Principal Analytics Consultant (Sigma)

phData

10d•Remote

About The Position

phData is seeking a Principal Analytics Consultant specializing in Sigma to help customers gain measurable value from their data. The role leads end-to-end analytics engagements and develops scalable Sigma solutions, working with client stakeholders, internal delivery teams, and account leaders to turn business needs into actionable analytics products. The consultant helps clients improve decision-making and analytics adoption and establish sustainable data practices. The position combines business strategy, analytics architecture, hands-on development, and team leadership. It includes ownership of delivery approach and workstream execution, client facilitation and communication, solution quality and governance, and contributions to account growth and the Analytics practice. The role operates with distributed global teams and clients across time zones.

Requirements

At least 7 years of relevant experience delivering data analytics, business intelligence, or data visualization solutions in an enterprise environment.
At least 3 years of external consulting experience, including ownership of client-facing analytics projects or workstreams from kickoff through completion.
Demonstrated expertise designing and delivering Sigma analytics solutions, including workbook development, data exploration, visualization, and self-service analytics.
Strong SQL skills and experience with cloud data warehouses, data marts, semantic models, and analytical data structures.
Strong understanding of data modeling, metric definition, visualization design, performance optimization, and analytics architecture.
Experience establishing or operating Sigma governance practices, including access management, security, workspace organization, deployment practices, and platform administration.
Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear analytical requirements and communicate recommendations, tradeoffs, and risks to technical and business stakeholders.
Exceptional customer-facing communication, facilitation, project management, and stakeholder-management skills.
Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for learning new technologies, techniques, and procedures.
Comfort operating in distributed global teams and partnering with colleagues and clients across time zones.

Nice To Haves

Snowflake experience.
Experience scaling Sigma across an enterprise, including governance, adoption, operating models, performance, and platform optimization.
Experience leading consultant teams and contributing to utilization planning, staffing plans, workstream-level budget management, and project delivery.
Experience with data preparation and transformation tools such as Alteryx, KNIME, Matillion, Dataiku, Coalesce, or similar tools.
Experience with Snowflake, Tableau, Power BI, Power Platform, or other modern data and analytics platforms.
Experience developing reusable analytics accelerators, frameworks, templates, enablement materials, or internal points of view.
Experience contributing to solution estimates, proposals, discovery activities, and consulting practice growth.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end analytics workstreams, including planning, requirements, prototyping, development, testing, deployment, and adoption of Sigma solutions.
Own the technical approach, backlog, and sequencing of work to deliver scalable analytics solutions suited to each client’s business context and data environment.
Facilitate client working sessions to clarify business needs, define analytical requirements, align stakeholders on priorities and risks, and drive decisions.
Design and develop Sigma workbooks, dashboards, governed datasets, and self-service analytics experiences.
Apply SQL, data modeling, and data visualization practices to connect Sigma solutions to cloud data warehouses, data marts, and analytical data structures.
Establish quality standards and review deliverables for technical quality, usability, performance, scalability, and alignment with best practices.
Recommend governance, security, access, workspace, and operating-model practices for enterprise-scale Sigma adoption.
Analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize data models, workbooks, reports, platform configurations, and deployment issues as needed.
Manage client expectations through status reporting, proactive communication, feedback loops, and transparent escalation of risks and dependencies.
Partner with account and practice leaders to identify use cases, extension opportunities, and reusable accelerators that increase client value and support practice growth.
Lead or mentor consultants and contribute to staffing, utilization, delivery planning, workstream budgets, and project performance.
Support backlog development and ongoing enhancement of analytics solutions after implementation.