Data Consultant

Digital Waffle; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Influence over go-to-market positioning

Collaboration with executive leadership

Unique role blending architecture and commercial impact

Job summary

A growing data and technology consultancy is seeking a Data Consulting Director to lead high-impact client engagements. This is a client-facing role requiring 10+ years of experience in data consulting, strong client-facing skills, and expertise in modern data platforms. You will shape commercial deals, lead executive conversations, and ensure successful delivery of solutions. This position offers a competitive salary between $200,000 and $260,000 plus performance-based OTE, along with the opportunity to influence data consulting strategies.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Client-facing experience

Data engineering

Analytics

Commercial responsibility

Experience with data platforms

Data pipelines orchestration

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.