Data & Analytics Project Manager

Data and Analytics Project Manager

• Start date – 1st of September
• £600 per day – Inside IR35
• Site address – Stevenage in Hertfordshire (min. once a week)

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and delivery of a Microsoft Fabric / Power BI data platform, ensuring scope, timelines, budget and quality are controlled through to completion.
• Manage delivery of the end-to-end reporting pipeline from Salesforce into the Fabric-based data platform (ingestion, modelling/semantic layer alignment, refresh and reporting readiness).
• Manage a CRM (e.g., Zoho) to Salesforce data migration including data mapping, cleansing, migration planning, cutover approach, reconciliation and business sign-off.
• Drive project structure, governance, RAID, decision logs and clear reporting (Programme/working groups), ensuring escalation routes are effective.
• Build and manage detailed integrated plans, schedules, dependencies and critical milestones across internal teams and third‑party partners (Confidence using Microsoft Azure DevOps Boards a bonus)
• Navigate complex stakeholder groups, align technical and business priorities, and influence outcomes to maintain pace and delivery focus.
• Oversee service readiness and transition to BAU, including operational handover, support model, runbooks and knowledge transfer.

Skills and Experience (Priority Order)

• Extensive experience delivering data and analytics programmes/projects (data platforms, BI/reporting, integration and migration).
• Strong technical project management capability: able to plan and govern data-heavy workstreams and manage delivery across specialists/suppliers.
• Proven experience with Microsoft Fabric and Power BI delivery (or Azure Data & Analytics with strong Fabric exposure).
• Experience delivering data ingestion/integration from SaaS platforms (ideally Salesforce) into a modern data platform, including orchestration and refresh management.
• Strong understanding of Salesforce data structures and reporting requirements; experience managing Salesforce-related data pipelines is highly desirable.
• Demonstrable experience leading CRM (e.g., Zoho) to Salesforce data migrations, including cutover planning and data reconciliation/validation.
• Excellent stakeholder management experience, including complex and senior stakeholder interactions; strong collaboration and influencing skills.
• Strong risk/issue/dependency management with clear escalation and change control practices.
• Degree or equivalent; professional qualification advantageous (PRINCE2/AgilePM and/or strong Agile delivery experience).
• Financial/corporate reporting experience is advantageous (nice to have rather than essential).

We are committed to ensuring that all job applicants are treated equally, without discrimination because of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.

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