Head of Data

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Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic Leadership – Data Practice

• Define and execute the Data presales and delivery strategy aligned with corporate objectives.

• Build and scale a high-performing Data team across architecture, consulting, engineering, and project management.

• Develop repeatable industry-specific and cross-industry offerings in:

  • Data modernization

  • Data governance frameworks

  • Enterprise data platforms

  • BI modernization

  • Advanced analytics solutions

• Establish best practices, methodologies, accelerators, and reusable assets.

• Drive capability maturity across selected SaaS data platforms.

2. Presales & Solutioning Leadership

• Lead complex presales engagements, RFP/RFI responses, and solution defense presentations.

• Define solution architectures and commercial models that balance competitiveness and profitability.

• Develop cost models, estimation frameworks, and delivery assumptions for fixed-price and managed services engagements.

• Collaborate closely with Sales to:

  • Identify and qualify opportunities

  • Shape client requirements

  • Position differentiated value propositions

• Act as executive sponsor during pursuit cycles and client workshops.

• Build strong relationships with key technology partners (Informatica, Snowflake, Databricks, Tableau, etc.) to co-develop joint propositions.

3. Delivery Excellence & Governance

• Own end-to-end delivery accountability (scope, budget, timeline, quality, risk).

• Oversee resource planning, utilization management, and margin optimization.

• Ensure successful execution of:

  • Data platform implementations

  • Data migration and integration programs

  • Data governance rollouts

  • BI and analytics transformation initiatives

• Lead recovery plans for at-risk engagements.

• Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives and KPI tracking.

4. Practice Development & Talent Management

• Build and mentor a strong bench of:

  • Data architects

  • Data engineers

  • Analytics consultants

• Define skills roadmap and certification strategy aligned with key SaaS vendors.

• Establish communities of practice across data management, governance and analytics,.

• Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and client-centric delivery.

5. Commercial & Financial Ownership

• Own practice P&L performance for presales and delivery.

• Drive revenue growth, margin targets, and utilization benchmarks.

• Monitor forecasting accuracy and backlog health.

• Optimize delivery models (onshore/offshore, blended rates, reusable IP).

• Develop managed services and recurring revenue models in Data.

6. Vendor & Ecosystem Management

• Develop strategic partnerships with all relevant data platform partners.

• Drive joint GTM initiatives, co-selling strategies, and partner certifications.

• Track partner program compliance and tier progression.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science or related field.

• MBA or equivalent business qualification preferred.

Experience

• 10-15 years of experience in Data & Analytics within a System Integrator or consulting environment.

• Proven experience leading both presales and delivery functions.

• Demonstrated ownership of medium to large scale transformation programs.

• Strong experience across:

  • Enterprise data architecture

  • Data governance frameworks

  • Data integration patterns (ETL/ELT, CDC, streaming)

  • BI and analytics modernization

• Experience with SaaS-based data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Informatica, etc.).

• Experience managing P&L and margin accountability.

Technical & Functional Expertise

Strong working knowledge of:

• Data warehousing and lakehouse architectures

• Data governance and metadata management

• Master data management

• Data quality frameworks

• ETL/ELT tools (Talend, Informatica, etc.)

• BI tools (Tableau, Power BI, Qlik)

• DataOps and analytics lifecycle management

Leadership Competencies

• Executive presence and client-facing credibility

• Strong commercial acumen

• Ability to balance technical depth with business value articulation

• Strategic thinking with operational discipline

• Strong stakeholder management across Sales, Delivery, and Partners

• Conflict resolution and decision-making under pressure

• Ability to scale teams and build high-performance culture

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