Director, Data Platform

<h3>Company Overview</h3> <p>We are the better way to work in finance. As private equity’s value creation partner, we sit at the heart of PE—where sponsors and CFOs meet. Through financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI, we help clients drive value—supporting the office of the CFO to drive end-to-end value creation.</p> <p>If you crave challenging work and are looking to grow, come solve complex issues alongside 1,600+ finance &amp; technology experts in a supportive, collaborative environment.</p> <p>Backed by premier private equity firms and headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe, we are a high-growth, entrepreneurial firm looking for people who want to be part of building something great. Come make your mark.&nbsp;</p> <h3>Data &amp; Analytics</h3> <p>Accordion's Data &amp; Analytics (D&amp;A) team offers cutting-edge, intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.</p> <p>We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media &amp; Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics.</p> <p>We deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Pricing, Customer Strategies, and more.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.</p> <h3>About the Role and You</h3> <p>Lead end-to-end delivery of modern data platforms for our clients—owning scope, schedule, budget, and outcomes. You’ll run agile delivery teams, guide medallion/lakehouse architectures, and partner with clients to translate business goals into scalable solutions on Snowflake, Azure &amp; Databricks.</p> <h3>What You'll Do</h3> <ul> <li><strong>Own program delivery:</strong> Drive planning, execution, risk/issue management, RAID logs, dependencies, and executive status reporting across multi-workstream data initiatives.</li> <li><strong>Lead agile teams:</strong> Stand up and mature Scrum/Kanban ceremonies, backlog hygiene, velocity forecasting, and release management across data engineering, analytics, and platform ops.</li> <li><strong>Architectural stewardship:</strong> Ensure adherence to <strong>medallion</strong> (bronze/silver/gold) patterns, data contracts, CI/CD for data, and governance/quality controls (DQ rules,