Data Project Manager - Transport - Nantes

Sopra Steria, a major European Tech player, with 51,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognized for its consulting, digital services, and solutions. It helps its clients achieve their digital transformation and obtain concrete and lasting benefits. The Group offers a global response to the competitiveness challenges of large companies and organizations, combining in-depth knowledge of business sectors and technologies with a collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of its actions and is committed to working with its clients to make the most of digital technology to build a positive future. In 2025, the Group achieved a turnover of 5.6 billion euros.

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Reporting to the Data & AI agency, dedicated to our Transport clients and based in Nantes, you will work within a team of approximately 80 employees serving major clients in the railway, road, and postal sectors. You will support our clients in carrying out their Data transformation projects, from defining needs to the production of solutions.

As a Data Project Manager, you will be the primary point of contact for the client and will ensure the management of high-stakes projects. You will coordinate multidisciplinary teams that may include Data Engineers, Data Analysts, architects, Cloud experts, and product managers. You will work in rich technical environments involving in particular Data Engineering, Cloud, Data Platform, BI, and Data Visualization.

Your role and responsibilities:

• You will ensure the end-to-end management of Data projects, from scoping to production;
• You will organize and coordinate the activities of the various teams involved in the project: Data Engineers, Data Analysts, architects, product managers, and technical experts;
• You will manage the project commitments in terms of quality, costs, deadlines, and client satisfaction;
• You will develop and monitor the budgetary and financial trajectory of your projects and ensure associated reporting;
• You will proactively identify and manage risks, dependencies, issues, and changes;
• You will organize and lead the project governance, including project committees and steering committees;
• You will ensure a trusting client relationship and support your contacts in their Data transformation challenges;
• You will work in close collaboration with architects and our expertise units to contribute to project orientations and structural choices;
• You will support the teams in applying best practices and in the industrialization of delivery;
• You will participate in continuous improvement and knowledge capitalization around projects;
• You will support the employees in your team in their daily work and contribute to their skill development.

Depending on the projects, you may work in technological environments including:

• Data Engineering: Spark, Scala, Python, SQL, Kafka, Airflow, Nifi;
• Cloud: Azure, AWS;
• Data Platforms: Databricks, Cloudera;
• Data Visualization: Power BI, Qlik Sense;
• DevOps / CI-CD: GitLab, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform.

However, mastery of all these technologies is not expected. Your role is primarily to understand the challenges of a Data architecture, to engage with technical teams, and to ensure the successful completion of projects.

In parallel with your mission, you may be involved in cross-functional subjects, become a trainer on topics you are passionate about, or participate in innovation, Data, and AI challenges.

Supported by your manager, a partner in your employability, you will actively build your career through our Academy, training programs, certifications, and hands-on experience.

Graduated from an Engineering school, a Master's degree (M2), or equivalent training, you have experience in IT project management, ideally gained in Data, BI, Big Data, or Cloud environments.

You have a good understanding of the challenges related to Data projects: data collection and processing, Data platforms, data quality and valorization, industrialization, and production.

Without necessarily being a technical expert, you are comfortable enough with Data topics to challenge technical teams, understand architectural choices, and interact with the various project stakeholders.

You have experience in managing multidisciplinary teams, as well as in monitoring project commitments, risks, and financial indicators.

Experience in an Agile environment is desired.

Do you enjoy combining management, client relations, and technological challenges around Data? Then join us!

Benefits of joining us:

• A remote work agreement to work remotely up to 2 days per week depending on your assignments.
• An attractive benefits package: health insurance, employee savings plan (CSE), meal vouchers, profit-sharing agreement, vacation and referral bonuses.
• Multiple career opportunities: over 30 job families, with as many bridges to imagine together.
• The opportunity to join the Tech'Me UP collective (training, conferences, watch, and much more...).

As an inclusive and committed employer, our company works daily to combat all forms of discrimination and promote a respectful work environment. Therefore, committed to gender diversity and inclusion, we encourage all applications and all profiles.

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