Data Consultant

Digital Waffle; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Influence over go-to-market positioning

Collaboration with executive leadership

Opportunities for personal growth

Job summary

A growing data and technology consultancy is seeking a Data Consulting Director to lead high-impact client engagements. This remote role involves frequent travel and focuses on data strategy, analytics, and technical solutions. The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in data consulting and a strong track record in client-facing roles. Responsibilities include shaping pricing strategies, leading data modernization conversations, and influencing revenue growth. The position offers a salary range of $200,000 to $260,000 plus performance-based incentives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience across data engineering, analytics, or data consulting.
• Proven track record shaping and closing complex data engagements.
• Ability to operate comfortably across strategy, sales, and technical execution.

Responsibilities

• Lead executive-level conversations around data strategy and analytics maturity.
• Diagnose complex client challenges and define clear, outcome-led roadmaps.
• Shape scope, pricing and solution positioning alongside Sales teams.

Skills

Client-facing experience

Data engineering

Analytics consulting

Commercial responsibility

Technical execution

Tools

Snowflake

BigQuery

Databricks

Redshift

dbt

Airflow

Spark

Job description

Overview

A growing data and technology consultancy is hiring a Data Consulting Director to lead high-impact client engagements at the intersection of architecture, advisory and revenue generation.

This is not an internal Head of Data role. This is a client-facing consulting leadership position for someone who can operate confidently in executive conversations, shape commercial deals, define technical solutions and ensure what is sold is delivered properly.

Role: Data Consulting Director

Salary: $200,000 to $260,000 + performance-based OTE of $50,000

Location: Remote w. Frequent travel for Client Visits

What you’ll be doing

• Lead executive-level conversations around data strategy, analytics maturity and modernisation
• Diagnose complex client challenges and define clear, outcome-led roadmaps
• Shape scope, pricing and solution positioning alongside Sales teams
• Design high-level modern data architectures aligned to business goals
• Provide technical direction through early delivery to ensure continuity and quality
• Formalise consulting offerings, frameworks and methodologies
• Contribute directly to data-related revenue growth

What you’ll need

• 10+ years’ experience across data engineering, analytics or data consulting
• Strong client-facing experience with commercial responsibility
• Proven track record shaping and closing complex data engagements
• Hands-on experience with modern data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks or Redshift
• Experience with data pipelines and orchestration tools such as dbt, Airflow or Spark
• Background in consulting or professional services
• Ability to operate comfortably across strategy, sales and technical execution

What’s on offer

• A genuine seat at the table shaping how data consulting is defined and delivered
• Influence over go-to-market positioning and commercial strategy
• Close collaboration with executive leadership
• A role that blends architecture depth with commercial impact

This position would suit someone credible in front of a CTO, confident influencing pricing and scope, and motivated by owning both technical direction and revenue growth.