Senior Director, Data Platform

Senior Director, Data Platform

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 You'll 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 opportunity 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 modeling, and data quality/observability.
• Strong agile delivery skills (Scrum/Kanban, Jira/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.
• Programs delivered with quality, predictable execution, and measurable outcomes.
• Engagements expand through delivery with credibility and strong executive relationships.
• The Data Platform team grows stronger through mentorship, hiring, and repeatable standards.

The annual salary for this role ranges from: $234,000 to $280,000 USD + bonus + equity + benefits. Actual compensation packages are determined by evaluating a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to geographic location, skill set, years and depth of experience, education, certifications, cost of labor and internal equity.

Accordion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

Please note that as per Accordion policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening and in alignment with our inclusive diversity values. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that Accordion will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.