Data Management Associate Director
Concord USA
- Kansas City, MO Minneapolis, MN
- $120,000-175,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Drive delivery excellence by overseeing key client engagements, ensuring sound project strategies, and aligning internal and client teams to a shared, high-value vision.
- Provide technical leadership by guiding consultants and engineers through assessments, strategy development, and implementation phases for data modernization initiatives.
- Collaborate with sales executives to identify new business opportunities, offer subject matter expertise throughout the sales cycle, and contribute to the creation of compelling pitch materials.
- Develop detailed scopes of work, including resource plans, effort estimates, timelines, and budgets, to support new project opportunities.
- Lead and manage teams, including direct reports and managers, providing mentorship to help achieve career objectives and grow the business.
- Foster a culture of continuous learning by staying updated on market trends and emerging technologies, sharing insights with the team.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior client stakeholders and prospective clients.
- Represent the organization at user group events, conferences, and workshops to enhance market presence and brand recognition.
- Collaborate with other data management leaders to develop and maintain offerings, case studies, points of view, and blog articles to advance practice positioning.
- Drive strategic initiatives to elevate the business unit's work, people, and market standing.
- Design and execute workshops, implement innovative strategies, and represent the organization in the broader professional community.
- 10+ years in the Data Management space, preferably with consulting experience in healthcare, retail, financial services or manufacturing verticals.
- In-depth understanding of modern data architecture patterns and their role in supporting data driven decisions and analytics use cases.
- Must have hands-on experience in architecting and implementing cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure.
- Proficiency in Data Architecture, Data Modeling, Data Engineering, and Data Governance frameworks.
- Proven experience conducting data modernization assessments, defining strategies, and creating roadmaps for future states with a clear and visionary approach
- Experience in leading large scale data modernization initiatives in a solution architect and delivery lead capacities.
- Track record of identifying and managing dependencies, risks, and opportunities across complex projects to align people and workstreams seamlessly.
- Experience in technical pre-sales, contributing to practice growth, and developing client opportunities.
- Skilled in creating and delivering presentations to executive stakeholders and large scale community audiences on topics such as data management, engineering, architecture, and governance.
- Leadership experience in hiring, mentoring, and helping the team members succeed and achieve their career goals.
- Passionate about people development and fostering a supportive and growth-oriented work environment.
- Ability to problem-solve in dynamic, evolving environments and provide consultative insights during high-pressure conversations.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to engage technical and business-oriented audiences effectively.
- Competence in prioritizing and managing multiple competing responsibilities while ensuring high-quality outcomes.
- Demonstrated track record of proactive, value-driven contributions to both internal and client teams.
- A deep enthusiasm for data and a strong belief in its transformative potential
- Adaptable, forward-thinking mindset with a commitment to continuous learning and growth.
- Snowflake SnowPro Advanced Data Engineer
- Snowflake SnowPro Advanced Data Architect
- Databricks Data Engineer Professional
- Databricks Data Analyst
- Employment type: Long-term full-time role.
- Salary range: $120,000 - $175,000
- Location: Prefer candidates located in Minneapolis or Kansas City. Occasionally visiting the offices at Minneapolis, Kansas City or client site might be required.
- Requirements: must be authorized to work legally in the US without sponsorship, now or in the future.