Data Warehouse Project Manager

About the role

A contract Data Warehouse Project Manager is sought in Nairobi, Kenya, to plan, execute, monitor and close data and technology initiatives across several concurrent projects covering data engineering, business intelligence/analytics and application or UI/UX development. The role coordinates scope, schedule, budget, vendors and cross-functional technical resources, and drives governance, risk management, compliance, stakeholder communication and executive reporting.

Key responsibilities

• Project management and business analysis: develop detailed project plans, coordinate resources and dependencies, assign and track work for data engineers, BI/Power BI developers and UI/UX developers, and run workshops and process-improvement sessions.
• Risk, governance and compliance: recommend strategies and policies, maintain a RAID log with weekly updates, escalate material risks, and ensure compliance with donor reporting standards and data-privacy regulations such as GDPR and HIPAA.
• Stakeholder communication and change management: run a communication plan, control scope, quality and change, and communicate progress through dashboards, reports and executive presentations.
• Reporting and documentation: produce charters, roadmaps, BRDs, specifications and test strategies, run weekly, monthly and quarterly reports, maintain a knowledge repository, and prepare closure reports and handover packages.
• Vendor management, testing and delivery oversight: oversee vendor contracts and SLAs, lead testing strategy and UAT sign-off, manage budgets and resources across projects, and drive project closure and transition.

Required profile

• 5+ years of proven project management experience, ideally on data platform, BI/analytics or technology-implementation projects, delivering multiple concurrent projects on time and within budget.
• Experience coordinating multi-disciplinary technical resources, including people who are not direct reports.
• Experience with project governance, risk management, vendor contracts and SLAs.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills with technical teams and senior leadership.

Required skills

• Business analysis: BRDs, functional and technical specifications, test strategies.
• RAID logs, steering committees and risk escalation.
• Testing and UAT processes.
• Working knowledge of data-privacy and compliance (GDPR, HIPAA or equivalent).