Director - Data Engineering

Join phData, a remote-first data and AI consultancy company with employees across the United States, Latin America, and India. We partner with industry leaders, including Snowflake, AWS, Anthropic, Azure, GCP, Fivetran, Pinecone, Glean, and dbt, to solve the complex data and AI challenges that slow large enterprises.

We're growing fast, and we give our people real ownership over their work. We hire top performers and trust them to deliver results.

Why phData?

Snowflake Implementation Partner of the Year — 7 consecutive years, and 2026 Snowflake AI Partner of the Year

AWS Premier Tier Services Partner — the highest tier of recognition in the AWS Partner Network

2025 Fivetran Partner of the Year (4th consecutive year)

2025 dbt Labs Partner of the Year (3x winner) with Visionary partner status

2026 KNIME Customer Excellence Partner of the Year

Preferred Partner in the Anthropic Claude Partner Network

#1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications

600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, and more)

Recognized as an award-winning workplace in the US, India and LATAM

Director, Data Engineering

The Director, Data Engineering is one of the most strategic, high-pressure, and mission-critical roles at phData. If you're seeking a position that challenges your technical expertise, business acumen, and leadership abilities daily—this is it.

In this role, you will function as a CTO-like advisor for phData’s most strategic customers. You will lead customer success, direct technical strategy, drive delivery excellence, and serve as a key stakeholder in growing long-term partnerships and revenue. This position requires a unique blend of hands-on architecture skills, executive presence, client empathy, and entrepreneurial drive.

If you thrive in highly visible, fast-paced roles where the expectations are high and the impact is massive, this is the career-defining opportunity you’ve been looking for.

Why This Role Matters

This role is one of the most challenging and high-impact positions at phData. As the Sr. Director, Data Engineering, you will not only be a technical leader but also a business driver, team coach, and trusted partner. You will lead from the front—turning customer ambiguity into clarity, complexity into strategy, and roadblocks into revenue.

If you are energized by solving hard problems, earning trust, and scaling impact in fast-paced environments, we want you on our team.

Your Impact

Client Strategy & Technical Leadership

Serve as the executive-level technical leader and primary advisor for strategic customer accounts

Act as a CTO for your accounts, guiding technology decisions, roadmaps, architecture, and platform maturity

Build deep relationships with technical and business stakeholders, driving consensus on solutions

Lead Quarterly Business Reviews (QBRs), Innovation Days, roadmap presentations, and architectural vision sessions

Deliver clear recommendations, success criteria, and measurement frameworks for each engagement

Step into complex or ambiguous problem spaces and provide clarity, direction, and momentum

Account Expansion & Sales Partnership

Collaborate closely with Account Executives to create and execute growth strategies

Identify new opportunities for phData services and lead scoping, pricing, and proposal development

Influence buying centers, build executive relationships, and create value-based narratives for expansion

Deeply understand customer needs and industry trends, positioning phData offerings accordingly

Drive strategic alignment between the customer, partners (e.g., Snowflake), and internal teams

Develop and execute multi-year technology roadmaps aligned to client business outcomes

Delivery Oversight & Quality Assurance

Own delivery success and overall satisfaction across all projects within assigned accounts

Ensure delivery quality through mentorship, leadership, and hands-on involvement as needed

Provide architectural oversight, escalation management, and alignment across teams

Build technical documentation, vision statements, solution architectures, and proofs of concept

Drive accountability across internal and client teams through strategic, candid communication

Lead enablement and education of delivery teams through documentation, onboarding support, and cross-training sessions

People Development & Thought Leadership

Mentor technical consultants and engineers across the delivery organization

Build and grow technical and communication skills across teams to elevate delivery maturity

Identify and share delivery patterns that drive scalable, repeatable customer success

Actively contribute to phData internal initiatives and communities of practice

Internal Leadership & Collaboration

Lead client resource planning, forecasting, and skills alignment in partnership with Recruiting and Resourcing

Track KPIs and metrics across engagements to measure and communicate business outcomes

Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and play a key role in Practice Lead strategy discussions

Collaborate with partner technology teams and keep the broader account team aligned and informed

Participate in key leadership, sales, and delivery syncs to ensure alignment across functions

What We’re Looking For

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of hands-on experience delivering complex data or AI/ML platforms in production environments

3+ years in a consulting leadership role with direct client ownership and revenue accountability

Deep technical expertise in cloud platforms (Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP), modern data stacks, and MLOps tools

Proven success growing enterprise accounts and building executive-level relationships

Strong architectural and implementation skills in Python, SQL, dbt, and modern infrastructure tooling

Excellent communication and negotiation skills with a strong sense of presence and clarity under pressure

Willingness to travel for customer meetings, QBRs, and key events when necessary

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree in a technical, data, or business-related discipline

Experience leading delivery within a scaled services or consulting firm

Proficiency in partner ecosystem collaboration (especially Snowflake, AWS, dbt)

Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and cloud-native AI/ML tools

Demonstrated thought leadership (e.g., blogs, speaking, open source) is a plus

Why phData? We Offer:

Remote-First Workplace

Medical Insurance for Self & Family

Medical Insurance for Parents

Term Life & Personal Accident

Wellness Allowance

Broadband Reimbursement

Continuous learning and growth opportunities to enhance your skills and expertise

Other benefits include paid certifications, professional development allowance, and bonuses for creating company-approved content

phData celebrates diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at phData. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at People Operations.