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Synchrony · 1 month ago

VP, Data & Analytics Program Delivery Lead

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$130K/yr - $210K/yr

8+ years exp

Synchrony is on a transformative journey to modernize technology and improve resilience. The VP, Data & Analytics Program Delivery Lead will coordinate the data technology and user migration efforts across the organization as part of the Data & Analytics Technology team.

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Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Responsibilities

Coordinate delivery across data technology and user migration efforts for the Analytics Cloud Migration program

Create and maintain the integrated roadmap for Data and Analytics Cloud Migration, including the tool builds, data instantiation & decommissioning and user migrations

Manage agendas and priorities for the Leadership Working Group, Senior Leader Forum, and other stakeholder sessions

Oversee Data User Migration activities, including: Stakeholder engagement and communication. This includes the full gamut of SVP senior leadership, managers of people and individual contributors across all Functions and Platforms

Defining migration requirements with data stakeholders and users

Perform detailed impact assessments and planning by workgroup

Collaborate with Engineering and Analytics team to assess usage data to drive the prioritization of migration efforts

Maintaining an up-to-date user migration plan tracking progress and risks

Developing change management and user adoption plans

Identifying and coordinating training and user acceptance testing (UAT)

Escalating to functional leadership as necessary

Serve as the primary point of contact for communicating migration status, challenges, and scope changes to leadership and stakeholders

Collaborate with Engineering and Architecture teams to translate functional migration requirements into Agile epics and features

Act as first line of defense addressing user questions, concerns, and issues related to data migration. Provide feedback loop to engineering teams as necessary

Qualification

Data governanceCloud environmentsProject Management certificationAgile methodologiesStakeholder engagementData qualityAnalytics toolsChange managementCommunicationCross-functional collaboration

Required

Bachelor's Degree and minimum 8+ years of technology experience or in lieu of degree High School diploma/GED 12+ years of technology experience

Strong understanding of data governance, sourcing, data quality, analytics tools, and cloud environments

Proven experience managing large scale programs, defining stakeholder/user groups and driving change management

Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder engagement skills

Ability and flexibility to travel for business as required

Preferred

Project Management and/or Agile certification (e.g., PMP, ScrumMaster) is strongly preferred

Proficient in project management tools and methodologies such as MS Project, JIRA, and Agile frameworks

Comfortable performing light analytic work (ex: pivot tables) to assess migration scenarios

Proven experience managing offshore resources and motivating large, cross-functional teams

Excellent Synchrony business acumen with superior decision-making capabilities

Exceptional oral and written communication skills, with the ability to manage expectations across business stakeholders, clients, team members, leadership, and external partners

Strong collaborator and cross-functional team player with the ability to navigate and work effectively in a matrix organization

Creative, energetic, and enthusiastic professional with a customer-focused, can-do attitude and results-driven mindset

Self-motivated, hands-on professional adept at prioritizing and managing multiple initiatives simultaneously

Ability to comprehend technical requirements and effectively coordinate resources, vendors, and testing efforts

Passion for working in an open, collaborative, and fast-paced environment