Project Manager, Video Data Analytics

Company Profile  

At Sand Cherry Associates, we excel in the design and delivery of strategic customer-centric initiatives through digitally native, data-empowered solutions.  Our client’s confidence in us is centered on exceptionally skilled, high-energy talent working with the support of the full Sand Cherry team.  Finding the right match for this role is a critical aspect of continuing that success.   

Overview  

This role is responsible for planning, managing, and overseeing the successful launch and successful adoption of several new tools to be used by a large set of cross-functional, technically minded employees. Responsible for establishing/building, tracking, maintaining and proactively fixing/improving relevant systems, process flows, dashboards, reports, end user instructions, training and adoption efforts, project communications, and the budget/forecast, to communicate and optimize project success. This position is remote.   

Responsibilities  

• Manages the entire project lifecycle from project definition through implementation.   

• Manages multiple projects and programs and orchestrates the results to achieve a broad program goal. 

• Aligns project delivery with broader strategic initiatives and goals.  

• Accountable for meeting agreed upon scope, cost, schedule and quality measures.  

• Ensure that governance controls are in place.   

• Develops project plan and drives project milestones.  
• Coaches project owners on gathering and writing initial requirements

• Establishes effective communication plan with project team and key stakeholders.  

• Provides day-to-day direction to project resources.  

• Identify, track and report program KPIs to assess impact  

• Coordinate, manage and monitor workflow of the cross-functional teams 

• Provide and perform quality assurance checks on project artifacts and deliverables 

• Facilitate and lead project meetings and discussions with stakeholders at all levels 

• Create appropriate documentation to communicate program status/risks/needs 
• Develops and delivers training sessions on process for moving tickets through development cycle

• Consistently exercise informed judgment and discretion in matters of significance.  
• Maintains project intake queue for reviewing project requirements and determining impacted development teams
• Utilizes multiple data sets to provide meaningful analyses on enterprise efficiency and impact of initiatives
• Transforms raw data by cleaning, joining, aggregating and implementing business logic

Candidates must have strong experience in project or program management, process optimization, executive level communications, and KPI analysis and reporting gained through managing large and complex projects. Candidates must have the following: 

• Minimum of 5-7 years of project and/or program management expertise  

• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience building project budgets/forecasts and KPIs, and analyzing processes to identify areas of optimization and improvement 
• 2 - 5 years of experience with training delivery

• Strong knowledge of project and program management methodology and techniques 
• Working knowledge of various software development methodologies, especially basic SDLC

• Ability to work positively with the wide range of individuals 

• Strong leadership, stakeholder, and management skills, coupled with ability to individually contribute all duties and responsibilities outlined here 

• Superior oral and written communication skills with ability to build project assets  

• Excellent oral and written communications, interpersonal, negotiation, project planning, judgment, leadership, decision-making, analysis and problem-solving skills. 
• Comfortable facilitating large meetings and driving agendas

• Proven experience with Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, Visio, JQL, etc.  
• Ability to analyze multiple data sets to provide operational insights to leadership
• Intermediate data transformation with Tableau Prep, Alteryx, or SQL
• Intermediate proficiency with Tableau or other data visualization tools

• Strong analytics and reporting skills 

• Ability to find innovative ways to resolve problems 

• Ability to process information quickly and present it in a succinct and insightful format suitable for executives 

Education & Certifications 

• Bachelor’s degree required preferably in Business, IT, Computer Science, or Finance 

• PMP certification is helpful 

Compensation

Sand Cherry Associates based in Denver, CO is required by state law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range takes into account a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and delivery model. This is a long term consulting engagement, with a yearly salary range of $100,000 - $120,000. Years of experience, level of education, geographic location, unique skills/qualifications for the specific role and potential certifications can be key factors in the final compensation for this role.

Our team is unique — we are passionate about what we do. At Sand Cherry, our Consultants know they are impacting and shaping our clients’ industries. We recognize our employees for their contributions. Our culture is one of the most friendly and communicative in the consulting industry. Sand Cherry is not a top-heavy organization. We offer the opportunity to be part of a digital workforce. Discover the experience that only comes with self-responsibility in the workplace. Our team members manage their own workloads and are expected to deliver exceptional work for our clients. Professional career growth is one of our main priorities, as we affirm that investing in our Consultants and empowering our people will also deliver the best results and value for our clients.