Junior Data Project Manager

We are seeking a Junior Data Project Manager to support the planning and delivery of data and cloud-related projects. The role will work closely with business stakeholders and technical teams to coordinate project activities, track progress, manage documentation, and support successful project delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support project planning, scope definition, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate data project activities across requirements, data sourcing, ETL/ELT, testing, deployment, and handover.
• Work with business stakeholders, data engineers, analysts, data scientists, and technical teams to track project progress.
• Assist in gathering and documenting business and technical requirements.
• Track project risks, issues, dependencies, and action items, and escalate where necessary.
• Support Agile/Scrum activities such as sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Assist with data quality, validation, governance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Coordinate testing activities including data validation and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Track project schedules, resources, costs, and vendor deliverables where applicable.
• Maintain project documentation, status reports, meeting minutes, and risk/issue registers.
• Support production deployment, data migration, change management, and post-implementation activities.
• Assist in monitoring project outcomes against agreed objectives and KPIs.

Requirements:

• 5 years of experience in project coordination, technology projects, data projects, or a related environment.
• Basic understanding of data engineering, data platforms, data warehousing, analytics, or cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with GCP and/or AWS is an advantage.
• Basic knowledge of ETL/ELT, PySpark/Scala, data pipelines, metadata management, or scheduling platforms is advantageous.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum or Kanban methodologies is preferred.
• Good analytical, organisational, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills with the ability to work effectively with both business and technical teams.
• Willingness to learn and develop technical and project management capabilities.

To apply,simply click the "Apply" button or send your updated profile to recruit@percept-solutions.com

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