Project Manager - San Jose, United States - KP Recruiting Group

Description

Job Description
KP Recruiting Group is a consulting firm that provides leadership and exceptional talent to some of the world's leading companies. Headquartered in the Midwest, KP Recruiting Group has successfully completed countless engagements across the United States. We represent clients in all industries and all sizes. Our mission is to provide exceptional client and candidate experiences in order to get the best possible results. On behalf of our client, we are excited to present the following confidential role. We look forward to hearing from you and discussing the opportunity

The Role:

The Project Manager is responsible for project management of design and implementation of new data analytics solutions. These analytics projects are focused on driving profitable growth, customer intimacy and operational excellence across the different functions like Sales, Marketing, Finance, Global Operations, Order Fulfillments, Services, Call Centers. You will interact with a global team of Project Managers, Data Engineers and Data Analysts to deliver trusted answers and analytical insights.

Primary responsibilities:

• Leads IT project teams to ensure best solutions are implemented for complex, high-impact business problems. Reduces broad concepts and business requirements into structured IT programs for Data Analytics Projects.
• Delivers IT programs, often leading project managers and coordinators.
• Sound knowledge of IT Project management activities including project scoping, estimation, planning, risk management, finalization of technical / functional specifications, resource administration & optimization, and quality management.
• Ability to interpret ambiguity, deliver results in high-pressure flux environments, mentor teams for flexibility much needed for dynamic business priorities.
• Project spend planning and tracking including administration of capital investment projects
• Issue management for projects, to drive actionable items to closure. Regular status reporting of milestones and open items.
• Coordination of Platform upgrades, Data privacy and security reviews
• Ensure proper support transition handoff and stabilization for all newly implemented solutions.
• Ensure close coordination with the Project & support teams for weekend releases.
• Coordinate with the cross functional teams like Digital, Infrastructure, Hosting, Database, Data Privacy
• Strong problem solving & technical skills coupled with confident decision making for enabling effective solutions leading to high customer satisfaction and low operational costs
• Be able to work with diverse product vendors, understand various licensing models and keep license usage in check. Evaluate various technology product offerings for enterprise solutions.
• Incorporates industry-leading project management best practices and influences IT project management methodologies. Recommends changes to improve the IT project management methodology

Good to have:

• Understanding of Data Analytics technologies on SAP Hana, AWS platform
• Experience of SAP ECC and CRM tables and data structure

Requirements

• Bachelor or master's degree in Engineering; Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science or equivalent experience
• Minimum 8 + years of IT Global experience of managing complex IT projects
• Strong interpersonal, team building, leadership, presentation, and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize assignments/projects and multi-task within restricted time constraints.
• Experience in managing large projects, interacting, and moderating meetings with business, steering committees, and business sponsors
• Prefer experience of managing IT budget of around $1 Million annually
• Problem solving and strong analytical skills.
• Must have experience of managing Data Analytics projects
• Prefer Hands on technical experience of data warehousing solutions and development on Hana sidecar or Oracle Database, especially Analytical Dimensional Modeling
• Prefer Solid understanding of Data Warehousing concepts and Performance Tunning.

Benefits

• 401k Matching
• Family and Individual Insurance Packages (Health, Life, Dental, and Vision)
• Paid Time Off & Paid Holidays
• Long & Short-Term Disability
• Identity Theft Plans
• Retirement & Pension Plans
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program
• Tuition Reimbursement Programs
• Advancement & Professional Growth opportunities
• Parental Leave
• & More