Technical Project Manager
Full-Time
Remote
Not defined
14 Dec → 13 Jan
Job Description
Job Title: Technical Project Manager
Location: Chicago, IL (Remote)
Reporting to: Sr. Manager, Project Mgmt.
Estimated salary range: $95,000 to $120,000 Annually
• The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations
About Ocient
Ocient is a hyperscale data solutions company headquartered in Chicago, IL, enabling organizations to analyze trillions to quadrillions of data records in seconds. Over the past five years, Ocient has built a SQL compliant data warehouse for Petabyte and beyond datasets that is 10x to 50x times faster than competitive OLAP databases.
Position Overview
We're building a world class team with the aim of providing polished, professional, Project Management for an emerging company and product. Ocient is looking for ultimate team players who are dedicated to improving our Project Management, product, and customer experience with every interaction. The Ocient team consists of highly technical engineers and understanding the end-to-end development, sales, and delivery cycle is key to adding unique value to the organization. Our ideal Project Manager passionately understands complex software development Project Management. They are driven to lead successful projects coordinating across many participants and stakeholders, solve complex problems, and push the bounds of what is possible with performance and scale. Ocient Project Managers are self-motivated, enthusiastic leaders. They work directly with Engineering Leadership, Engineers, Testers and Product Management personnel and with every part of the internal Ocient organization.
Responsibilities:
• Working closely with Project leadership to ensure visibility of all projects and KPIs across stakeholder teams and leadership and escalate critical risks and issues
• Product release scheduling and tracking
• Creating project timelines and managing development milestones and deliverables
• Managing overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverable dates can be clearly communicated to immediate team members (Product/Engineering/QA) as well as business stakeholders
• Partnering with development team members to understand opportunities and limitations of solutions being implemented
• Managing resource and capacity planning sessions for development teams
• Planning and forecasting project state
• Using data and metrics to define business strategy and gain executive support for new visions
• Ensure adherence to the delivery process
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US
Qualifications:
• BS in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
• Overall 5+ years in a technical role
• 3+ years of project management experience or closely working with project management
• Understanding databases, data movement, and data analytics
• Excellent technical and non-technical written and oral communication in English
• Ability to drive complex projects with many moving parts to meet their target date
• Ability to lead a team without direct management responsibility for the team members
• Working knowledge of SDLC and Agile practices
• + Background working with databases on-prem, in the cloud, and running as a service
• + An understanding of SQL, database HA/DR, and database security
Our ideal candidate:
• Interested in leading complex software development projects to a successful conclusion
• Experienced with Jira and Confluence
• Interested in pushing the bounds of what’s possible in large-scale data analytics
• Love the challenge of delivering complex database features to clients
• Are a self-starter who can work projects from start to finish
• Thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments
• Like to lead teams, projects, and visions
• Experienced with a startup
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ocient is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Ocient is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Ocient, Inc. makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Location: Chicago, IL (Remote)
Reporting to: Sr. Manager, Project Mgmt.
Estimated salary range: $95,000 to $120,000 Annually
• The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations
About Ocient
Ocient is a hyperscale data solutions company headquartered in Chicago, IL, enabling organizations to analyze trillions to quadrillions of data records in seconds. Over the past five years, Ocient has built a SQL compliant data warehouse for Petabyte and beyond datasets that is 10x to 50x times faster than competitive OLAP databases.
Position Overview
We're building a world class team with the aim of providing polished, professional, Project Management for an emerging company and product. Ocient is looking for ultimate team players who are dedicated to improving our Project Management, product, and customer experience with every interaction. The Ocient team consists of highly technical engineers and understanding the end-to-end development, sales, and delivery cycle is key to adding unique value to the organization. Our ideal Project Manager passionately understands complex software development Project Management. They are driven to lead successful projects coordinating across many participants and stakeholders, solve complex problems, and push the bounds of what is possible with performance and scale. Ocient Project Managers are self-motivated, enthusiastic leaders. They work directly with Engineering Leadership, Engineers, Testers and Product Management personnel and with every part of the internal Ocient organization.
Responsibilities:
• Working closely with Project leadership to ensure visibility of all projects and KPIs across stakeholder teams and leadership and escalate critical risks and issues
• Product release scheduling and tracking
• Creating project timelines and managing development milestones and deliverables
• Managing overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverable dates can be clearly communicated to immediate team members (Product/Engineering/QA) as well as business stakeholders
• Partnering with development team members to understand opportunities and limitations of solutions being implemented
• Managing resource and capacity planning sessions for development teams
• Planning and forecasting project state
• Using data and metrics to define business strategy and gain executive support for new visions
• Ensure adherence to the delivery process
• Must be legally authorized to work in the US
Qualifications:
• BS in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
• Overall 5+ years in a technical role
• 3+ years of project management experience or closely working with project management
• Understanding databases, data movement, and data analytics
• Excellent technical and non-technical written and oral communication in English
• Ability to drive complex projects with many moving parts to meet their target date
• Ability to lead a team without direct management responsibility for the team members
• Working knowledge of SDLC and Agile practices
• + Background working with databases on-prem, in the cloud, and running as a service
• + An understanding of SQL, database HA/DR, and database security
Our ideal candidate:
• Interested in leading complex software development projects to a successful conclusion
• Experienced with Jira and Confluence
• Interested in pushing the bounds of what’s possible in large-scale data analytics
• Love the challenge of delivering complex database features to clients
• Are a self-starter who can work projects from start to finish
• Thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments
• Like to lead teams, projects, and visions
• Experienced with a startup
Equal Opportunity Employer
Ocient is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. Ocient is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process.
This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Ocient, Inc. makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
Job Responsibilities
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They work directly with Engineering Leadership, Engineers, Testers and Product Management personnel and with every part of the internal Ocient organization
-
Working closely with Project leadership to ensure visibility of all projects and KPIs across stakeholder teams and leadership and escalate critical risks and issues
-
Product release scheduling and tracking
-
Creating project timelines and managing development milestones and deliverables
-
Managing overall project organization to ensure requirements and project deliverable dates can be clearly communicated to immediate team members (Product/Engineering/QA) as well as business stakeholders
-
Partnering with development team members to understand opportunities and limitations of solutions being implemented
-
Managing resource and capacity planning sessions for development teams
-
Planning and forecasting project state
-
Using data and metrics to define business strategy and gain executive support for new visions
-
Ensure adherence to the delivery process
-
Must be legally authorized to work in the US
Requirements / Qualifications
- BS in computer science, computer engineering, or related technical field
- Overall 5+ years in a technical role
- 3+ years of project management experience or closely working with project management
- Understanding databases, data movement, and data analytics
- Excellent technical and non-technical written and oral communication in English
- Ability to drive complex projects with many moving parts to meet their target date
- Ability to lead a team without direct management responsibility for the team members
- Working knowledge of SDLC and Agile practices
- + Background working with databases on-prem, in the cloud, and running as a service
- + An understanding of SQL, database HA/DR, and database security
- Interested in leading complex software development projects to a successful conclusion
- Experienced with Jira and Confluence
- Interested in pushing the bounds of what’s possible in large-scale data analytics
- Love the challenge of delivering complex database features to clients
- Are a self-starter who can work projects from start to finish
- Thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments
- Like to lead teams, projects, and visions
- Experienced with a startup
Benefits/What We offer
- Estimated salary range: $95,000 to $120,000 Annually
- The salary offered for this position will be based on a candidate’s experience and skill demonstrated during interviews and other evaluations