Principal Consultant

<div class="content-intro"><h2>About Us</h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">DAS42 is a data consultancy that brings clarity and a modern point of view to managing, accessing, and using data<strong> </strong>to solve our client’s most urgent business needs. We see our clients and the complex data issues they face and apply customized strategies to reach their goals. Our deeply knowledgeable team can engage end-to-end across all layers of our client’s data ecosystem, giving them greater efficiency, scale, and flexibility to transform their organization for long-term success.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why should you work at DAS42? Our cultural pillars say it all: People, Impact, and Curiosity. We care about our people, the work we do makes an impact, and everyone at DAS42 is supported to further develop their skills and ask questions. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Through our commitment to delivering best-in-class solutions and providing industry leading Total Rewards to our employees out team has built a company that we can be proud of. That is we’ve been named </span><strong>2022 Snowflake Partner of the Year, </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">one of</span><strong> BuiltIn’s 2023 and 2024 Best Places to Work</strong><strong>. </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a diverse team, we encourage people from all academic, social, and demographic backgrounds to explore career opportunities. Check out our page for more information about</span> <a href="https://das42.com/who-we-are/our-story/">who we are</a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and</span><a href="https://das42.com/careers/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">why our people love working here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <hr> <p> </p></div><h2><strong>About the Role</strong></h2> <p>The Principal Consultant (PC) will lead the strategic direction of client engagements, including analysis, architecture, design, and development of best practices for AI enabled cloud data solutions. </p> <p>DAS42 Principal Consultants have deep experience in technical design and architecting client solutions, focusing on outcomes for their business. PCs become the trusted advisors and partners to our clients. They drive revenue for DAS42 and help our clients achieve their business goals through effective relationships, project satisfaction, and representing our point-of-view in the market.</p> <p>Principal Consultants are key members of our consulting leadership team mentoring technical managers and supporting the development of our consulting organization. This position reports to the Head of Consulting and Delivery Services.</p> <h2><strong>What You’ll Do</strong></h2> <p><strong>Client Project Work</strong></p> <ul> <li>Lead the strategic direction of up to four projects concurrently, possibly growing to up to six via Agentic AI implementations</li> <li>Responsible for designing solutions and best practices to solve client pain points using a data-driven business strategy and best in class AI and advanced analytics technology toolset</li> <li>Partner deeply with clients throughout the project lifecycle to:</li> <ul> <li>Understand clients’ business objectives and how DAS42 can deliver against them with our capabilities and technology partners</li> <li>Build a vision for each client and project to provide them with a clear roadmap to build a data driven culture and mature AI enabled analytics capabilities</li> <li>Articulate the value that DAS42 brings to our clients</li> <li>Collaborate with the Sales Team to identify opportunities to expand engagements based on client needs and feedback</li> <li>Serve as the escalation point for client technical issues and requests</li> <li>Drive alignment with partner account teams (such as Snowflake and Sigma) to ensure our joint customers’ success</li> <li>Understand client’s industry and related news, trends, pain points and challenges, to ensure our strategic guidance and solution are based not only in domain expertise but industry expertise and perspective</li> </ul> <li>Guide technical Team Leads on projects, who are responsible for leading the technical execution and management of individual contributors</li> <li>Ensure delivery excellence in partnership with our Project Management and account management teams</li> </ul> <p><strong>Internal Non-Project Work</strong></p> <ul> <li>Manage and mentor 2-4 Team Leads</li> <ul> <li>Provide performance feedback, reviews, and coaching</li> <li>Support development and training of team members</li> </ul> <li>Help build and lead a world-class technical delivery team focused on advanced analytics and data engineering - supported and accelerated via Agentic AI platforms</li> <li>Institutionalize DAS42 best practices, based on project experiences, to create agentic AI delivery processes and effective training materials.  </li> <li>Be an industry thought leader utilizing blog posts, articles, speaking opportunities, and others that help expand the brand and expertise of DAS42</li> </ul> <h2><strong>What We’re Looking For</strong></h2> <ul> <li>A passion for technology and for helping companies solve business problems with data and technology</li> <li>8+ years in the data engineering and analytics field</li> <li>Experience in a client-facing experience in a consulting or services environment</li> <li>Proven ability to solve client pain points using data, advanced analytics and Agentic AI platforms</li> <li>Deep experience managing several teams and leading multiple complex projects simultaneously</li> <li>Proven ability to build trusted client relationships with business and technical stakeholders</li> <li>Excellent written and oral communication skills</li> <li>Experience with, and/or experience managing technical teams who use data analytics programming languages such as SQL, Python.</li> <li>Experience with, and/or experience managing technical teams who use BI platforms such as Sigma, Looker, Tableau, or PowerBI</li> <li>Experience with data pipeline and cloud warehousing tools such as Apache Airflow and Snowflake</li> <li>Experience with Generative and Agentic AI tools and platforms preferable and a plus</li> <li>BA/BS degree required, ideally in a quantitatively oriented degree (e.g. Computer Science, Math, Statistics, Economics). Advanced degree a plus.</li> </ul> <h2><strong>More about the position:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Anticipated Travel:10-20%</li> <li>Location Options: Remote, USA</li> <li>Time allocation across key responsibilities as follows:</li> <ul> <li><strong>Projects (75%)</strong>: Leading 4 engagements, client leadership, architecture, and content management</li> <li><strong>Pre-sales (10%)</strong>: Selling, qualification, and solutioning</li> <li><strong>People (5%)</strong>: Recruiting, managing, training, and mentoring</li> <li><strong>Solutions (5%)</strong>: Development accelerators</li> <li><strong>Company Strategy (5%)</strong>: Strategic planning</li> </ul> <li>Base Salary Range: $145K-$190K</li> </ul><div class="content-conclusion"><div> <div class="cce-content__paragraph" data-block="true" data-editor="9l31r" data-offset-key="n4up-0-0"><hr> <h2 class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="n4up-0-0">Total Experience Equation</h2> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="n4up-0-0"><span data-offset-key="n4up-0-0"><span data-offset-key="2l91q-0-0">We differentiate ourselves in the talent market by investing in a full suite of benefits and a culture that supports our employees' achievement of our core mission </span><span data-offset-key="2l91q-0-1">to <strong>help the world’s leading companies make better decisions, faster.</strong></span></span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="n4up-0-0"> </div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="n4up-0-0"><span data-offset-key="n4up-0-0">The values of DAS42 drive the Total Experience Equation we offer for our team. We hope to motivate and engage our employees through a variety of offerings that satisfy those values and needs in a way unique to DAS42. A few of those benefits include:</span></div> <div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="n4up-0-0"> <ul> <li>Unlimited Vacation</li> <li>Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance</li> <li>Paid Family and Medical Leave</li> <li>Individual and Company Bonus Programs</li> <li>Paid Family and Medical Leave</li> <li>Regular, In-person Company Events</li> <li>Flexible Work Policy</li> <li>Remote Work Stipend</li> <li>401(k) Matching</li> <li>Learning and Development Programs</li> </ul> <p> </p> <hr> <p><em>All new hires will be required to complete a background check, and employment at DAS42 is contingent upon successfully passing it. If an applicant is found to have misrepresented themselves, DAS42 reserves the right to withdraw the offer.</em></p> <p> </p> <p><em>DAS42 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. </em><em>This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><em>DAS42 uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. To learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities, please contact the Department of Homeland Security at <a class="c-link" target="_blank" data-stringify-link="tel:8888977781" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-remove-tab-index="true">888-897-7781</a> or visit <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/everify">www.dhs.gov/everify</a>.</em></div> <div> <div><em>Este empleador participa en E-Verify y proporcionará al gobierno federal la información de su Formulario I-9 para confirmar que usted está autorizado para trabajar en los EE.UU. Para más información, visite dhs.gov/e-verify. </em></div> </div></div>

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