Consulting Manager, Data Engineering
About the position Build the future of the AI Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team. Snowflake Professional Services is the implementation and strategy experts for the Snowflake platform. We engage with customers at all phases of the customer journey to optimize, accelerate, and achieve business outcomes. Our teams of Solutions Architects demonstrate technical leadership everyday by writing code, constructing solution architectures, and guiding customers through decision paths to achieve impactful outcomes. We advise everyone from developers to senior executives on how best to utilize Snowflake to make their business successful. The consulting manager is a unique opportunity to leverage your technical expertise while leading a team of Solutions Architects and Consultants. Our Consulting Managers are accomplished architects who leverage their technical acumen and project delivery skills to ensure the success of our projects and customers. This role is 100% remote and can be based anywhere in the United States. Responsibilities • Manage a team of Solutions Architects and Consultants, providing oversight of their contributions to ensure the utmost quality in all aspects of project delivery • Mentor a team of Solutions Architects and consultants identifying strengths and growth opportunities for your team • Leverage your own Snowflake technical expertise to assess quality and value of your teams contributions • Act as the first level of escalation management for any and all delivery concerns related to your team • Recruit, hire and prepare our future team members for success in their projects • Work with product and services sales teams to close growth opportunities and ensure effective execution of account and organization strategies • Facilitate knowledge sharing and cross team learning to ensure we are making each other the best • Work with other organizational leaders to influence our GTM strategies, leading initiatives and improvement where necessary • Maintain a 50% utilization target, owning your own strategic projects and acting as a billable oversight role where needed Requirements • University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experience • Minimum 10 years of experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role • Minimum 5 years of people management experience; experience mentoring, coaching and developing teams • Minimum 5 years of experience in selling or positioning professional services - scoping large projects, developing delivery estimates and proposals • Must have Data engineering experience with Spark, Iceberg, data ingestion strategy and experience with open source technologies • Outstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos • Understanding of complete data analytics stack and workflow, from ETL to data platform design to BI and analytics tools • Strong skills in databases, data warehouses, and data processing • Knowledge of and experience with large-scale database technology (e.g. Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, Greenplum, etc.) • Extensive knowledge with Big Data platform and tools for large-scale data processing (e.g. Hadoop, HBase, Apache Nifi, Hive) • Familiarity and experience with common data integration and data transformation tools (e.g. Informatica, DataStage, Talend, Matillion) • Familiarity and experience with common BI and data exploration tools (e.g. Microstrategy, Business Objects, Tableau) • Extensive hands-on expertise with SQL and SQL analytics • Scripting experience with Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash • Ability and flexibility to travel to work with customers on-site up to 25% of the time Nice-to-haves • Experience in the services organization of a product company • Experience in a leadership position executing technical projects • Industry vertical expertise (Media, Financial Services, Healthcare, etc.) • Application Development experience • AWS, Google or Microsoft Cloud certification(s) • Snowflake Snowpro Advanced Certification(s) Benefits • Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance • 401(k) retirement plan • Flexible spending & health savings account • At least 12 paid holidays • Paid time off • Parental leave • Employee assistance program • Other company benefits Apply tot his job