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Lead Project Manager – Analytics
| Company | WGU |
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| Location | Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
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| Salary | $106700 – $165400 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field
- 7 years of experience as project manager in Tech/Software Development with demonstrated experience in SDLC and Agile/Scrum
- Experience collaborating with technical specialists and leaders in executing workflows in CI/CD, MLOps, Data Engineering, Analytics Processes and Infrastructure, Data Quality, and Data Science
- Proficient in the MS Office suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and Sharepoint
- Proficient in productivity and project management tools like JIRA, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, and similar applications
- Proficient in flowchart and diagramming tools like Miro, Visio, Lucidchart, and similar applications
Responsibilities
- Owns roadmaps for cross-functional programs and initiatives of high complexity
- Organizes the day-to-day work in highly complex analytics projects, programs, and initiatives, from project inception to solution delivery
- Leads and facilitates forums like stand-up meetings, requirement discovery sessions, backlog grooming sessions, retro sessions, executive updates, steering committees, etc.
- Maintains accurate status records of tasks and activities using adequate project management tools
- Leads communications in highly complex analytics projects, programs, and initiatives
- Collaborates with IAR leaders in defining project communication standards across IAR
- Executes demand intake, triage, and other activities that lead to quick, transparent, and adequate prioritization and capacity management
- Defines and owns project and initiative backlogs and acts as the point of contact for new demand
- Proactively identifies risks to projects and initiatives, leads the identification of adequate mitigation plans
- Collaborates with IAR leaders in defining and improving project risk management practices
- Establishes strong relationships with project management experts and leaders across the university
- Creates information about processes, projects, reports, dashboards, analyses, and/or data organized, cataloged, and accessible by others
Preferred Qualifications
- Project Management certification (PMP, PMI, CAPM, SAFe, or comparable)
