Manager, Technical Program Management

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Position Overview:
Under the direction of the Chief Data & Analytics, the Manager, Technical Program Management Products is a senior cross-functional leader responsible for driving the end-to-end development, deployment, and operationalization of data products that support the firm's Practice, Growth, and Functional segments. Operating within the Enterprise Data organization, this role bridges technical data engineering teams, product owners, and business stakeholders to deliver governed, scalable data solutions that generate measurable business value.
The Manager, Technical Program Management will own business requirements, program roadmaps, manage complex multi-stream delivery schedules, and serve as the primary point of accountability for ensuring data products meet quality, compliance, and performance standards across the firm's business lines.
Essential Responsibilities:

• Define and manage end-to-end program roadmaps for data product initiatives across Practice, Growth, and Functional segments, from discovery through production deployment.
• Develop integrated project plans with clearly defined milestones, dependencies, resource allocations, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and quarterly planning sessions across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Coordinate cross-functional delivery teams including data engineers, data scientists, analysts, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Track and report program health via KPIs, OKRs, and structured status reporting to senior leadership and segment executives.
• Partner with product managers and domain leads to define data product requirements, acceptance criteria, and success metrics aligned to segment-specific business outcomes.
• Oversee technical design reviews, architecture decisions, and data modeling processes to ensure solutions are scalable, reusable, and aligned with enterprise data strategy.
• Serve as the primary liaison between the Data & Analytics function and Practice and Growth.
• Maintain comprehensive program documentation, decision logs, and RACI matrices to support audit trails and change management.
• Mentor and coach junior program managers, scrum masters, and technical leads within the Data & Analytics organization.
• Champion organizational change management for new data product rollouts, including training, communication, and adoption tracking.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of progressive experience in technical program management, with a minimum of 3 years focused on data product delivery.
• Demonstrated experience managing data programs within professional services, financial services, or similarly regulated industries.
• Proven track record managing concurrent multi-stakeholder programs.
• Experience with modern data stack technologies including cloud data warehouses, data lakehouse architectures, orchestration tools, and BI platforms.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree or MBA with a technology concentration.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) or PgMP (Program Management Professional).
• SAFe Program Consultant (SPC), PMI-ACP, or equivalent Agile certification.
• Relevant cloud platform certification (AWS, Azure, or GCP).

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Additional Details:
Wipfli is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All candidates will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identify, veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Wipfli is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, interview, or participate in our recruiting process, please send us an email at [email protected]
Wipfli values fair, transparent, and competitive compensation, considering each candidate's unique skills and experiences. The estimated base pay range for this role is $117,000 to $158,000, with offers typically not made at the maximum, allowing for future salary increases. The actual salary at the time of offer depends on business related factors like location, skills, experience, training/education, licensure, certifications, business needs, current associate pay, and relevant employment laws.
Individuals may be eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, subject to participation rules and based on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, individual and Firm performance.
Wipfli cares about our associates and offers a variety of benefits to support their well-being. Highlights include 8 health plan options (both HMO & PPO plans), dental and vision coverage, opportunity to enroll in HSA with potential Firm contribution and an Employee Assistance Program. Other benefits include firm-sponsored basic life and short and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) savings plan & profit share as well as Firm matching contribution, well-being incentive, education & certification assistance, flexible time off, family care leave, parental leave, family formation benefits, cell phone reimbursement, and travel rewards. Voluntary benefit offerings include critical illness & accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, legal, long-term care, pet insurance, ID theft protection, and supplemental life/AD&D. Eligibility for all benefits programs is dependent on annual hours expectation, position status/level and location.
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