Job Title: Program Manager - Data Analytics
Location: United States
Job Type: Full-time
Experience: 12+ years
Industry: IT/Analytics/Business Consulting Services
Overview:
We are seeking a seasoned Program Manager to oversee multiple interrelated projects, drive successful client engagements, and align cross-functional teams to meet strategic objectives. You will be responsible for ensuring high-quality delivery, stakeholder alignment, and resource optimization across the program lifecycle.
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Program Leadership: Lead end-to-end delivery of complex programs involving multiple workstreams (e.g., Data Analytics, EPM, Cloud).
- Client Engagement: Serve as the primary point of contact for clients; ensure satisfaction, manage expectations, and resolve escalations.
- Project Oversight: Coordinate with multiple project managers and technical leads; track milestones, risks, dependencies, and budget adherence.
- Governance & Reporting: Drive weekly/monthly governance meetings, status updates, and executive dashboards.
- Resource Management: Forecast resource needs, onboard teams, and ensure optimal allocation across projects.
- Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate program-level risks and issues in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Quality & Compliance: Ensure that project deliveries align with SLAs, SOWs, and internal quality standards.
- Innovation & Thought Leadership: Recommend improvements in delivery frameworks, reusable assets, and best practices.
Required Professional Expertise:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science, or Business; MBA or PMP/Prince2 certification is a plus.
- 10+ years of experience in IT services or consulting with at least 3–5 years managing complex, multi-project programs.
- Strong understanding of SDLC and agile methodologies.
- Hands-on experience in managing Data Analytics, Cloud, or EPM projects is preferred.
- Excellent client-facing and communication skills.
- Proven ability to manage budgets, timelines, and cross-functional teams.
About Polestar
As a data analytics and enterprise planning powerhouse, Polestar Solutions helps its customers bring out the most sophisticated insights from their data in a value-oriented manner. From analytics foundation to analytics innovation initiatives, we offer a comprehensive range of services that help businesses succeed with data.
We have a geographic presence in the United States (Dallas, Manhattan, New York, Delaware), UK(London) & India (Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bangalore & Kolkata) and have 600+ people strong world-class team. We are growing at a rapid pace and plan to double our growth each year. This provides immense growth and learning opportunities to those who are choosing to work with Polestar.
Our expertise and deep passion for what we do has brought us many accolades.
The list includes:
- Recognized as “Great Place to Work” - 2024
- Recognized as the Top 50 Companies for Data Scientists in 2023 by AIM.
- Financial Times awarded Polestar as High-Growth Companies across Asia-Pacific for a 5th time in a row in 2023.
- Featured on the Economic Times India's Growth Champions in FY2023.
- Polestar Analytics Selected as a 2022 Red Herring Global
- Top Data Science Providers in India 2022: Penetration and Maturity (PeMa) Quadrant
- FT ranking of 500 of the Asia-Pacific region’s high-growth companies.
- India’s most promising data science companies in 2022.
- Featured on Forrester's Now Tech: Customer Analytics Service Providers Report Q2, 2021.
- Recognized as Anaplan's India RSI Partner of the Year FY21.
- Elite Qlik Partner and a member of the ‘Qlik Partner Advisory Council’ & Microsoft Gold Partners for Data & Cloud Platforms Culture at Polestar.
We have one of the most progressive people’s practices which are all aimed at enabling fast-paced growth for those who deserve it.
