Technical Project Lead (Data Engineering & AI Programs) at ASSYST, Inc.
Austin, TX
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Jul 22, 2026
Austin, TX
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A project lead role focused on steering complex data engineering and AI adoption programs for an enterprise client, coordinating cross-functional teams across business, engineering, and analytics functions. Day-to-day work covers requirements gathering, project planning, risk management, financial tracking, and stakeholder communication. Suited to a PMP-certified professional with at least eight years managing large-scale cloud, data, or analytics technology projects.
Senior level · 8+ years · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 600 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (computer occupations, all other). range 250–900
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,317 (middle half $83,374–$165,481).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
This role is a Technical Project Lead — primarily a project/program management function over data engineering and AI initiatives, not a hands-on engineering IC role. SOC 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) is used as the best fit; 11-3021 (Computer and Information Systems Managers) is a genuine runner-up given the cross-functional leadership scope, but the posting frames this as an individual contributor supporting a TPM rather than a people-management position with direct reports.
The posting is a hybrid role requiring 2 days onsite in Austin, TX (Wednesdays and Fridays) and 3 days remote — it is NOT fully remote. Only candidates residing in Texas will be considered.
PMP certification is explicitly required and must appear on the resume; it is treated as a hard gate despite being a certification rather than a technology skill.
Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, and Smartsheet are listed together as interchangeable project management tools in both the responsibilities and preferred qualifications sections. The required section mentions 'project management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, or Smartsheet' — the 'such as' qualifier indicates the specific tool is flexible, so they are captured as a single skill with alternatives.
FHIR, CCDA, and HL7 appear only under Preferred Qualifications alongside healthcare industry experience.
Cloud platform experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) is required generically in the required section but specific certifications for those platforms are listed only as a 'plus' under preferred; the certification skill is marked preferred accordingly.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
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