What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technical Project Manager position at Cogent Data Solutions Llc?
Title: Senior Technical Project Manager (Data Engineering & AI)
Location: Austin, Texas
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Type: Contract
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of data engineering, cloud, and AI-related projects.
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, and resource allocation.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, including data engineers, architects, developers, analysts, and business stakeholders.
- Facilitate requirements gathering, project planning, and status reporting.
- Monitor project milestones, dependencies, and deliverables to ensure on-time execution.
- Support AI adoption and digital transformation initiatives across the organization.
- Ensure compliance with SDLC, governance, security, and organizational standards.
- Communicate project progress, risks, and recommendations to leadership and executive stakeholders.
- Bachelor''s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
- Technical Project Management experience in enterprise IT environments.
- Active PMP certification (required).
- Experience delivering data engineering, analytics, cloud, or enterprise platform projects.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
- Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, or Smartsheet.
- Working knowledge of SQL, data warehousing, data pipelines, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).
- Excellent communication, leadership, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
- Experience supporting AI/ML or digital transformation programs.
- Healthcare industry experience, including familiarity with FHIR, HL7, or CCDA.
- Knowledge of data governance, enterprise architecture, and compliance practices.
- Additional certifications such as PgMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, TOGAF, or cloud certifications (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).