ability to leverage formulas, pivot tables and other tools for large data sets * Excellent verbal and written communication skills * Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with limited direction * Flexible with changing prioritiesJob Requirements:* BA/BS degree. PMP certification preferred.* 5-7 years' experience as a project manager leading complex projects simultaneously in multi-disciplinary environment.* High level of expertise with Microsoft Office (including Project) and SharePoint. * Preferred: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; Project Management (PMP) certification.

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