phData is looking for a Senior Director, Data Engineering to act as a CTO-like advisor for their strategic customers, leading technical strategy, driving delivery excellence, and growing long-term partnerships and revenue by solving complex data challenges.
Requirements
- 10+ years of hands-on experience delivering complex data or AI/ML platforms in production environments
- Deep technical expertise in cloud platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP), modern data stacks, and MLOps tools
- Strong architectural and implementation skills in Python, SQL, dbt, and modern infrastructure tooling
- Proficiency in partner ecosystem collaboration (especially Snowflake, AWS, dbt)
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-native AI/ML tools
- Experience leading delivery within a scaled services or consulting firm
- Proven success growing enterprise accounts and building executive-level relationships
Responsibilities
- Serve as the executive-level technical leader and primary advisor for strategic customer accounts
- Act as a CTO for your accounts, guiding technology decisions, roadmaps, architecture, and platform maturity
- Build deep relationships with technical and business stakeholders, driving consensus on solutions
- Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), Innovation Days, roadmap presentations, and architectural vision sessions
- Deliver clear recommendations, success criteria, and measurement frameworks for each engagement
- Step into complex or ambiguous problem spaces and provide clarity, direction, and momentum
- Ensure delivery quality through mentorship, leadership, and hands-on involvement as needed
Other
- 3+ years in a consulting leadership role with direct client ownership and revenue accountability
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills with a strong sense of presence and clarity under pressure
- Willingness to travel for customer meetings, QBRs, and key events when necessary
- Advanced degree in a technical, data, or business-related discipline
- Demonstrated thought leadership (e.g., blogs, speaking, open source) is a plus
