Salary: €90,000-€110,000, bonus and benefits
Hybrid working, 2 days in the Dublin city offices/week

Overview of Role

My client is a successful, well-known consultancy and they are seeking an experienced Data and Analytics team Lead with expertise in the Microsoft Data and analytics stack to lead their fast-growing data team.
If you have a strong consulting background, a passion for data, and a deep understanding of Microsoft Power BI and/or data engineering within the MSFT stack (ideally both) and can credibly talk to both at a high-level, we invite you to apply and shape the future of their data team.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Develop the future work pipelines of the practice in liaison with the Digital Practice Lead
• Working with clients to understand their data requirements, and how the client can work with them to enable them to build an insightful data platform to gather actionable insights.
• Proactively support sales and presales to meet sales targets
• Manage the utilization of staffing resources and hiring of new resources
• Help deliver project outcomes via architectural QA and delivery management
• Help technically mentor the engineers in the practice
• Help develop the direction of the careers of the practice alongside the company management team
• Provide strategic direction as to what services and technologies the practice should focus on to drive growth.
• Ensure effect cross-team collaboration between the data team and the wider Digital team
• Maintain and foster relationships with Microsoft to grow their profile in Data consulting with Microsoft

Education, Qualifications and Skills

• 7+ years in a senior data role
• High level client liaison skills
• Microsoft Platform knowledge of Azure Data Services, the Microsoft Data and analytics cloud stack and Microsoft BI technologies
• Experience in pre-sales activities such as leading the creation of proposals, tender responses, SOWs (Statement of Work) and delivery of sales presentations.
• Experience of standard data engineering ETL processes, along with best practice security roles and access
• Being able to lead data analytics and data engineering workshops with senior stakeholders in the role of a subject matter expert.
• An understanding of traditional and modern data platform architecture designs
• Previous on prem SSIS, SSAS and SSRS, Power BI experience
• Understanding of the role security plays in defining and designing data solution
• Documentation (business focused, technology focused, and project focused)