Senior Director, Data Platform (India)

Accordion; India; On-site; INR 14,286,000 - 20,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accordion is seeking a seasoned Data & Analytics Delivery Lead to drive end-to-end data platform programs across Snowflake, Databricks, and Azure. You will guide multi-disciplinary teams, align strategies with client goals, and ensure successful delivery within scope and budget.

You will partner with C-suite stakeholders, shape architectures, and lead initiatives from data contracts to CI/CD while advancing a culture of excellence in delivery.

Qualifications

• 10+ years technology delivery experience, incl. 5+ years leading data platform/analytics programs in consulting.
• Experience managing multi-workstream programs with distributed teams and senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on fluency with Snowflake, Databricks, Azure data services, and data ingestion/transformation tools.
• Ability to guide architecture and review technical decisions.
• Expertise in lakehouse/medallion architectures, governance and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large data platform programs, managing scope, schedule, budget, and outcomes.
• Serve as senior client relationship manager guiding executives through strategy and tradeoffs.
• Shape target-state architecture across Snowflake, Databricks, Azure, and related tooling.
• Provide architectural stewardship: lakehouse patterns, data contracts, and CI/CD for data.
• Lead cross-functional teams (data engineering, analytics, ops); advance Scrum/Kanban practices.
• Own SOW alignment, staffing, budget forecasting, margin, and risk.
• Contribute to practice growth, accelerators, and pre-sales support.
• Support pursuits: scoping, estimating, staffing, and executive storytelling.
• Travel to client sites as needed.

Skills

Snowflake

Databricks

Azure

Fivetran

dbt

Jira

Azure DevOps

CI/CD for data

Git workflows

Executive communication

Delivery leadership

Architecture review

Education

BS/MS in CS/IS/Engineering

MBA a plus

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

CI/CD tooling

Job description

LOCATIONS

• Atlanta
• Boston
• Chicago
• Charlotte
• Dallas
• Los Angeles
• New York City
• San Francisco

DEPARTMENT

Data & Analytics

Company Overview

We are the better way to work in finance. As private equitys value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PEwhere sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive valuesupporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.

If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,600+ finance & technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.

Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.

Data & Analytics

Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A;) team offers cutting-edge, intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.

We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics.

We deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Pricing, Customer Strategies, and more.

This role can be based in any of our US office locations and is a hybrid role with the flexibility to work remotely 2 days a week. Ideal candidates should be local to the desired location.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.

About the Role

Lead end-to-end delivery of modern data platforms owning scope, schedule, budget, and outcomes. Run geographically diverse agile delivery teams, guide medallion/Lakehouse architectures, and translate client business goals into scalable solutions on Snowflake, Azure, and Databricks.

What Youll Do:

• Own end-to-end delivery of large, multi-workstream data platform programs scope, timeline, budget, quality, risk, and business outcomes.
• Serve as senior client relationship manager guiding executives through strategy, tradeoffs, change requests, and steering committees.
• Shape target-state architecture across Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric/Azure, and adjacent tooling.
• Provide architectural stewardship: lakehouse/medallion patterns, data contracts, CI/CD for data, observability, governance, and lineage.
• Lead agile cross-functional teams (data engineering, analytics, platform ops); mature Scrum/Kanban practices and coordinate onshore/offshore delivery.
• Own commercial performance: SOW alignment, staffing, budget forecasting, margin, risk, and acceptance criteria.
• Contribute to practice growth playbooks, accelerators, pre-sales support, proposals, and client chance development.
• Support pursuits: scoping, estimating, staffing, and executive-level storytelling; serve as technical authority in client workshops and due diligence.
• Drive business development (pipeline, proposals, account expansion) and support recruiting/mentorship as the practice scales.
• Travel to client sites as needed.

You Have:

• 10+ years technology delivery experience, including 5+ years leading data platform/engineering/analytics transformation programs in consulting (required).
• Proven success managing $1M$5M+ multi-workstream programs with distributed US/offshore teams and senior client stakeholders.
• Hands‑on technical fluency: Snowflake (warehouses, RBAC, performance/cost tuning), Databricks and or Microsoft Fabric, Azure data services (ADF, Synapse, ADLS, networking/security), and ingestion/transformation tooling (Fivetran; dbt a plus).
• Ability to credibly guide architecture and review technical decisions, not just manage status.
• Practical expertise in lakehouse/medallion architectures, governance, data modelling and data quality/observability.
• Strong agile delivery skills (Scrum/Kanban, Jira/or Azure DevOps, CI/CD for data, Git workflows).
• Strong executive communication with VP/C‑suite/sponsor‑level stakeholders.
• Strong commercial instincts proposals, staffing strategy, engagement economics.
• Nice to have regulated industries, FinOps for data platforms, GDPR/CCPA, Power BI/Fabric, PE‑backed environments, Office of the CFO transformations, or broader AI‑led value creation work.

Preferred Requirements:

• BS/MS in CS, IS, Engineering, adjacent technical degree (Math, Physics, etc.), or equivalent experience. MBA a plus.
• PMP, PMI‑ACP, or SAFe; SnowPro; Azure DP‑203/AZ‑305 a plus.

What Success Looks Like

Trusted advisor connecting business goals to platform execution, leading teams through ambiguity.

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