Data Strategy Consultant

Horizontal Talent; Denver (NC); Remote; USD 56,000 - 107,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a senior data strategy consultant for a remote, client-facing role focused on translating business goals into practical data strategies. You will drive engagements across marketing, analytics, and technology ecosystems, guiding senior stakeholders and headlines across multiple workstreams.

You’ll assess data environments, craft strategic recommendations, and translate requirements into roadmaps, use cases, and deliverables.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant experience in consulting and/or working with data platforms.
• Strong ability to explain the business value of data strategy, measurement strategy, and warehousing strategy to executive audiences.
• Working knowledge of data storage, data management, process flows, governance, compliance, privacy, consent management, and identity stitching.
• Experience creating data strategy recommendations, roadmaps, use cases, architecture diagrams, process flows, ERDs, or data inventories.
• Functional experience with CDPs such as Adobe RTCDP or Salesforce Data360.
• Familiarity with CRM and orchestration tools such as Salesforce, AJO, and Braze.
• Experience with digital analytics platforms such as Adobe Analytics, CJA, or Google Analytics.
• Ability to support AI-based solution design and implementation.
• Strong communication, project management, and thought leadership skills.
• Comfort working with executive, business, and technical stakeholders in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional client engagements and help ensure cohesive delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Assess current data environments, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop strategic recommendations aligned to business goals.
• Facilitate stakeholder interviews and workshops to gather requirements, uncover challenges, and define clear use cases.
• Translate business needs into solution concepts, roadmap priorities, and actionable deliverables.
• Support strategic planning across data warehousing, modeling, governance, privacy, consent, identity management, and analytics.
• Provide guidance on marketing orchestration, campaign planning, tactic briefs, and ROI considerations when applicable.
• Collaborate with data, analytics, engineering, marketing, experience design, and technology teams to align strategy and execution.
• Offer oversight and direction to technical team members supporting complex client programs.
• Help communicate program value to client stakeholders and identify opportunities for expansion or additional services.
• Support business development and pre-sales efforts through scoping, sequencing, and resourcing recommendations.

Skills

Data strategy experience

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

AI solution design

CRM tooling familiarity

Tools

Adobe RTCDP

Salesforce Data360

Salesforce CRM

Braze

AJO

OneTrust

Job description

Join a fast-paced, client-facing data strategy role where you’ll help shape how organizations unlock value from their data across marketing, analytics, and technology ecosystems. This is a remote consulting opportunity focused on translating business goals into practical, high-impact data strategies that drive measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional client engagements and help ensure cohesive delivery across multiple workstreams.
• Assess current data environments, identify opportunities for improvement, and develop strategic recommendations aligned to business goals.
• Facilitate stakeholder interviews and workshops to gather requirements, uncover challenges, and define clear use cases.
• Translate business needs into solution concepts, roadmap priorities, and actionable deliverables.
• Support strategic planning across data warehousing, modeling, governance, privacy, consent, identity management, and analytics.
• Provide guidance on marketing orchestration, campaign planning, tactic briefs, and ROI considerations when applicable.
• Collaborate with data, analytics, engineering, marketing, experience design, and technology teams to align strategy and execution.
• Offer oversight and direction to technical team members supporting complex client programs.
• Help communicate program value to client stakeholders and identify opportunities for expansion or additional services.
• Support business development and pre-sales efforts through scoping, sequencing, and resourcing recommendations.

Skills

• 7-10 years of relevant experience in consulting and/or working with data platforms.
• Strong ability to explain the business value of data strategy, measurement strategy, and warehousing strategy to executive audiences.
• Working knowledge of data storage, data management, process flows, governance, compliance, privacy, consent management, and identity stitching.
• Experience creating data strategy recommendations, roadmaps, use cases, architecture diagrams, process flows, ERDs, or data inventories.
• Functional experience with CDPs such as Adobe RTCDP or Salesforce Data360.
• Familiarity with CRM and orchestration tools such as Salesforce, AJO, and Braze.
• Experience with digital analytics platforms such as Adobe Analytics, CJA, or Google Analytics.
• Ability to support AI-based solution design and implementation.
• Strong communication, project management, and thought leadership skills.
• Comfort working with executive, business, and technical stakeholders in a collaborative environment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with BI tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
• SQL knowledge.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies such as Snowflake, AWS, or Azure.
• Experience with consent management platforms such as OneTrust.
• Background in developing campaign briefs, audience strategies, and innovation-oriented marketing recommendations.
• Experience working across data, analytics, and engineering teams in complex client environments.

Horizontal Talent is committed to creating an inclusive environment where diverse perspectives are valued, respected, and welcomed. We believe equity and belonging strengthen our teams, our clients, and the solutions we deliver.

The pay range for this role is $41 - $78 per hour based on qualifications and experience.