Principal Data and AI Strategy Lead

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.

• 5x Snowflake Partner of the Year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
• 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

Our Principal Data and AI Strategy Lead will play a critical role in driving delivery excellence, growing our business, and ensuring customer success. As a critical leader in our top customer accounts, the Principal Data and AI Strategy Lead will also partner closely with Sales to drive account expansion and long-term value. We prioritize hiring not just brilliant delivery leaders, but leaders who excel at client engagement, guiding  clients’ long-term direction, and offering a valuable perspective, thereby elevating the quality of our consulting services. In this role, you’ll manage multiple work streams, build executive relationships, and guide clients through complex data challenges, and stay ahead of market trends to inform the development of our go-to-market capabilities.

This role is about creating value, fostering trust, building relationships, and positioning yourself as a strategic influencer in the evolving data landscape.

Required Experience:

• 8+ years as a hands-on Data and AI Strategy Leader who has led Data Strategy engagements.
• 4+ years previous Consulting leadership experience working with external clients, with the ability to multitask, prioritize tasks, and work across a variety of projects. 
•  Understands the evolving AI capabilities in the industry, including their applications and how to leverage them effectively to help clients increase revenue, improve customer experience, or introduce new products to the market.
• Brings vertical/industry expertise to bear, in making Strategic recommendations, given the nuances of each industry, e.g. Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail.
• Experience engaging senior stakeholders, including members of the C-suite.
• Functional Strategy Leadership expertise and/or exposure, including:
  • Identification and prioritization of business-focused opportunities.
  • Expertly balancing technical, organizational, and process recommendations.
  • Developing and sequencing long-term roadmaps.
  • Designing future state operating models.
  • Designing processes for effective data and analytical asset management.
  • Developing business cases with return on investment in mind.
  • Making recommendations that resonate with organizations, and have a clear story behind why we are making them.
  • Adept at making technical recommendations that are tied to business outcomes, including but not limited to the following areas:
• Adept at making technical recommendations that are tied to business outcomes, including but not limited to the following areas:
• Cloud computing.
• Data platform development.
• Integration patterns.
• Data quality resolution.
• Data Governance.
• Privacy and security.
• Regulatory needs.
• Experience prioritizing use cases by value and complexity, conducting SWOT analysis, and bringing the confluence of capability a