Project Manager - Data & Technology (ETL / Cloud)

About the role

A contract Project Manager position based in Nairobi, Kenya (remote), until June 2027. The role plans, executes, monitors and delivers data and technology initiatives, with a focus on ETL pipelines, data integration, data warehousing and cloud platforms such as AWS or Microsoft Azure. It involves managing several concurrent projects and coordinating cross-functional technical teams.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and deliver data and technology projects (ETL, data integration, migration, data warehousing, BI/Analytics, cloud), including project plans, roadmaps, KPIs and progress tracking
• Coordinate ETL developers, data engineers, BI developers, cloud engineers and other technical teams; run workshops and meetings to resolve dependencies
• Maintain project governance, RAID logs, quality checks and compliance with data governance, security, privacy and regulations such as GDPR and HIPAA
• Manage stakeholder communication, change requests, vendor relationships, contracts and SLAs
• Prepare BRDs, FRDs, technical specs, test documentation, weekly status reports, monthly dashboards and quarterly management presentations
• Oversee SIT, UAT and deployment readiness, and coordinate vendor development and testing

Required profile

• 5+ years of project management experience, preferably in data engineering, ETL, data warehousing, BI/Analytics or technology implementation
• Experience with ETL processes, data pipelines, data migration and integration between multiple data sources
• Experience with at least one cloud platform (AWS or Microsoft Azure)
• Ability to understand technical discussions on ETL workflows, cloud architecture and data integration
• Preferred: experience managing ETL/Data Engineering teams and cloud-based data integration or migration projects

Required skills

• Agile and Waterfall project management
• Preparing BRDs, FRDs, project plans and test strategies
• Risk management, issue tracking, dependency management and vendor management
• SIT, UAT, quality assurance and deployment processes
• Communication, stakeholder management, negotiation and leadership
• Preferred: PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum Master certification; Jira, MS Project, Azure DevOps; Power BI, Tableau; data governance and compliance