Associate Director - Data Strategy, Enterprise Reporting and Implementation

CrossCountry Consulting

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About The Position

As an Associate Director at CrossCountry Consulting, you will be responsible for a mix of client delivery, leading teams and developing junior team members, and participating in business development activities. You will serve as a trusted partner to our clients, bringing your first-hand experience, unique perspectives, and functional knowledge to deliver tailored integrated solutions that help our clients solve today's challenges and set the foundation for future success.

Requirements

• 9+ years of professional experience leading initiatives or client engagements with a focus on data strategy, data architecture, data engineering, or cloud-based analytics solutions, dealing with large data sets and interpreting data to draw meaningful insights and recommendations.
• 5+ years of experience in implementation of Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, Azure Synapse Analytics.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• 5+ years of experience managing technical teams focused on delivering analytical products and solutions.
• Experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, data lake architectures, and real-time data processing.
• Understanding of data security best practices, compliance standards, and access control.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, Data Science, or a similar discipline.
• Proficiency in SQL.
• Understanding of Python programming language (emphasis on Pandas, NumPy, matplotlib packages).

Nice To Haves

• MBA / CPA [preferred].
• Certification in Snowflake / Alteryx / PowerBI / Tableau [preferred].
• SnowPro Advanced Certification [highly preferred].

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to C-suite executives on data initiatives, understanding client personas (CFO, CIO, CHRO, CAO) and advising on harnessing data to support strategic goals.
• Advise clients on establishing a technology and data strategy program that democratizes data, leverages modern cloud platforms, promotes data management, uncovers critical control needs, monitors data quality, and more.
• Enhance clients’ technology stack and serve as Solution Architect to implement, collect, store, transform, process, and analyze data in a single source of truth consistently, efficiently, and without siloes.
• Architect and design scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across multiple cloud platforms.
• Lead end-to-end data solution implementation, including ingestion, storage, transformation, and visualization using tools like Snowflake, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, Google BigQuery, Azure Synapse Analytics, Fivetran, Talend, PowerBI, Tableau, and Sigma Computing.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, data engineers, and developers to define technical requirements and best practices.
• Develop and enforce data governance, security, and compliance standards across data platforms.
• Optimize data pipelines and ETL processes for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and recommend solutions to improve data infrastructure and analytics capabilities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to data engineers and other team members.
• Ensure seamless integration of data platforms within the enterprise architecture.
• Support clients with the design and implementation of forecasting and predictive analytics models.
• Interview clients to identify root causes of challenges; define and document business requirements.
• Conduct current state / future state gap analysis for business and data processes.
• Create executive level communications and presentations.
• Mentor team members by coaching colleagues, providing regular ongoing feedback and annual performance reviews, and helping project teams resolve complex issues.
• Support business development by building relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to go-to-market strategy and practice-specific programs.

Benefits

• Willingness to travel based on client preferences.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees