Company: HARNHAM - DATA & ANALYTICS RECRUITMENT
Job Type: Permanent, FullTime
Salary: £500 - £560 per day
Technical Programme Manager Location: Hybrid - 1-2 days onsite weekly (Germany or Spain)Contract Length: 6 months initially (with potential 3-month extensions and permanent option)Day Rate: £#removed#pd (Outside IR35)Start Date: Immediate
Overview You'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the successful ingestion of 500+ data sets into Snowflake, coordinating sprint-based delivery, managing cross-border teams, and maintaining high-quality communication with senior stakeholders across Data, IT, Compliance, and Change.
Key Responsibilities -
Oversee phased ingestion of 500+ data sources into the client's Snowflake environment
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Liaise between offshore engineering teams (based in Bangalore) and EU client stakeholders
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Monitor delivery timelines, report progress, flag risks, and ensure quality governance
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Work across multi-disciplinary teams including data, compliance, change, and technology
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Maintain momentum in delivery while ensuring stakeholder expectations are managed
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Support issue identification and help shape future data opportunities within the platform
What Success Looks Like -
Timely and accurate delivery of phased ingestion milestones
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Strong stakeholder alignment and minimal delivery blockers
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High-quality programme oversight across offshore/onshore boundaries
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Ability to push back where necessary and steer project direction assertively
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Foundation laid for long-term partnership and potential expansion of programme scope
Required Skills & Experience -
Proven experience as a Programme or Delivery Manager on data-centric programmes
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Solid understanding of data ingestion processes and Snowflake data warehousing
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Familiarity with AWS Glue, S3, DBT, SnapLogic, PySpark (not hands-on, but able to converse technically)
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Strong governance and delivery background in a data/tech environment
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills (must be assertive)
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Pharma industry experience highly desirable
Preferred Background -
Experience working with offshore delivery models (especially India-based teams)
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Previous technical background (engineering or data) advantageous
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Consulting or third-party delivery background a plus