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Golden 1 Credit Union · 3 weeks ago

Corporate Strategy - Enterprise Data Program Manager

8945 Cal Center Dr, Sacramento, CA 95826, USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$114K/yr - $120K/yr

5+ years exp

Golden 1 Credit Union is a financial institution focused on providing quality services to its members. They are seeking an Enterprise Data Program Manager to facilitate the operation of the Enterprise Data Management Program, manage various data product initiatives, and ensure effective communication and governance throughout the program.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Partner with the Program Director to operate the Enterprise Data Program. Manage the intake and lifecycle of program initiatives, technology and platform related projects, and large-scale data product development and enhancements within the Enterprise Data Program backlog and roadmap, driving the prioritization cadence and decision support materials

Identify, triage, and manage cross‑product and cross-functional dependencies and defects to resolution. Coordinate planning and communication across delivery teams (Data Product Managers, data engineering teams, infrastructure teams, etc.) and business stakeholders. Track resolution outcomes and escalate high‑impact items

Lead program-level planning, consolidated status reporting, schedule and resource coordination, and enterprise risk/issue and change control. Track team and vendor/contractor capacity, surface bottlenecks, and recommend resource adjustments and phased delivery approaches

Manage and coordinate Agile (Scrum) and Waterfall product and project management activities and documentation to ensure consistent governance, clear handoffs, aligned schedules, and unified reporting

Produce and maintain program communications and governance artifacts including executive summaries, milestone briefings, monthly status reports, stakeholder updates, templates, playbooks, RACI matrices, deployment checklists, and post-implementation review materials. Define and report success metrics and trends to Program Leadership and represent program status, risks, and governance activities in cross-departmental forums or as the Director’s designee when assigned

Support the preparation of agendas, materials, and follow-up actions for the Enterprise Data Governance Council and related working groups. Ensure program activities comply with data governance policies, data quality standards, and regulatory requirements, coordinating remediation where gaps are identified

Own project and program change management and stakeholder engagement plans to promote the adoption of new processes and operating model changes

Maintain and evolve tooling (configuration of ServiceNow SPM and other platforms) to support intake, tracking, reporting, and SLA enforcement

Administer budget tracking and expense oversight for program initiatives

Serve as vendor coordinator for external partners

Execute additional program-related responsibilities as assigned by the Director

Qualification

Program ManagementData GovernanceAgile MethodologiesWaterfall MethodologiesServiceNowSQLData AnalysisTableauPower BICommunication SkillsInterpersonal SkillsPresentation Skills

Required

Requires a bachelor's degree in area of specialty (Accounting, Mathematics, Business Administration, Information Technology, or similarly quantitative/analytical degrees)

5+ years of overall professional experience, with 3+ years of experience in program or portfolio management in data, analytics or technology environments

Practical understanding of managing programs or projects related to data platforms, data products, data governance, analytics, and data strategy

Strong written and verbal communication skills with an ability to summarize complex concepts

Working knowledge with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Applied knowledge of workflows and functionalities within ServiceNow, Jira, or similar work and project management applications

Strong presentation and communication skills with ability to visually and verbally convey technical concepts to diverse audiences

Interpersonal and relationship-building skills – with an ability to influence

Ability to run meetings across diverse functions

General understanding of data systems, data structures, and data analysis including artificial intelligence a plus

Basic understanding of SQL (Select statements, Joins, and basic queries) and relational database concepts a plus

Knowledge of data ingestion and transformation processes and data platforms such as Databricks or Snowflake a plus

Ability to create reports or dashboards in Tableau, Power BI or other BI tools a plus

Preferred

Experience in the credit union or banking industry highly preferred

Project management certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Agile product management certification such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), and/or Program management certification such as Program Management Professional (PgMP) or equivalent

Company

Golden 1 Credit Union

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Golden 1 Credit Union is a financial cooperative that offers checking, savings, home loan, investment, insurance and online services.

Founded in 1933

Sacramento, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.golden1.com/

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