Consulting Manager

Summary

Join the Snowflake team and leverage your technical expertise while leading a team of Solutions Architects and Consultants.

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
• 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
• Extensive knowledge of and experience with large-scale database technology (e.g. Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, Greenplum, etc.)
• Experience with non-relational platforms and tools for large-scale data processing (e.g. Hadoop, HBase)
• 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

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

Preferred Qualifications

• 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)