Senior Data Insights Architect & AI Strategy Leader

Mantel Group Pty Ltd; City of Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Mantel Group Pty Ltd is seeking a Principal Consultant - Data Insights to shape Mantel’s data landscape and advance AI-enabled analytics for clients in Australia. You will lead architecture, strategy, and pre-sales, driving business outcomes through scalable data platforms and trusted advisory relationships.

You will mentor teams, influence executives, and foster partnerships with major platform providers to deliver value-driven data solutions across complex engagements.

Qualifications

• 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 and its role in creating AI-ready data architectures.
• Deep strategic knowledge of the modern data ecosystems (Databricks / Snowflake), 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
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills with the ability to handle objections and be persuasive when proposing solutions and products
• Self-motivated and hands‑on approach, adept at navigating ambiguity to find solutions
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural vision for complex, concurrent data projects, ensuring analytics frameworks are scalable, robust, and aligned with client business outcomes.
• 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.
• 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.
• Cultivate and maintain deep relationships with key partners like dbt Labs, Snowflake, Databricks, Google and AWS.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients, providing professional guidance on AI strategy, data governance, and organisational data maturity.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Data strategy

Stakeholder management

AI/ML capabilities

Presentation skills

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive engagement

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Mantel Group Pty Ltd is seeking a Principal Consultant - Data Insights to shape Mantel’s data landscape and advance AI-enabled analytics for clients in Australia. You will lead architecture, strategy, and pre-sales, driving business outcomes through scalable data platforms and trusted advisory relationships.

You will mentor teams, influence executives, and foster partnerships with major platform providers to deliver value-driven data solutions across complex engagements.