Accordion is hiring a
Director

Summary

Join Accordion's Data & Analytics team as a Technology Director to lead the technological aspects of data and analytics, including implementation and optimization of data management and analytical tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Master’s degree will be an added advantage
• Minimum 6+ years of relevant work experience with 2+ years’ experience in client facing/professional services environment
• Any Enterprise Data Architect certification will be an added advantage
• Experience in designing logical & physical data design architectures in various RDBMS (SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL etc.), Non-RDBMS (MongoDB, Cassandra etc.) or Data Warehouse (Azure Synapse, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, Snowflake etc.) environments
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• In-depth knowledge of any one of cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for solution design, development, and delivery
• Strong leadership & proactive communication to coordinate with the project team and other internal stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development and implementation of data architecture ensuring scalability and performance
• Evaluate and suggest appropriate data management tools/platforms to recommend analyses that can deliver results for the client
• Translate business requirements into logical and physical design of databases, data warehouses, and data streams
• Develop end-to-end Business Intelligence framework based on requirements including recommending appropriate architecture (on-premises or cloud-based), analytics and reporting
• Work closely with the D&A Business and Technology teams to guide in-solution development and implementation
• Conduct training programs and knowledge transfer sessions to junior developers when needed. Recommend improvements to provide optimum reporting solutions
• Research and track the latest developments in the data management field to maintain expertise about the latest best practices and techniques within the industry
• Manage and lead a team of data engineers, facilitate people development and proactively ensure that development agenda is fulfilled for all team members
• Regularly engage in peer level discussions with the C-Suite / C-1 Suite of client organizations, to partner with them as a trusted data management advisor
• Travel to client site as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• A self-starter with a strong work ethic
• A leader of others; you lead by example
• A strong team player, able to work with team members across all levels
• Able to effectively communicate complex issues and solutions, and raise issues to senior team members when necessary
• Comfortable managing projects with multiple complex workstreams while also focused on your single workstream (you are managing and doing)
• Excited to be part of a growing team, with a focus on driving future growth
• Full of entrepreneurial spirit and comfortable in a fluid, flat organization
• Knowledgeable about the relationship between Private Equity sponsors and their portfolio companies
• Passionate about delivering exceptional client service
• Someone who enjoys mentoring others and doing meaningful work
• Willing to get your hands dirty in the details of a project while simultaneously seeing the whole picture