Tags: Governance, Risk Tracking
Role Title: Data Project Manager
Employer: Leading Professional Services Firm
Required Experience: 6+ Years
Location: Pan India
Date published: 17 July 2026
A Leading Professional Services Firm is seeking a strategic Data Project Manager to direct complex data delivery operations and technology frameworks. In this high-visibility project leadership role, you will take absolute responsibility for managing end-to-end data analytics and corporate messaging initiatives. Furthermore, you will serve as a critical bridge connecting business squads, technology teams, analytics experts, and machine learning verticals. Consequently, this position is vital for enforcing project governance compliance and steering cross-functional programs across multiple geographies.
The Data Project Manager must combine disciplined project tracking methodologies with a solid understanding of data analytics and artificial intelligence technologies. Additionally, you will maintain clear accountability over risk logging, milestone tracking, and dependency management portfolios while leading high-performing global teams. Therefore, the firm is looking for an organized strategist who facilitates executive review meetings and communicates technical progress clearly to senior stakeholders. If you want to steer advanced data transformation initiatives, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage end-to-end delivery tracking, operational workflows, and project execution paths for Data and Messaging initiatives.
- Lead corporate project governance meetings, cross-functional delivery alignment sessions, and strategic project reviews.
- Identify, track, and mitigate project risks, inter-team dependencies, project blockers, and critical path milestones.
- Compile precise executive summaries and provide concise, data-driven status updates directly to senior stakeholders.
- Coordinate workflows between core business headers, software engineering units, analytics specialists, and AI development squads.
- Direct and mentor cross-functional global delivery teams operating across distributed geographical networks.
- Enforce absolute project alignment with enterprise delivery methodologies, governance metrics, and data control gates.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Technology, Data Science, or a related quantitative branch.
- 6+ Years of successful professional experience operating as an IT Project Manager, Program Manager, or Delivery Lead.
- Proven core expertise managing data analytics engineering, business intelligence, or enterprise messaging projects.
- Demonstrated background leading cross-functional global teams, chairing governance boards, and engaging senior executives.
- Superb written and verbal communication mechanics, relationship-building traits, and project documentation skills.