Rula is hiring a Technical Project Manager (Remote)

Rula is looking for a Technical Project Manager to join our team and drive high-impact initiatives across our Data Platform. In this remote role, you will lead complex, cross-functional projects that build, enhance, and scale critical data infrastructure, including our data lake, data vault, data marts, reverse ETL pipelines, and operational reporting systems. You’ll be the key connector, working closely with stakeholders across Product, Marketing, Finance, Clinical Ops, Customer Service, and Engineering to translate business needs into robust, scalable data solutions.

What You'll Do

• Lead complex, cross-functional data platform projects from initiation to delivery.
• Facilitate roadmap planning, prioritization, and backlog grooming, including the identification of technical debt.
• Lead requirements gathering for incoming requests from various business units.
• Track and manage cross-team dependencies, with a particular focus on Analytics Engineering.
• Coordinate external communications during incidents or ongoing platform issues.
• Clarify and evolve the data roadmap, remove blockers, and ensure reliable, predictable delivery.

What We're Looking For

• 6+ years of technical project management experience.
• Industry experience in SaaS, healthcare, or high-growth startup environments is highly preferred.
• Strong familiarity with AWS data services (e.g., S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena, Lake Formation, Spectrum, EMR, Kinesis) and modern data stack components (e.g., dbt, Airflow, Snowflake alternatives, reverse ETL tools like Census/Hightouch).
• Proven experience leading cross-functional data projects involving Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Product, Marketing, Finance, Clinical Ops, Customer Service, or broader Engineering teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage projects using Agile methodologies (e.g., sprints, backlogs, stand-ups, retrospectives, velocity tracking, dependency management).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; you can translate complex technical data concepts for non-technical audiences.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or equivalent experience).
• 4+ years focused on data platform, data warehousing, or analytics engineering initiatives (e.g., data lakes, data vaults, data marts, ETL/ELT pipelines, reverse ETL, operational reporting systems).
• Certifications in AWS (e.g., AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect) or data tools (e.g., dbt Analytics Engineering, Snowflake SnowPro).
• Experience delivering projects in healthcare tech, mental health services, or regulated data environments (e.g., HIPAA).
• Experience working with remote technical teams and distributed stakeholders across time zones.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with AWS data services (e.g., Redshift, Glue, S3, Athena, Lake Formation) and modern data stack tools (e.g., dbt, Airflow, reverse ETL platforms like Census or Hightouch).

Technical Stack

• AWS data services: S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena, Lake Formation, Spectrum, EMR, Kinesis.
• Modern data stack components: dbt, Airflow, Snowflake alternatives, reverse ETL tools like Census/Hightouch.

Team & Environment

This is a highly cross-functional role. You will work closely with teams across Data Engineering, Analytics Engineering, Product, Marketing, Finance, Clinical Ops, Customer Service, and broader Engineering to deliver impactful data solutions.

Benefits & Compensation

• 100% remote work environment.
• Attractive pay and benefits with full transparency of pay ranges.
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision, life, disability, FSA/HSA).
• 401(k) plan access.
• Generous time-off policies including 2 company-wide shutdown weeks each year.
• Paid parental leave for all parents.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• New hire home office stipend.
• Quarterly department stipend.
• Wellness events and lunch & learns.
• Community and employee resource groups.

Work Mode

This is a fully remote position open to candidates in most U.S. states, with the exception of Hawaii.

Rula is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are fundamental to our mission of creating a world where mental health is no longer stigmatized.