Data/ETL Engineer

About Ascendion Ascendion is a leader in AI-Native platform driven software engineering company that underwrites outcomes, helping businesses innovate faster, smarter, and with greater impact. We partner with Global 2000 clients across North America, UK, Europe, and APAC to solve complex challenges in data, experience design, software product engineering, and workforce transformation. Powered by expert engineers, thousands of AI agents, and our Engineering to the Power of AI™ (EngineeringAI) method, we deliver measurable outcomes that build trust, unlock value, and accelerate growth. Learn more at ascendion.com Ascendion | Engineering to elevate life (https://ascendion.com/)
We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:
- Build the coolest tech for world's leading brands
- Solve complex problems — and learn new skills
- Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients
- Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience
Experience a community of change makers! Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion
The Delivery Management Data Steward will own PMO operational data quality, reporting governance, and stewardship across Delivery Management tools and processes. This role requires a technically strong professional who can translate business and reporting needs into practical data controls, dashboards, automated solutions, and sustainable governance practices.
The ideal candidate combines deep PMO operations knowledge with hands-on technical, analytical, and stakeholder-management capabilities. The individual will partner with Project Managers, Portfolio Managers, Delivery Leaders, and PMO Governance and Tools teams to improve data accuracy, enforce standards, manage exceptions, and deliver actionable insights.
Key Responsibilities
Data Governance and Stewardship
• Establish, document, and maintain data standards, definitions, business rules, and governance controls across Delivery Management tools.
• Monitor data quality and integrity, identify gaps or inconsistencies, and coordinate timely remediation.
• Perform recurring audits to validate reporting accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established standards.
• Define and operate structured exception-management processes, including issue tracking, root-cause analysis, escalation, and closure.
• Promote consistent data ownership and accountability across project and portfolio teams. Reporting, Analytics, and Automation
• Develop, maintain, and enhance operational and executive dashboards, scorecards, and recurring reports.
• Create portfolio, project, resource, demand, and KPI reporting using advanced Excel and available enterprise reporting tools.
• Analyze trends and convert complex data into clear insights, risks, and recommendations for leadership.
• Automate repeatable data preparation, validation, reconciliation, and reporting activities where practical.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate reporting needs into technically sound and scalable solutions.
Tool Administration and Technical Enablement
• Support and optimize Delivery Management platforms such as Planview, Agility, JIRA, and Monday.com.
• Understand data structures, integrations, workflow dependencies, and reporting outputs across the tool ecosystem.
• Configure or support queries, extracts, data transformations, validations, and reporting logic.
• Partner with the PMO Governance and Tools team on enhancements, integrations, automation, and process improvements.
• Provide guidance to users on data-entry standards, tool usage, reporting practices, and issue resolution.
Stakeholder Management and Facilitation
• Facilitate working sessions to resolve data issues, clarify requirements, and drive adoption of governance standards.
• Collaborate effectively across business, delivery, product, and technology teams in a matrixed environment.
• Communicate complex data and technical topics in a clear, concise manner for both operational and leadership audiences.
• Manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy, responsiveness, and strong customer service.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Analytics, or a related field.
• 8-10 years of relevant experience in PMO operations, portfolio governance, enterprise reporting, data management, business analysis, or related functions.
• Strong technical aptitude with hands-on experience working with complex datasets, reporting logic, data validation, and automation.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel expertise, including complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data modeling, Power Query, reconciliation, and dashboard development.
• Strong understanding of project, program, portfolio, and demand-management practices.
• Experience defining and enforcing data standards, controls, audit processes, and exception-management procedures.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and deliver accurate outputs in a fast-paced enterprise environment.
Preferred Qualifications
• Hands-on experience with one or more of the following platforms: Planview, Agility, JIRA, or Monday.com.
• Experience supporting PMO governance, portfolio reporting, resource management, or demand-management functions.
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, APIs, scripting, or other reporting and data-integration technologies.
• Familiarity with data quality frameworks, master-data concepts, audit controls, or compliance reporting.
• Java knowledge is a plus but is not required.
• Experience working in a large, matrixed, global organization.
Core Competencies
• Data governance and stewardship • Technical problem-solving
• Reporting and analytics • Advanced Excel
• PMO and portfolio operations
• Audit and exception management
• Tool and process optimization
• Stakeholder facilitation
• Executive communication
• Continuous improvement
Success Measures
• Improved accuracy, completeness, and consistency of Delivery Management data and reporting.
• Reduced reporting defects, unresolved exceptions, and recurring data-quality issues.
• Consistent adoption of governance standards and tool practices across teams.
• More efficient reporting through standardization, automation, and reusable solutions.
• Timely, reliable, and actionable insights that support leadership decision-making.