Data Project Manager

UE provides liability insurance and risk management services to K-12 schools, colleges, and universities nationwide. UE is owned by a large and diverse membership. With over 37 years serving education, we bring deep expertise to our members and focus on delivering an experience that leaves them feeling confident that we understand their needs and offer insights and solutions suited for their unique challenges. These sentiments are echoed in our culture, where we believe that building on and embracing our unique differences and perspectives enables us to better serve our members and fulfill UE’s mission.

The Data Project Manager oversees the planning, execution, and successful delivery of data-driven projects. Serving as the bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders, this role ensures alignment on project scope, timely completion, and adherence to quality standards. By effectively managing the development and maintenance of data pipelines, storage solutions, and analytics tools, the Data Project Manager plays a critical role in driving efficient and impactful data solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Scope and Requirements Management: Define and control project scope to align with stakeholder needs, ensuring clear objectives while preventing scope creep.
• Scheduling and Timeline Oversight: Develop and manage project schedules to ensure milestones and deliverables are completed on time.
• Budget and Cost Optimization: Monitor and manage project expenses to maintain budgetary compliance while maximizing resource efficiency.
• Risk Identification and Mitigation: Proactively identify, assess, and address potential risks to safeguard project success.
• Stakeholder Communication and Management: Collaborate with business units, data scientists, and engineers to gather and prioritize requirements, translate business needs into technical specifications and actionable tasks, and ensure alignment on project goals and outcomes.
• Budget and Resource Management: Effectively allocate resources across projects to maximize efficiency while monitoring expenditures to ensure alignment with budgetary constraints.
• Technical Oversight and Guidance: Oversee the design and implementation of scalable data pipelines, ETL processes, and data infrastructure while collaborating with engineering teams to ensure adherence to data quality, security, and performance standards.
• Leadership and Management: Develop comprehensive project plans and lead cross-functional teams, including data engineers, analysts to drive collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Data Management and Quality Assurance: Oversee testing and validation of data pipelines and infrastructure for accuracy and reliability and maintain data consistency and reliability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Performance Monitoring and Reporting: Monitor project performance using key metrics and provide stakeholders with regular progress updates.
• Compliance and Security Management: Ensure data integrity, security, and quality by enforcing governance frameworks and regulatory compliance with standards.

Minimum Requirements:

• PMP Certification
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Data Engineering or related field
• 5-7 years of experience in project management with 3-4 years of experience in data engineering or a related field
• Strong knowledge of data pipelines, ETL processes, data storage solutions and SQL server
• Proficiency with cloud platforms, data marts, data modelling and big data technologies
• Familiarity with programming languages SQL, Java, Python
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile methodologies and tools like JIRA, MS Project, Asana
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills; Strong written and oral communication skills
• Demonstrates adaptability to shifting priorities, demands, and timelines by leveraging strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Requirements:

• Advanced degree in Engineering or related field
• Experience Managing enterprise ETL, and data warehouse projects
• Prior insurance experience

Benefits:

• Health Insurance — We offer subsidized plan options with an optional pre-tax Health Savings Account (HSA), including an annual employer contribution and investment options. The plans offer a prescription benefit and telehealth.
• Dental Insurance — Two plan levels are available, depending on needs.
• Vision Insurance —We offer in- and out-of-network options; Lasik discounts are available.
• 401(k) — UE makes a 3% safe harbor non-elective contribution beginning the first of the month after date of hire; these funds are vested immediately. After one year of service, employees receive a 7% profit sharing non-elective contribution, as well as become eligible for a matched contribution of 25% of the first 5% employee deferral. Employees can make pre-tax contributions or taxed (Roth) salary reductions. Catch-up contributions for employees 50 years old and over. Employer contributions are fully vested three years from eligibility date.
• Life Insurance — UE pays for Basic Life Insurance, and employees have the option to apply for additional Voluntary coverage.
• Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance — We offer coverage in the event employees are unable to work for a period of time.
• For the first two years of employment, employees accrue PTO at 24 days per year. At the beginning of the third year of service, employees accrue 30 days per year of PTO.
• 11 paid holidays annually including Juneteenth and an employee choice floating holiday
• Bonus eligibility is based on salary earned and performance for the year.
• Hybrid environment - employees are typically in the office 2-3 days per week after the initial training period.
• Support for individual growth through sabbaticals, leadership development, mentoring, and tuition assistance
• Inclusive and supportive culture that embraces diversity and provides opportunities for all to succeed
• Monthly lunches and various social events throughout the year
• Opportunities to join the Social Committee, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), and Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity Alliance (IDEA)

The below annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

Salary Range: $125,000 USD - $145,000 USD