15+ years of experience managing high-visibility, high-complexity programs and demonstrates strong executive presence, rigorous delivery discipline, and the ability to operate with speed and transparency. This role requires a results-oriented leader who maintains focus on milestones, enforces accountability, and ensures commitments translate into measurable outcomes.
Your Assignment at a Glance
Program & Portfolio Leadership
- Lead and govern multiple data-related workstreams within the Data Roadmap.
- Establish and maintain integrated program plans covering scope, schedules, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and risks.
- Ensure alignment between business objectives, technology execution, and vendor commitments.
- Maintain strict control of scope to prevent unmanaged expansion or timeline slippage.
- Proactively identify risks, escalate issues, and drive resolution without delay.
Schedule & Deliverables Management
- Own end-to-end program schedule management and critical path tracking.
- Enforce milestone discipline and ensure on-time delivery across all streams.
- Maintain structured reporting on progress, KPIs, risks, and financials.
- Conduct regular cadence reviews to ensure deliverables remain on track.
- Prevent deadline erosion through rigorous follow-up and action tracking.
Vendor & Contract Management
- Oversee vendor performance across multiple contracts and statements of work.
- Lead negotiations related to scope, cost, deliverables, timelines, and change orders.
- Hold vendors accountable to contractual commitments and performance metrics.
- Identify underperformance quickly and take corrective action decisively.
- Ensure commercial and delivery alignment across all third-party partners.
Governance & Reporting
- Provide clear, concise executive-level status reporting.
- Communicate program health, trade-offs, risks, and decision points transparently.
- Maintain documentation standards and governance artifacts.
- Ensure cross-functional alignment across business, data, and technology teams.
Execution Discipline
- Drive a high-velocity, execution-focused culture
- Challenge assumptions and surface unrealistic timelines or commitments.
- Call out ambiguity or unsupported claims; ensure facts support decisions.
- Maintain relentless focus on outcomes over activity.
- Estimated length of contract - 6 months
What We Need From You
- 15+ years of progressive experience leading large-scale, complex enterprise programs with cross-functional impact.
- Preference for candidates who have led end-to-end Data & Analytics programs built on Databricks, Denodo, Tableau as part of the core platform architecture.
- Working knowledge of these platforms sufficient to engage credibly in architectural discussions, sustain informed technical dialogue, and challenge solution approaches when necessary.
- Proven track record managing multi-million-dollar portfolios with full accountability for scope, schedule, budget, and outcomes.
- Deep experience in vendor governance, contract negotiation, commercial management, and performance enforcement.
- Demonstrated expertise in integrated program planning, critical path management, milestone tracking, and deadline discipline.
- Experience leading enterprise Data, Analytics, or technology transformation initiatives.
- Strong ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, high-visibility environments with executive-level stakeholders.
- Solid financial acumen, including budget oversight, cost control, and vendor financial management.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into scalable data platform capabilities, ensuring alignment with long-term architecture, governance, and performance objectives.
Pay: $90.00 - $100.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- Experience with Databricks, Denodo, Tableau?
Experience:
- • SAP Data Business Warehouse experience or knowledge:: 2 years (Required)
Location:
- Houston, TX 77015 (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Houston, TX 77015 (Required)
Work Location: In person
