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Professional ServicesSenior Director, Data Engineering - Professional Services - Consulting (Brazil)
About phData
phData is an AI-forward engineering company focused on getting enterprise data and AI workloads in production for some of the largest and most well-known companies in the world.
We specialize in the most complex data, machine learning, and AI problems that only the best engineers can solve. From the top down, we’re built and run by hardcore data, ML, and AI engineers.
Founders and leadership teams wrote books on databases and built key open-source tools, including Kafka, Parquet, Hive, and more.We are a partner to major cloud data platforms like Snowflake (6X POTY), AWS, Azure, GCP, Fivetran, dbt, OpenAI, Anthropic, and more.We have nearly 700 employees operating across 3 continents, and we’re growing quickly.We build AI and automation tools that no other consulting company has, enabling us to do more with smaller teams and without sacrificing quality.We are not staff aug. We are a premium provider of data and AI services and our clients pay to work with the best teams.About the Role
This person will act as the technical leader for phData’s most strategic clients. This is among the most challenging, highest-profile, and highest-value roles in all of phData. The Technical Account Lead must have a versatile arsenal of skills, technical knowledge, and communication styles, and be able to write code, stay up to date with the latest developments, and lead and motivate a team to respond to client challenges and high expectations.
If our clients could solve these problems themselves, they would. Instead, they hire phData. We see ourselves as the client’s special forces and do what it takes to complete the mission. The Technical Account Lead studies the entire root system and proactively gives feedback internally and externally. They ensure we have the right people and the best teams, and interface at the executive level, handling difficult conversations with respect, ownership, and integrity.
Our ultimate goal is to make our clients say “wow.” The success metric is when a client extends projects with us and grows into multi-year partnerships, with the aim of reaching $10M+ in annual value.
About You
You’ve been the person others relied on to make the hard technical calls and guide execution at scale.You can engage with a Fortune 500 CTO, ask door-opening questions, and confidently recommend a roadmap that changes how they think about data or AI.You are client-obsessed. You know the history, business context, and org structure of whoever you work with.You know greatness doesn’t come from working 9 to 5.You know that giving and receiving feedback, internally and externally, is your fastest path to excellence and meaningful relationships.You are a builder. You want to have a voice in building something great.You thrive on and grow through change.You want to work alongside the brightest minds in data and AI.Job Requirements
Act as the executive-level technical leader for a set of strategic clients, operating like the account’s CTO : owning technology direction, technical stakeholder relationships, and strategic alignment.Build trusted relationships with technical and business stakeholders through 1 : 1s, on-site visits, and active engagement across initiatives.Lead key client events (e.g., QBRs, Innovation Days, workshops) and contribute content that connects strategic goals with technical execution.Develop and maintain a technology strategy and roadmap tailored to the client’s goals, providing hands-on architectural guidance when needed.Partner closely with the account team to drive growth by collaborating on strategy and opportunity creation.Write and guide scopes, proposals, and pricing estimates. Enable other leaders to do the same using phData’s processes and templates.Create and present clear deliverables (e.g. architecture diagrams, enablement docs, POVs) that drive alignment from execs to practitioners.Help the client operationalize data and AI projects—ensuring ideas move from prototype to production with measurable business impact.Act as the ultimate owner of technical success for the client : Resolve technical and strategic escalations across delivery and act as a point of accountability for both phData and the clientHold delivery quality to a high standard, onboard new team members effectively, and continuously identify areas for improvementTrack and report KPIs that demonstrate client success and business value; use data to inform strategy and improve deliveryMeet minimum billable utilization requirements within book of businessEducate internal teams on successful delivery patterns and contribute to phData’s internal playbooks, QBR content, and sales collaboration.Cultivate and manage relationships with key technology partners.BA / BS in computer science, engineering, business, operations, or related fields preferred.Must have demonstrated experience leading highly technical engineering teams or serving as the chief architect in a complex, hands-on technical environment.Travel up to 35% (client-dependent).#J-18808-Ljbffr