Data Engineering Consulting Practice Lead

Intello Technologies Inc.; Waterloo; Hybrid; CAD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology consulting company is seeking a Data Engineering Consulting Practice Lead to define and scale offerings across data engineering. The role involves high-impact client engagements and driving innovation in cloud-native technology solutions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in data engineering and consulting leadership with a strong knowledge of Google Cloud Platform. Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Benefits

Comprehensive total rewards package

Flexible benefits plan

Generous pension and share purchase programs

Career growth opportunities

3 weeks of vacation

Qualifications

• Several years of experience in data engineering or software development, with 3+ years in a consulting leadership role.
• Experience managing P&L and supporting go-to-market execution.
• Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform, BigQuery, DBT, and modern data stack tools.

Responsibilities

• Define and scale offerings across Data Platform Engineering.
• Lead high-impact client engagements from pre-sales through delivery.
• Drive innovation and delivery excellence across the data engineering lifecycle.

Skills

data engineering

technical sales

client engagement

Google Cloud Platform

P&L management

Education

University degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

BigQuery

SQL

Kafka

Airflow

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Data Engineering Consulting Practice Lead

Location:

Toronto, ON, CA, M5J 2V5

Jobs by Category: Technology Solutions

Job Function: Sales & Professional Services

Status: Full Time

Schedule: Regular

Description

Badal by TELUS Business is a high-impact Google Cloud consulting team acquired by TELUS Communications in 2024. We partner with leading enterprises across banking, telco, retail, energy and other sectors to solve their most complex business challenges using the power of cloud-native technology. We lead digital transformation across data, analytics, AI/ML, and security domains—raising the bar at every engagement.

Our team and what we’ll accomplish together

You’ll join the Badal by TELUS leadership team as the Head of our Data Engineering Practice—a strategic pillar of the business. This role blends technical depth with business leadership and is ideal for someone excited to shape offerings, scale a high-performing team, and drive commercial impact across the data engineering lifecycle. You will lead solution development, talent growth, and go-to-market execution across four focus areas:

• Modern Data Stack
• Data Migration

This is your opportunity to define what great looks like in cloud and data consulting.

How you’ll be successful:

As the Director of Business Development and Head of our Data Engineering Practice, you’ll define and scale our offerings across Data Platform Engineering; the Modern Data Stack, Applied Intelligence, and Data Migration. You will lead high-impact client engagements from pre-sales through delivery, acting as both a technical authority and executive sponsor. Your leadership will drive innovation, delivery excellence, and team growth, while ensuring our solutions consistently exceed client expectations. Collaborating closely with sales, engineering, PMO and leadership, you will turn client challenges into scalable services—and own the practice’s performance, strategy, and capacity planning.

You’ll also provide:

• Thought leadership on data architecture, ML/AI, Cloud and modern ELT patterns
• Technical strategy for client solutions leveraging GCP, Snowflake, dbt, Kafka, and more
• People leadership by coaching high-performing technical teams in a consulting context
• Financial acumen, including management of P&L
• Sales/professional services outreach, including participation in or leading pre-sales activities and opportunity initiation
• Innovation by continuously evolving practice capabilities to stay ahead of market needs
• Standards & governance by embedding responsible AI, data privacy, lineage, and governance into solutions
• Execution excellence with a relentless focus on value, quality, and speed in delivery

Qualifications

You’re the missing piece of the puzzle:

You are likely in a similar engineering & business leadership position today, with many of the following talents and experience points:

• You bring several years of experience in data engineering or software development, with at least 3 years in a consulting leadership role
• You have effectively managed P&L, grown practices and supported go-to-market execution
• You have experience working within consulting or professional services teams, delivering enterprise solution
• You have done business development, account management or technical sales, initiating new relationships and creating opportunities.
• You are known for your knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (preferred), BigQuery, DBT, Airflow, Spark, Kafka and modern data stack tools
• Your technical background includes data modeling, ELT/ETL design, streaming and analytics engineering
• You are familiar with machine learning workflows, MLOps integration and governance frameworks

Great to haves:

We are especially motivated to connect with individuals with one or more of the following:

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field; Master’s degree even better
• Leadership and/or data certifications

Salary Range: $250,000-$300,000

Performance Bonus or Sales Incentive Plan: $250,000-300,000

Actual total compensation will be determined based on factors such as knowledge, skills, performance and experience. In addition, TELUS offers rewarding benefits such as:

• Comprehensive total rewards package highlighting competitive salary and bonus structures, minimum 3 weeks of vacation, and flexible benefits plan to meet the needs of you and your family
• Flexibility to work in-office, virtually or a combination of both, based on the role's requirements
• Generous company matched pension and share purchase programs
• Opportunity to give back to communities in which we work, live and serve
• Career growth and learning & development opportunities to develop your skills
• And much more …

A bit about us

We’re a people-focused, customer-first, purpose-driven team who works together every day to innovate and do good. We improve lives through our technology solutions and foster a culture of innovation that empowers team members to solve complex problems and create remarkable human outcomes in a digital world.

You’ll find our engaging, high-performance culture personally fulfilling, professionally challenging, and financially rewarding. We’re committed to diversity and equitable access to employment opportunities based on ability. Your unique contributions and talents will be valued and respected here. When you join our team, you’re helping us make the future friendly.

Note for Quebec candidates: if knowledge of English is required for this position, it is because the team member will be asked, on a regular basis, to interact in English with external or internal parties or to use English applications or software as part of their tasks.

Technology Solutions

We’re into seeing where technology can take us, so if you have ever imagined what the future of supply chain management, cybersecurity, the cloud and Internet of Things will look like, we want you to be part of the team that makes it happen.

We are honoured to be recognized

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Innovation centres across Canada that bring our team members together with customers, partners, start ups, universities, hospitals and fellow colleagues to tackle some of the biggest technological hurdles Canada will face in the near future.

Accessibility

TELUS is proud to foster an inclusive culture that embraces diversity. We are committed to fair employment practices and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment.

We offer accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as required, during the recruitment process.