Project Manager

About the Project Manager Role at Twine

This Project Manager role at Twine is designed for a hands-on professional with a strong background in data or analytics engineering projects. You will be instrumental in ensuring the smooth and efficient delivery of critical data engineering initiatives, collaborating closely with both technical teams and business stakeholders. The ideal candidate possesses the ability to translate complex discussions into clear, actionable tasks, maintain an organized project roadmap, and communicate progress effectively to all parties.

You will be responsible for facilitating agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives, with the flexibility to adapt these processes to best suit the team's needs. The projects you'll support are diverse, encompassing crucial areas like data pipelines (ETL/ELT), APIs, integrations, data warehousing, data modeling, and robust data quality monitoring. This is a remote, US-based contract position, starting with 10–20 hours per week, offering the potential for a long-term collaborative engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage data engineering project delivery, ensuring timelines and priorities are maintained effectively.
• Collaborate with data engineers and business stakeholders to clearly define project scope and requirements.
• Break down complex work into clear, actionable tasks, complete with well-defined acceptance criteria.
• Run sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives, or implement lightweight, efficient alternatives.
• Proactively track project timelines, identify risks, manage dependencies, and address blockers swiftly.
• Maintain a simple, up-to-date, and transparent project roadmap for easy reference.
• Provide concise, timely status updates to all relevant stakeholders.
• Support continuous process improvement initiatives and enhance project documentation efforts.
• Oversee projects involving critical data infrastructure: data pipelines, APIs, integrations, data warehousing (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, dbt), and comprehensive data quality monitoring.

Skills and Requirements

• Proven experience in managing projects specifically within data or analytics engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of technical concepts including SQL, data schemas, ETL/ELT pipelines, and data warehousing principles.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to translate technical discussions into actionable tasks.
• Extensive experience with agile methodologies and adept at running sprint ceremonies.
• Ability to effectively track and manage project risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Comfortable working autonomously and effectively in a remote environment.
• Must be based in the United States.
• Availability for 10–20 hours per week, with a strong preference for long-term engagement.

About Twine

Twine operates as a premier freelance marketplace, meticulously connecting top-tier freelancers, consultants, and contractors with companies in need of specialized creative and tech expertise. Trusted by both Fortune 500 companies and innovative startups, Twine empowers businesses to scale their teams globally with confidence.

Our Mission

Twine's mission is to empower creators and businesses, enabling them to thrive successfully in an increasingly AI-driven, freelance-first global economy.

Key skills/competency

• Project Management
• Data Engineering
• Analytics Engineering
• Agile Methodologies
• ETL/ELT
• Data Warehousing
• SQL
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Management
• Scrum