IT Project Manager
About The Position
Join the ECI Group's Professional Technical Services Network as a contract IT Project Manager. This is a Houston based contract role with an anticipated 4-month duration with an estimated start date of Sept 14, 2026. Note: You must be a US Citizen or Permanent US Resident to qualify for this position. About the Role Agree and deliver the Crude Data Exchange (CDE) Phase 2 programme to agreed time, cost, quality, risk and benefit objectives within Shell's standards and controls framework. Lead delivery of the Azure Databricks-based data platform, including ODS, curated data views, reporting and data product workstreams. Manage migration and modernisation of legacy crude trading data assets from the WONA Data Warehouse to the strategic cloud platform. Proactively analyse risks, dependencies and variances impacting programme delivery, particularly across business, architecture, engineering and vendor teams. Engage senior stakeholders across Crude Trading, Operations, Risk, Finance and Technology to align priorities and deliver business outcomes. Develop and execute delivery, change and engagement plans to support adoption of new data capabilities and reporting solutions. Mobilise and lead multidisciplinary teams comprising Shell staff, delivery partners and vendors across multiple locations. Ensure alignment between business requirements, ETRM data domains, architecture standards and technical delivery. Manage programme governance, financials, RAID, scope, resourcing and benefits realisation. Ensure delivered capabilities are operationally supportable and provide measurable business value to Crude Trading.
Requirements
- Programme and project delivery up to $10m+ budget and teams of 50+ resources.
- Extensive experience in Crude & Products Trading environments.
- Strong knowledge of ETRM platforms and trading data domains (e.g. trades, risk, positions, P&L, settlements and market data).
- Proven delivery experience of Databricks and Azure cloud-based data platforms.
- Experience leading enterprise data migration, data warehouse modernisation and cloud transformation programmes.
- Strong senior stakeholder management across business and technology organisations.
- Agile programme delivery across multiple engineering and data teams.
- Experience defining programme scope, roadmap, dependencies and business outcomes.
- Leadership, communication, resilience and value delivery mindset.
- API development using Python as OOP
Nice To Haves
- Shell Trading & Supply experience.
- Commodity trading analytics and reporting.
- Data governance and data management.
- Business value realisation.
- Critical thinking and storytelling.
- Project Management, Project Assurance & Compliance, Project Planning & Tracking
Responsibilities
- Agree and deliver the Crude Data Exchange (CDE) Phase 2 programme to agreed time, cost, quality, risk and benefit objectives within Shell's standards and controls framework.
- Lead delivery of the Azure Databricks-based data platform, including ODS, curated data views, reporting and data product workstreams.
- Manage migration and modernisation of legacy crude trading data assets from the WONA Data Warehouse to the strategic cloud platform.
- Proactively analyse risks, dependencies and variances impacting programme delivery, particularly across business, architecture, engineering and vendor teams.
- Engage senior stakeholders across Crude Trading, Operations, Risk, Finance and Technology to align priorities and deliver business outcomes.
- Develop and execute delivery, change and engagement plans to support adoption of new data capabilities and reporting solutions.
- Mobilise and lead multidisciplinary teams comprising Shell staff, delivery partners and vendors across multiple locations.
- Ensure alignment between business requirements, ETRM data domains, architecture standards and technical delivery.
- Manage programme governance, financials, RAID, scope, resourcing and benefits realisation.
- Ensure delivered capabilities are operationally supportable and provide measurable business value to Crude Trading.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
