Global Data Science CoE Project Manager

Key Skills

Data science techniques, DevOps, Effective communication skills, English Proficiency, Kanban, Project management, Scrum Agile Methodology, Teamwork

Job Description

The Enterprise Data Science Center of Excellence (CoE) team, within the Enterprise Business Intelligence (EBI) organization, works beyond enabling the business users with tools and technologies that help them with their information discovery and analysis. This CoE is responsible for guiding the broader organization with advanced analytics competency development and solution implementation, Human Resources strategy to attract and retain top data science talent, and consult with senior leadership on corporate-priority projects. We operate on a global level, with regional presence, with team members in Austin, and Eindhoven, Guadalajara and Kaohsiung.

This team is seeking an experienced project manager / coordinator and scrum master to collaborate closely with our business partners and IT, to coordinate the design and implementation of advanced analytics solutions, utilizing our portfolio of technologies. You will work alongside your other data scientists and machine learning engineers in the Data Science Center of Excellence, which spans the entire Enterprise and supports all business domains, in collaboration with and support from C-Suite leadership. This project manager / coordinator role will focus on helping our internal business partners accelerate the transformation of their processes and people. You will perform direct outreach to other project managers, scrum masters, technical developers, citizen data scientists, data scientists and leaders in the business teams.

This team is new and growing, our candidate would be comfortable with ambiguity and self-identifying areas of opportunity for improvement. You like diversity of work?....you will have it: expect exposure to a wide range of enterprise organizations, such as Finance, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Global Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing and Operations, IT, etc. Our ideal candidate is highly organized, and can follow a high level, technical conversations alongside their data science colleagues.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate projects or EPICS in an agile way
• Lead standup meetings for the Data Science CoE team, manage the team's Kanban boards, and act as scrum master in the quarterly PI-planning
• Responsible for intake and coordination of new data science projects and solutioning
• Be creative and foster innovation in the teams
• Work cross-functionally with key partners from IT and the different business lines
• Coordinate project handoff between the data scientists, business developers and the machine learning engineer as projects are moved from proof of concept into production.
• Support acceleration of the time-to-value for the internal and external clients
• Keep business value of data science initiatives front and center in every next step of the project/epic
• Own and continuously improve the project intake (use case funnel) and operationalization process
• Monitor and report, with regular cadence, the performance of the projects and epics
• Be the whip to ensure task/story owner commitments are being met; escalate when timelines and commitments incur slip

Your Profile:

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering or other data/analytics related field, with 8+ years of working experience in complex IT environment
• Proven experience in managing (project) teams in the agile way of working ( > 5 years)
• Knowledge of the DevOps culture and principles
• You have technical background and affinity with an R&D environment and way of working
• PMP certification with CSM or SAFe Scrum Master certification would be added advantage
• Familiarity with data science use cases, processes, personas and challenges
• Strong teamwork and communication skills; Organized, efficient, and results-driven
• You are a process-oriented, creative, analytical, open-minded and transparent on own work
• Eager to learn and not afraid to take initiative. You know how to learn from failure
• You have great English communication skills, both verbally and in writing

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, NXP will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.