Technical Program Manager – Data Engineering / Data Platforms

VS2 Technology is seeking a Technical Program Manager focused on data engineering and data platforms. The role will lead large-scale data platform migration programs, manage multiple engineering teams and workstreams, coordinate technical and business stakeholders, and oversee roadmaps, dependencies, risks, cutover, and executive reporting.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a large-scale data platform migration program from planning through completion
• Manage multiple data engineering teams and parallel workstreams
• Build and maintain program roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues
• Coordinate engineering, data governance, analytics, and business stakeholders
• Drive execution of phased data migration initiatives
• Partner with engineering leadership on technical dependencies and delivery constraints
• Manage cutover, transition, and change-management activities
• Provide executive-level reporting on program health, risks, issues, and dependencies
• Drive accountability across teams through influence rather than direct authority
• Facilitate technical and cross-functional discussions and drive decisions to closure

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate has managed technical programs involving data engineering, data platforms, data migrations, data pipelines, data warehouses, analytics platforms, or data transformation
• You do not need to be a developer or write code. However, you must be technically fluent enough to:
• • Work directly with data engineers
• • Understand data engineering terminology and concepts
• • Discuss data pipelines, data platforms, dependencies, schemas, and migrations
• • Understand cloud data warehouse environments
• • Follow technical architecture and engineering discussions
• • Identify technical risks and dependencies
• • Translate technical issues into clear business and executive-level communication
• ✅ Direct experience managing programs/projects involving data engineering teams
• ✅ Experience with data platforms or data platform migrations
• ✅ Understanding of modern data architecture and data engineering concepts
• ✅ Experience with data warehouses, data pipelines, data transformation, analytics, or related data technologies
• ✅ Experience working with cloud data platforms
• ✅ Ability to communicate effectively with data engineers and technical leadership
• ✅ Strong program/project management experience across multiple teams
• ✅ Experience presenting to senior and executive stakeholders
• • Experience with cloud data warehouses
• • Experience with dbt or similar data transformation technologies
• • Data migration / platform modernization experience
• • Data governance experience
• • Analytics/data product experience
• • Legacy data platform retirement
• • Agile delivery experience
• • PMP, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent certification