Role : Director Data Services Delivery

Key Responsibilities :

Data Architecture Leadership :

- Define and drive the overall data architecture strategy, standards, frameworks, and best practices across customer engagements.

- Design modern data platforms including data lakes, lakehouses, data warehouses, real-time data platforms, and cloud-native analytics ecosystems.

- Establish reference architectures, reusable frameworks, accelerators, and implementation methodologies.

- Lead architecture reviews and provide technical governance across strategic customer programs.

- Ensure architecture decisions align with business goals, scalability requirements, security standards, and operational objectives.

- Provide hands-on leadership and guidance for complex architecture and technology decisions.

Data Services Delivery Leadership :

- Own successful delivery of Data Engineering, Data Analytics, Data Platform Modernization, Business Intelligence, Data Governance, and related services engagements.

- Establish delivery governance models, quality standards, risk management frameworks, and operational best practices.

- Drive predictable delivery outcomes, customer satisfaction, and long-term account success.

- Collaborate with delivery, engineering, and business stakeholders to ensure successful project execution.

- Review project health, delivery performance, resource utilization, and customer outcomes.

- Ensure adherence to delivery commitments, timelines, quality standards, and financial objectives.

Customer Engagement and Consulting :

- Serve as a trusted advisor to CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and senior business stakeholders.

- Lead architecture assessments, discovery workshops, and transformation roadmap engagements.

- Provide strategic consulting on data modernization, cloud migration, analytics, governance, and enterprise data strategy.

- Build long-term relationships with customers and support account growth initiatives.

- Participate in executive reviews and strategic customer discussions.

Pre-Sales and Solutioning :

- Support strategic pursuits, proposals, RFP responses, and customer presentations.

- Lead solution architecture discussions during business development cycles.

- Collaborate with sales and account management teams to develop differentiated solutions.

- Participate in customer workshops, technical presentations, and executive briefings.

- Provide effort estimates, delivery approaches, and solution recommendations for prospective engagements.

Talent Leadership :

- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of data architects, data engineers, analytics specialists, and technical leaders.

- Establish competency frameworks, learning paths, and technical career progression models.

- Foster a culture of innovation, technical excellence, accountability, and continuous learning.

- Participate in leadership hiring and succession planning initiatives.

- Coach and mentor emerging technical leaders across the organization.