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Posted Mar 12Data Practice Director
at Caylent
ArgentinaOn-site
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery oversight for a portfolio of data engineering and analytics engagements, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and high-quality outcomes.
- Drive operational rigor across the practice including utilization management, staffing coordination, margin tracking, and engagement health reviews.
- Develop and enforce delivery standards, reusable frameworks, and best practices that enable consistent, scalable execution across the team.
- Directly lead and develop a team of data engineers, architects, and analytics professionals across the practice.
- Foster a culture of ownership, continuous learning, and technical excellence across a globally distributed team.
- Identify and develop emerging leaders within the practice, creating growth pathways aligned to practice needs. Client Engagement
- Build trusted advisor relationships with key client stakeholders, acting as a senior point of contact for delivery and strategic guidance.
- Identify and pursue expansion opportunities within active client engagements, surfacing new use cases and service offerings that align with client needs.
- Collaborate with the Practice Leader on go-to-market positioning, service offering development, and internal capability building.
- Support the development of practice IP including accelerators, reference architectures, and reusable solution components. Your
Requirements
- Caylent is a cloud native services company that helps organizations bring the best out of their people and technology using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- We provide a full-range of AWS services including workload migrations and modernization, cloud native application development, DevOps, data engineering, security and compliance, and everything in between.
- Partner with the sales and GTM teams to support business development activities including scoping, proposal development, and technical solutioning for new and existing accounts.
- experience in professional services or consulting, with a strong focus on data engineering, analytics, or data platform delivery.
- Proven track record of delivering complex data projects on AWS, including data lake, lakehouse, streaming, and analytics workloads. •
- Experience managing a portfolio of concurrent client engagements, balancing delivery quality with financial performance.
- Hands-on background in data architecture or engineering, with the ability to engage credibly with technical teams and client stakeholders alike. Leadership
- Strong people management skills with demonstrated ability to develop talent, drive performance, and build team culture across geographies.
- Ability to operate effectively at multiple levels, from strategic planning conversations with the Practice Leader to hands-on engagement support with delivery teams.
- Deep familiarity with the AWS data ecosystem including services such as Redshift, Glue, EMR, Kinesis, Lake Formation, and Athena.
- Working knowledge of adjacent platforms including Databricks and Snowflake, and their integration with AWS-native architectures.
- Broad understanding of data engineering fundamentals: ingestion patterns, transformation frameworks (e.g., Spark, dbt), data modeling, governance, and quality management.
- Familiarity with MLOps and data science workflows sufficient to support and position those capabilities in client conversations. Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Master's degree or MBA is a plus. Certifications
- AWS Certified Data Analytics, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, or equivalent certifications are a plus. Preferred
- State of the art laptop and tools
- As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools or automated systems to assist with the screening and evaluation of applications to help match candidate
- If an AI or automated tool is used during your application process, it will only be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and your information will be handled in a secure and confidential manner.
Experience
- Qualifications Experience 12+ years of
Benefits
- Growth Driver: Passionate about building teams, capabilities, and client relationships that compound over time. Benefits Pay in USD 100% remote work
- Generous holidays and flexible PTO
- Competitive phantom equity
- Paid for exams and certifications Peer bonus awards
- Equipment & Office Stipend
- Annual stipend for Learning and Development
- NOTE: We’re unable to provide visa sponsorship now or at any time in the future.
Contact
- If you have any questions, please contact talent@caylent.com
- If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at hr@caylent.com.
Additional details
- At Caylent, our people always come first. We are a global company and operate fully remote with employees in Canada, the United States, and Latin America.
- We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity.
- Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien! The Role
- The Data Practice Director is a senior leadership role within Caylent's Cloud Data Engineering (CDE) practice, reporting directly to the Data Practice Leader.
- This person is responsible for operationalizing the practice strategy, leading a team of data professionals, and owning delivery excellence across a portfolio of client engagements.
- They are the connective tissue between strategic direction and day-to-day execution, ensuring the practice delivers consistent, high-quality outcomes while scaling to meet growth targets.
- Serve as an escalation point for active engagements, helping resolve technical blockers, scope issues, and client concerns in partnership with delivery leads.
- Partner with the Practice Leader to translate the strategic roadmap into executable quarterly priorities and team-level OKRs. Team Leadership and Development
- Set clear performance expectations, conduct regular reviews, and provide ongoing coaching to build a high-performing, engaged team.
- Partner with recruiting and workforce planning to identify talent gaps, support hiring decisions, and onboard new team members effectively.