About the job

Note: Immediate joiners only. Arabic-speaking candidates are preferred.

About KagoolKagool is a fast-growing global IT consultancy specialising in data, analytics, cloud and digital transformation. We help organisations modernise complex data landscapes, migrate legacy platforms to the cloud and build scalable data and analytics solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.Our teams bring together technical, functional and industry expertise to solve complex transformation challenges for customers across multiple geographies. We provide a collaborative, flexible and supportive working environment where individuals are encouraged to take ownership, contribute ideas and grow their careers.

Role OverviewWe are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead cloud data migration and modernisation programmes.

Please apply only if you have relevant project delivery experience with:

• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Databricks
• Power BI
• Data Migration / Data Modernisation programmes
• Data Engineering and Analytics delivery

Strong PreferenceWe are particularly interested in candidates who have managed projects involving:

SAP ECC / S/4HANA / BW → Data Ingestion → Azure / Databricks → Bronze / Silver / Gold → Data Models → Power BI

• Preference will be given to candidates who have:Delivered new Power BI analytical use cases using SAP data
• Managed data ingestion and transformation pipelines
• Worked with Medallion Architecture – Bronze, Silver and Gold
• Managed migration/decommissioning of SAP BW, BO or BODS
• Exposure to Databricks Genie or Microsoft Copilot
• AZ-900 certification or other relevant Azure certifications

This is not a generic Cloud, Infrastructure, Data Centre or Service Delivery PM role. Candidates should have actual Data & Analytics project-delivery experience.

• Key ResponsibilitiesOwn Data & Analytics projects from initiation through go-live and hypercare
• Manage Azure, Databricks, Data Engineering and Power BI workstreams
• Lead distributed teams of architects, engineers, BI developers, QA and business stakeholders
• Manage scope, plans, milestones, RAID, dependencies and project governance
• Lead client status meetings, SteerCos and escalations
• Manage SOWs, commercials, effort tracking and Change Requests
• Coordinate data migration, reconciliation, SIT, UAT, cutover and production readiness
• Identify delivery risks early and drive recovery plans

• What We Need8+ years of Project / Programme Management experience
• Proven experience delivering Data & Analytics / Data Migration programmes
• Strong practical project exposure to Azure, Databricks and Power BI
• Understanding of data ingestion, pipelines, transformations, data modelling and reconciliation
• Experience managing Data Engineers, Architects and BI teams
• Strong client-facing, governance and stakeholder-management experience
• Experience with SOWs, commercials and project financials
• Experience working with global / distributed teams
• Agile / Waterfall / Hybrid delivery experience

• Added AdvantageSAP BW / BO / BODS migration experience
• SAP ECC / S/4HANA data integration experience
• Databricks Genie / Copilot / GenAI Analytics exposure
• AZ-900 / Databricks certifications
• RFP, proposal and pre-sales experience

Career at Kagool A career at Kagool will give you a path towards progression and opportunities, with the current rate of growth we at Kagool have dedicated time towards individual growth, recognizing individual contributions, filling the team with a strong sense of purpose along with providing a fun, flexible and friendly work environment.