Senior Director - Data Engineering

Join phData, a dynamic and innovative leader in the modern data stack. We partner with major cloud data platforms like Snowflake, AWS, Azure, GCP, Fivetran, Pinecone, Glean and dbt to deliver cutting-edge services and solutions. We're committed to helping global enterprises overcome their toughest data challenges.   

phData is a remote-first global company with employees based in the United States, Latin America and India. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity, ownership and trust. Even though we're growing extremely fast, we maintain a casual, exciting work environment. We hire top performers and allow you the autonomy to deliver results.

• 6x Snowflake Partner of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
• Fivetran, dbt, Atlation, Matillion Partner of the Year
• #1 Partner in Snowflake Advanced Certifications
• 600+ Expert Cloud Certifications (Sigma, AWS, Azure, Dataiku, etc)
• Recognized as an award-winning workplace in US, India and LATAM

Senior Director, Data Engineering

The Senior 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 satisfa