Technical Program Manager – Data Engineering / Data Platforms

🚨 Technical Program Manager – Data Engineering / Data Platforms

Job Type: Contract

Location: Remote/Hybrid

Duration: 12-18 months

IMPORTANT: This is a DATA-focused Technical Program Manager role.

We are specifically looking for candidates who have hands-on program/project management experience working directly with DATA ENGINEERING teams and DATA PLATFORMS.

Candidates whose background is primarily general IT project management, application development, infrastructure, PMO, ERP, or non-data programs will not be a fit.

What We Are Looking For The ideal candidate has managed technical programs involving data engineering, data platforms, data migrations, data pipelines, data warehouses, analytics platforms, or data transformation .

You do not need to be a developer or write code. However, you must be technically fluent enough to:

• Work directly with data engineers
• Understand data engineering terminology and concepts
• Discuss data pipelines, data platforms, dependencies, schemas, and migrations
• Understand cloud data warehouse environments
• Follow technical architecture and engineering discussions
• Identify technical risks and dependencies
• Translate technical issues into clear business and executive-level communication

Core Responsibilities

• Lead a large-scale data platform migration program from planning through completion
• Manage multiple data engineering teams and parallel workstreams
• Build and maintain program roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues
• Coordinate engineering, data governance, analytics, and business stakeholders
• Drive execution of phased data migration initiatives
• Partner with engineering leadership on technical dependencies and delivery constraints
• Manage cutover, transition, and change-management activities
• Provide executive-level reporting on program health, risks, issues, and dependencies
• Drive accountability across teams through influence rather than direct authority
• Facilitate technical and cross-functional discussions and drive decisions to closure

Required Experience

Candidates should have:

✅ Direct experience managing programs/projects involving data engineering teams

✅ Experience with data platforms or data platform migrations

✅ Understanding of modern data architecture and data engineering concepts

✅ Experience with data warehouses, data pipelines, data transformation, analytics, or related data technologies

✅ Experience working with cloud data platforms

✅ Ability to communicate effectively with data engineers and technical leadership

✅ Strong program/project management experience across multiple teams

✅ Experience presenting to senior and executive stakeholders

Strongly Preferred

• Experience with cloud data warehouses
• Experience with dbt or similar data transformation technologies
• Data migration / platform modernization experience
• Data governance experience
• Analytics/data product experience
• Legacy data platform retirement
• Agile delivery experience
• PMP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent certification

NOT a Fit If Your Experience Is Primarily:

❌ General IT Project Management without significant data experience

❌ Infrastructure/networking programs

❌ ERP implementations

❌ Application development programs without data engineering involvement

❌ PMO/project coordination without technical data exposure

❌ Business-only analytics/reporting without data engineering experience

This is a data-focused Technical Program Manager position , and candidates will be screened specifically for their experience working with data engineering teams and data platforms.