Principal Analytics Engineer

Mantel; City of Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Mantel is seeking a Principal Analytics Engineer to shape Mantel’s data landscape and lead high‑impact analytics initiatives. You will operate at the intersection of technical excellence, commercial strategy and industry influence to drive meaningful business outcomes for our clients.

You will architect scalable data architectures, define DataOps standards, and lead strategic AI initiatives while guiding client engagements and pre‑sales activities.

Qualifications

• Extensive consulting experience with senior leadership
• Strong understanding of modern data stack and AI-ready architectures
• Experience with Databricks and Snowflake ecosystems
• Ability to translate business problems into data-driven solutions
• Proven experience in large, complex engagements and RFP responses

Responsibilities

• Define and uphold analytics engineering standards and data architectures.
• Architect roadmaps for next‑gen AI capabilities and DataOps practices.
• Lead pre‑sales activities, RFQs, RFPs, and client demonstrations.
• Manage project scoping, estimation, pricing, and resourcing to ensure profitable delivery.
• Mentor teams and drive cross‑capability collaboration across Mantel.

Skills

Data engineering

Analytics

AI/ML

Databricks

Snowflake

dbt

DataOps

Job description

Mantel is an Australian-owned IT Professional Services consultancy, focused on emerging technology to help advance our clients by leveraging AI, Digital, Cloud, Data & Security technology. We are a fully AI-enabled technology consultancy and the partner that bridges the gap between blue-sky ambition and practical steps to deliver value. Since our inception in November 2017, we have experienced remarkable growth across Australia & New Zealand and are honoured to be recognised as a Great Place to Work for 6 years in a row!

We hire smart and talented people and get out of their way. As a principle-based organisation, we have a flat structure with no hierarchy. By focusing on our five principles and not getting caught up in red tape, we trust you to get the job done!

Data

Working in data at Mantel means you'll be ahead of the curve. You can align to a particular cloud platform or remain cloud agnostic, specialising in data engineering, machine learning, analytics, or data science. You'll design and scale enterprise-level, fully automated Agentic AI solutions, and speed up data platform migrations.

About the role

As a Principal Analytics Engineer, you are a high-impact leader who shapes the future of Mantel’s data landscape. Moving beyond project-level delivery, you operate at the intersection of technical excellence, commercial strategy, and industry influence to ensure our clients don't just deliver data, but drive meaningful business outcomes.

Project Delivery & Technical Strategy

• Lead the architectural vision for complex, concurrent data projects, ensuring analytics frameworks are scalable, robust, and aligned with client business outcomes.
• Act as the SME for Analytics Engineering, defining the standards for DataOps, modelling patterns, and semantic layer design across the business.
• Architect the roadmap for next-generation AI capabilities, ensuring data structures are optimised for Agentic AI and LLM integration.
• Quickly identify pain points in challenging projects and implement strategic course corrections to get them back on track.
• Drive commercial growth by identifying and pursuing new opportunities and developing unique IP.
• Lead technical pre-sales initiatives, including conducting customer demonstrations and developing RFQs, RFPs, and SOWs.
• Manage commercial aspects of projects, including scoping, estimation, pricing, and supporting resourcing decisions to ensure healthy project economics.

Team & Capability Development

• Mentor and coach team members and clients, focusing on individual development, recruitment strategy, and overall project team health.
• Drive strategic AI initiatives and foster collaboration across different capabilities within the business.
• Provide ongoing guidance and support to the broader data team to elevate standards of excellence.

Partnerships & Industry Influence

• Cultivate and maintain deep relationships with key partners like dbt Labs, Snowflake, Databricks, Google, AWS, Azure.
• Build the company’s reputation as a thought leader by representing the brand at industry events, meetups, and through technical writing (blogs/social channels).
• Use professional judgement while treating colleagues and clients with respect and compassion, and a demonstrated ability to display our Mantel principles

What you’ll need to be successful:

• Extensive consulting experience with a proven track record of influencing technical and business leaders at Head of, GM, and CxO levels.
• Strong understanding of the modern data stack (such as Snowflake, Databricks, dbt) and its role in creating AI-ready data architectures.
• Deep hands-on knowledge of the Databricks and Snowflake ecosystems, with a focus on how these platforms enable enterprise-wide analytics.
• Experience working on large engagements and the ability to understand complex customer requirements and apply technology solutions to meet business problems
• Experience in large and complex RFP responses, solution design, ability to articulate the value proposition of an overall solution
• Proven experience and ability to own the preparation of sales presentations, proposals, documents and artefacts
• Excellent leadership and communication skills and confidence making presentations
• You take ownership, always stepping up to help and prioritising your teammates. You're also a clear, kind communicator who makes sound decisions based on good judgement.
• At Mantel, we want you to be yourself. We trust our team members to use their professional judgment while treating colleagues and clients with respect, compassion, and professionalism in alignment with our five principles.

What you can expect from us:

• We believe in unique experiences for all. Our My Deal program allows you to tailor your yearly plan, with the support of your Leader, to decide on what’s most important to you. That might be extra professional development, extra annual leave, time to work on your side hustle, or something else completely different! One size does not fit all.
• You’ll get all the tools you need to hit the ground running including a new phone, laptop & swag.
• A true investment in your AI-first career. We are a fully AI-enabled consultancy and provide you with the tools to lead. This includes access to the Mantel AI Gateway, our secure, centralised platform with multiple AI models, plus a dedicated monthly budget and a safe environment to experiment and innovate.
• Mantel is a certified Family Inclusive Workplace, which means we are committed to improving your wellbeing at work through leading practices on flexible work, parental leave, family care and family wellbeing.
• You’ll be genuinely supported by an organisation that cares about not only you but your family as well, Mantel offers Flexible Personal Leave options for those unplanned moments in life.
• We support a flexible hybrid approach to working which is guided by our principles; we trust each other to “make good choices” about the best workplace locations for the requirements of the project, role and client. This can change based on our client needs.
• We know you won’t have one job for life. At Mantel, we believe in supporting our team to take their career in a direction that aligns with their passions. We have internal opportunities across Cloud, Data, Digital, Delivery & Security.
• Our elite partnerships are a direct result of our deep platform mastery. For you, this means you'll be working alongside teams with the highest levels of technical expertise and tackling the most complex, high-profile projects on the market. Check out our partner awards and recognitions here.

We value a diverse workplace and strongly encourage people from all backgrounds and minority groups to apply.