Director, Enterprise Data Platform

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

The Digital Transformation practise is part of the Global Solutions Advisory business group, which is one of five strategic consulting business groups at Ankura

Practice Overview

Ankura Consulting Group is recognized as one of the five fastest-growing consulting companies, with 2,500 employees across 32 offices in 4 continents. The Company provides services to its client on expert witness, bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, litigation support, forensic accounting, geopolitical risk assessment, and general management consulting services. Ankura Consulting Group's headquarters is based in Washington, USA.

Ankura's Digital Transformation practice helps clients modernize their organizations by leveraging data, analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence to drive measurable business outcomes. Within this practice, our Competitive Intelligence capability helps clients turn market, pricing, and customer data into decisions that grow revenue, protect margin, and strengthen enterprise value.

Role Overview

We are looking for a Director to lead the design and delivery of cloud-based data platforms across multiple client engagements. This role combines deep technical expertise with delivery ownership, architectural decision-making, and team leadership. The Director will act as a trusted advisor, ensuring data platforms are scalable, reliable, and aligned with business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the architecture of cloud-based data platforms across client engagements.
• Lead large-scale ETL and data platform implementations using tools such as Databricks, Snowflake, and equivalent technologies.
• Establish reference architectures, delivery standards, and engineering best practices.
• Oversee ETL orchestration strategies using tools such as Data Factory, Airflow, or enterprise ETL platforms.
• Estimate, plan, and govern delivery across multiple projects and workstreams.
• Partner with client stakeholders to align data platform design with business objectives.
• Mentor, coach, and develop data engineers and technical leads.
• Ensure platforms meet expectations for scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
• Support pre-sales activities, including solution design and technical estimates.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in data engineering, with significant leadership responsibility.
• Bachelors in Engineering, computer science preferred.
• Certification in cloud platform or relevant data platforms
• Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade cloud data platforms solutions.
• Deep expertise with ETL / orchestration tools (e.g., Data Factory, Airflow, Informatica, or similar).
• Strong experience with analytics and processing platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalents.
• Demonstrated ability to estimate, plan, and govern complex delivery programs.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, governance, and security principles.
• Excellent communication skills and experience in senior, client-facing roles.
• Consulting experience in a front-ending, client-facing role: understanding and clarifying client requirements, setting and managing expectations, proactively anticipating needs and risks, and communicating clearly and effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong business acumen and results-oriented mindset.
• Preferred to have experience leading multi-team or multi-vendor delivery models
• Preferred to have exposure to advanced analytics, machine learning pipelines, or real-time processing.
• Cloud or platform certifications (any major provider) is preferred
• Must be fluent in English

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