Data Project Manager
Date: Aug 28, 2024
Location: Dhaka, BD, 1212 BD
Company: Optimizely
At Optimizely, we're on a mission to help people unlock their digital potential. We do that by reinventing how marketing and product teams work to create and optimize digital experiences across all channels. With Optimizely One, our industry-first operating system for marketers, we offer teams flexibility and choice to build their stack their way with our fully SaaS, fully decoupled, and highly composable solution.
We are proud to help more than 10,000 businesses, including H&M, PayPal, Zoom, and Toyota, enrich their customer lifetime value, increase revenue and grow their brands. Our innovation and excellence have earned us numerous recognitions as a leader by industry analysts such as Gartner, Forrester, and IDC, reinforcing our role as a trailblazer in MarTech.
At our core, we believe work is about more than just numbers -- it's about the people. Our culture is dynamic and constantly evolving, shaped by every employee, their actions and their stories. With over 1500 Optimizers spread across 12 global locations, our diverse team embodies the "One Optimizely" spirit, emphasizing collaboration and continuous improvement, while fostering a culture where every voice is heard and valued.
Join us and become part of a company that's empowering people to unlock their digital potential!
Introduction
The Data Project Manager will manage a number of high priority data projects, work closely with other project and programme managers and execute plans for our core Data Services Team. They will apply their expertise
and experience with establishing, building and delivering complex data driven projects to deliver capability to the Optimizely business following agreed methodologies and applying appropriate standards and controls. The Data project Manager will work closely with key business stakeholders in order to capture new opportunities and translate these into projects with agreed objectives and deliverables.
Job Responsibilities
- 'Set up and delivery of end-to-end data focused projects & products
- Creating and owning key project artifacts including control and decision documents and project plans
- Working closely with key stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure they are appropriately and effectively engaged
- Support the Data Services Team and the VP of Data Services to build out appropriate project plans and roadmaps
- Assisting the Data Services Team with the build of crucial reporting and communication tools and associated metrics to support key business areas
Knowledge and Experience
- Experience building and delivering high priority, data focused projects from initiation to deployment
- Experience in delivering end to end data transformation programmes.
- Exceptional presentation, verbal, and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex ideas in easy-to-understand business terms to all levels of management and cultures including business analysts, technical resources, and business executive leadership
- Exceptional ability to effectively, and independently, manage multiple competing priorities with high attention to detail; requires strong organizational, planning and time management skills
- Exceptional analytical ability to quickly gather facts, understand the business requirement/scenario and enable the resolution in collaboration with the Project Team
- Exceptional ability to lead and work under pressure; independently make decisions at the project team level and properly escalate those decisions that cannot be resolved on a timely basis
- Preferred 3+ years’ experience in end-to-end data focused project management
- A strong appreciation of key technology applications including Salesforce and NetSuite
- Experienced in working closely with key stakeholders to help translate requirements into deliverables and agreed outcomes
- Risk management and planning management
- Full lifecycle project management experience
- Highly organized and detail-oriented with a proven ability to multi-task
- The ability to think creatively and proactively in order to identify and drive opportunities for innovation
- Understanding of data architecture principles
- Self-starter, consistent performer, flexible to change, positive attitude
- Exceptional verbal and written English communication (besides native language)
- Exceptional proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.)
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
- Qualified in a relevant discipline including:
- Project Management, programme management and or data science
Our new, cutting-edge office space in Dhaka is a testament to our dedication to enhancing your work experience. This state-of-the-art workspace features open workstations, a fully equipped kitchen, a nap room for relaxation, a tranquil zen garden, and an entertaining area, all designed to provide you with the ideal environment to thrive and grow.
As part of our commitment to you, here are other benefits and perks you can expect:
- Best-in-class compensation plans
- Two annual festival bonuses
- Recognition and rewards programs
- Paid Maternity (4 months) & Paternity Leave (12 weeks)
- Flexible vacations days and working hours
- Annual Work/Service Anniversary Leave
- Comprehensive medical & life insurance for you and your dependants
- Volunteering opportunities to make a difference
- Chance to work alongside our incredible global team
- Monthly and quarterly regional and global team-building events
- Communal transport facilities inside Dhaka to and from the office
- Free catered lunch every day
- An agile performance review process that encourages ongoing transparency between managers and direct reports
- Enablement program and soft skill training to support internal career growth and development
At Optimizely, our standardized language is English, and it is crucial to have good English communication skills to be successful in your global role. All our external and cross-location communication is done in US English (en-us), but internally you can speak in whichever native language you most identify with.
Optimizely is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Optimizely is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.