Data Practice lead

•    Practice Leadership – Define the roadmap for OBZ's Data practice, tracking market trends
and emerging technologies.

•    Platform & Architecture
– Architect and oversee data engineering platforms
— ingestion, warehousing, and lakehouse — on AWS.

•    Team Building – Hire, mentor, and scale a high-performing data engineering team;
build a culture of quality, automation, and ownership.

•    Innovation & Offerings – Build differentiated solution offerings, use cases,
and capability decks that position OBZ as a credible data engineering player.

•    Asset Creation – Build reusable frameworks, accelerators, and an internal knowledge
base from past projects.

•    Solution Architecture – Partner with presales/account leads on medium-to-large
opportunities; turn data strategy into proposal narratives.

•    Bid Strategy – Own end-to-end proposal development for data-centric RFIs/RFPs.

•    Executive Facilitation – Lead client-facing strategy sessions covering solution, delivery
approach, and commercial terms.

•    Cross-Functional Alignment – Be the bridge between Sales and Delivery — make
sure sold scope is deliverable.

•    Profitability Management – Own bid pricing and profitability models for Data practice deals.

Requirements

What We Are
Looking For

•    12+ years in Data Engineering
or Analytics, including experience leading a practice, COE, or large
engineering team (20+).

•    Hands-on depth on AWS and
modern data engineering stacks — Spark, Databricks, Kafka, and equivalent
ingestion/orchestration tools.

•    Strong grounding in DevSecOps
practices and enterprise data governance (MDM, data quality, cataloging).

•    Proven presales experience —
RFP/RFI response, solutioning, and CxO-level client engagement.

•    Advanced Google Workspace,
PowerPoint, and Excel.

What Sets
You Apart

•    Deep, hands-on AWS experience
across large-scale data platforms.

•    A track record of building a
data practice or COE from the ground up.

•    Experience across regulated,
enterprise domains such as BFSI, retail, telecom, or insurance.

Travel and
Location

OBZ clients are
based across Southeast Asia and ANZ. Travel and onsite engagement requirements
may vary depending on project and deal needs.

What
Success Looks Like

•    The Data practice has a clear
roadmap, reusable assets, and a growing bench of strong engineers.

•    Presales cycles you own convert
into signed, deliverable engagements.

•    Sales and Delivery see you as
the trusted bridge — few surprises between what's sold and what's built.

•    Bid pricing and profitability
stay healthy across the deals you shape.

Language

Fluency in
spoken and written English is required. Strong communication skills are
important for engaging C-level stakeholders, presales teams, and delivery
leadership across markets.

Benefits