Azure Data Engineering Manager

Azure Data Engineering Manager - Data & Analytics
Experience: 10+ Years
Work Location: Offshore – Hyderabad, India
Notice Period: Immediate joiners preferred
Employment Type: Full-Time

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with a strong background in Data & Analytics projects to lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise data initiatives. The ideal candidate should possess excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, along with hands-on experience managing data engineering, BI, analytics, cloud, and reporting projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Data & Analytics projects, ensuring adherence to scope, timelines, budget, and quality objectives.
• Manage project planning, execution, governance, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams including Data Engineers, BI Developers, Architects, Business Analysts, and client stakeholders.
• Drive requirements gathering, project estimation, sprint planning, and release management activities.
• Monitor project health through regular status reviews, RAID management, and executive reporting.
• Ensure successful delivery of data integration, data migration, reporting, analytics, and cloud-based data platform initiatives.
• Facilitate communication between business and technical teams to ensure alignment on project goals and deliverables.
• Manage customer expectations and proactively address delivery challenges.
• Support resource planning, utilization management, and team performance tracking.
• Ensure adherence to delivery best practices, governance processes, and quality standards.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of overall IT experience with 4+ years in Project Management roles.
• Proven experience managing Data Engineering, Data Warehousing, BI, Analytics, or Cloud Data Platform projects.

• Strong understanding of modern data platforms such as:

• Azure Data Factory
• Azure Databricks
• Microsoft Fabric
• Azure Synapse Analytics

• Power BI

• Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in project planning tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, or similar.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing Azure-based Data & AI projects.
• Exposure to Microsoft Fabric, AI, and Analytics transformation initiatives.
• Nice to have - PMP, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification.

Desired Soft Skills

• Excellent leadership and team coordination capabilities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Executive-level communication and presentation skills.
• Proactive, ownership-driven, and customer-focused mindset.
• Ability to work effectively with distributed and global teams.

Success Measures

• On-time and on-budget project delivery.
• High customer satisfaction and stakeholder confidence.
• Effective risk and dependency management.
• Strong team engagement and delivery governance.
• Successful execution of Data & Analytics transformation initiatives.

Notice Period

• Immediate joiners are highly preferred.