Project Manager - Data Platform, AVP

Job Title: Project Manager - Data Platform, AVP

Location: Pune, India

Corporate Title: AVP

Role Description

DWS’s data infrastructure team provides the secure, scalable and trustworthy foundation for storing, processing and distributing critical enterprise data. As Project Manager you’ll be responsible for delivery and coordination of projects which enable the organization to leverage data for better decision making and emerging use cases. You’ll be the key liaison between business stakeholders and engineers and take part in defining the product vision and roadmap together with your team.

What we’ll offer you

As part of our flexible scheme, here are just some of the benefits that you’ll enjoy

• Best in class leave policy
• Gender neutral parental leaves
• 100% reimbursement under childcare assistance benefit (gender neutral)
• Sponsorship for Industry relevant certifications and education
• Employee Assistance Program for you and your family members
• Comprehensive Hospitalization Insurance for you and your dependents
• Accident and Term life Insurance
• Complementary Health screening for 35 yrs. and above

Your key responsibilities

• Manage delivery of new and migration of DWS IT infrastructure and environments. This will include ensuring that the project is correctly specified, delivered on time, meets business & technical requirements and is within the agreed budget
• To establish and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders. This will include technical, operational
• To understand high-level technical architecture and be able to facilitate debate and drive decisions on appropriate solutions
• To contribute infrastructure projects to the overall portfolio and delivery
• To ensure that operational workflow requirements are produced to standard in a timely manner
• To be responsible for the project administration and the production of project documentation, e.g. project plans
• To monitor and manage the project processes and ensure that any elements which fail in the workflow are remedied
• To track progress against milestones, deadlines and budget 
• To report on these items to key stakeholders and to provide dependency
• To anticipate, manage and resolve issues and act as the point of contact for the project
• To use best practice risk management, assessing risks in an informed and considered manner and to plan for the mitigation of these risks
• To run in-house projects on a day-to-day basis and take responsibility for their delivery using agile and more formal techniques as appropriate

Your skills and experience

• 7+ years as a product owner, technical product manager or similar role in a data-centric environment
• Strong understanding of the modern data stack, including data platforms such as GCP BigQuery, Snowflake or Databricks
• Experience in working with infrastructure/platform teams in an enterprise environment
• Knowledge of data governance, security and the regulatory environment in financial services
• Ability to compile detailed product specifications, interface definitions, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical teams
• Strong problem-solving skills, strategic thinking and attention to detail
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Coaching and support from experts in your team
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us and our teams

Please visit our company website for further information:

https://www.db.com/company/company.html

We at DWS are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, one that embraces dialogue and diverse views, and treats everyone fairly to drive a high-performance culture. The value we create for our clients and investors is based on our ability to bring together various perspectives from all over the world and from different backgrounds. It is our experience that teams perform better and deliver improved outcomes when they are able to incorporate a wide range of perspectives. We call this #ConnectingTheDots.