Data Project Manager
Austin, TX, United States
Overview
Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 31 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Data Project Manager to be a key resource on a technical services team.
Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background checkAllied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer.
Responsibilities
Performs advanced strategic and project management work for clients' Retirement Insurance System Enhancement (RISE) project. This position will work with the client's Program Manager, and the Worker will lead, as the Project Manager, the data cleansing, data quality and data conversion efforts from the clients’ databases to the selected RISE vendor’s application.
The Worker will have extensive knowledge of state agency pension and benefits systems for retirement systems. The data work will be an Agile project and the Worker will maintain the project artifacts and ensure release management in accordance to client's practices and methods. Worker will provide regularly scheduled progress reports and may provide presentations on the progress of the data efforts to sponsors, steering committees or client's Board of Trustees. Additionally, the Worker will ensure the completeness all data deliverables and ensure their timely delivery to the client's selected vendor. The Worker will provide feedback on any data issues and assist the client's Program Manager during these activities.
Qualifications
Minimum (Required):
Years
Skills/Experience
15
Experience with pension and benefits administration systems.
10
Ability to convey complex and highly technical information to a diverse audience; ability to work cooperatively with technical teams and business customers and ability to provide excellent customer service.
10
Experience defining and solving problems, estimating, and scheduling project deliverables, and producing project documentation.
10
Experience in data quality, data management and data reconciliation.
10
Experience reviewing, monitoring, and evaluating data related project deliverables and quality; ability to communicate project status and explain project methodology and processes to project stakeholders; ability to identify potential project risks and develop strategies to mitigate them.
10
Extensive verbal and written communication skills
10
Skill in planning and organizing work to meet goals and complete multiple assignments without compromising accuracy.
3
Experience in project management delivery.