Data Project Manager
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Data Project Manager for a large public sector organisation
Contract Duration: 12 months with possible 12 month extension
Pay to Contractor: £500 per day (inside IR35\)
Key Skills and Experience:
Key Skills:
Essential:
* Proven ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, influencing people at all levels across the organisation and externally. This includes negotiating, facilitating joint decision\-making, and conveying concepts to both technical and non\-technical audiences. * Demonstrated ability to develop data\-specific project plans, covering data strategy, migration, modelling, testing, and handling internal and external datasets. * Adept at articulating complex concepts into effective mediums for multiple stakeholders, providing clear direction and points of integration. * Proven ability to manage and influence senior and external stakeholders in a delivery capacity. * + Strong project management skills, handling conflicting priorities to achieve tight deadlines. * Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to understand different perspectives and positively influence decision\-making. * Extensive data delivery experience, particularly in high\-volume data migration scenarios.
Desirable:
* Proven ability to manage multi\-disciplinary teams for end\-to\-end performance. * Positive, can\-do attitude with a track record of delivering cost\-effective solutions and providing confident direction during times of uncertainty and change. * Proficient in managing project and workstream risk, including negotiation and problem\-solving skills.
Key Knowledge:
* Substantial knowledge of planning, project, and risk management tools and techniques. * Good knowledge of architectural data principles and the relationship between data sets and related data, application, and technology domains. * Expertise in data modelling/structures, data governance, data strategies, data quality, and data migration. * Familiarity with recognised project management methodologies (e.g., APM, Prince 2\) and delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile Scrum). * Good understanding of data tooling, data transformation/extraction, and loading techniques, tools, and frameworks. * Educated to a degree level or equivalent (post\-graduate qualifications in related fields desirable).
Key Experience:
* Proven experience managing technology and data projects up to a value of £10M in large, complex, and regulated organisations. * Management of multiple stakeholders at all levels. * Experience in managing complex data\-centric projects and migration of large data repositories. * Successful migration of large data repositories from externally owned locations into secure internal repositories. * Experience in carrying out design authority duties or related assurance roles.
The Authority will provide:
* Microsoft Office 365 * Microsoft Visio * Mural * Azure Dev Ops * Company provided laptop
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