Project Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 9, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 9, 2026.
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead complex enterprise data modernization, cloud migration, and data engineering programs.
The Project Manager will be responsible for end-to-end project planning and execution, governance, resource coordination, RAID management, financial tracking, stakeholder communication, milestone management, change control, and delivery reporting.
The role will coordinate cross-functional teams including Data/BI Architects, Data Engineers, Data Modelers, Oracle DBA/CDC specialists, GCP Platform Engineers, Data Governance, QA/Test Automation teams, and business stakeholders.
For the program structure we've been building, I recommend emphasizing program planning, RAID management, governance, change control, milestone management, status reporting, and migration-wave coordination.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities 1. Project Planning & Delivery Management Own end-to-end planning and execution of the data modernization program. Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering discovery, design, build, testing, migration, cutover, hypercare, and handover. Define milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and acceptance criteria. Track progress against approved schedule and scope. Coordinate delivery across onshore/offshore and cross-functional technical teams. Manage competing priorities and critical-path dependencies. 2. Data Migration & Modernization Management Coordinate end-to-end delivery of Oracle-to-GCP data migration and modernization activities. Manage migration waves from discovery and source readiness through deployment and validation. Coordinate activities across: Oracle/source systems CDC/replication GCP platform BigQuery Data engineering Data modeling Data governance Testing and reconciliation Facilitate readiness reviews before migration waves and production cutover. 3. Governance & Status Reporting Establish and manage appropriate project governance mechanisms. Conduct regular project status reviews and governance meetings. Prepare executive-level delivery dashboards and status reports. Track: Schedule Scope Milestones RAID items Dependencies Resource status Financials Quality Key decisions Provide clear visibility of delivery health to customer and internal leadership. 4. RAID Management Maintain and actively manage the Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies (RAID) register. Identify delivery risks proactively. Define mitigation and contingency actions. Assign owners and track items through closure. Manage cross-team dependencies. Escalate critical risks and blockers through appropriate governance channels. Track key project assumptions and validate them as discovery progresses. 5. Scope & Change Control Establish and maintain the approved project scope baseline. Work with Business Analysts and technical leads to assess proposed scope changes. Coordinate impact analysis across: Schedule Effort Resources Cost Architecture Testing Manage formal change-control processes. Ensure approved changes are reflected in project plans and delivery commitments. 6. Milestone & Deliverable Management Establish measurable project milestones and deliverables. Track deliverable completion and acceptance. Coordinate milestone reviews with customer stakeholders. Maintain traceability between contractual/project commitments and delivery status. Track dependencies and corrective actions for at-risk milestones. 7. Resource & Capacity Management Develop and maintain the project resource plan. Coordinate ramp-up and ramp-down across project phases. Track resource allocation, utilization, and capacity. Identify skill or capacity gaps and coordinate remediation. Manage onboarding/offboarding and knowledge-transfer dependencies. Coordinate specialist/product-team participation where required. 8. Financial & Commercial Management Depending on the engagement model, responsibilities may include: Track project effort and budget consumption. Monitor actuals against approved forecasts. Manage financial risks and variances. Support billing and milestone-acceptance processes. Work with commercial teams on change requests and commercial impacts. Track third-party/tool/licensing dependencies where applicable. 9. Stakeholder Management Act as the primary delivery-management interface across: Customer stakeholders Business SMEs Data / BI Architect Business Analysts Data Engineers Data Modelers Oracle DBA / CDC specialists GCP Platform Engineers Data Governance Engineers QA / Test Automation teams Product/accelerator teams Security and infrastructure teams Facilitate communication, decision-making, escalation, and alignment across these groups. 10. Testing, Migration & Cutover Governance Coordinate SIT, UAT, data reconciliation, and migration-readiness activities. Monitor defect and reconciliation status befor