Join Simple Machines and be part of our mission to help our global client base unlock the full potential of their data through the creation of cutting-edge driven data platforms and technology solutions.
As we continue to expand our team across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom we are seeking a Director - Consulting – Data Platforms with extensive experience as a trusted adviser to clients on strategic data projects and working as a leader of consulting and technology teams to see these through to successful delivery.
About You
We are looking for an individual who is passionate about working at the forefront with clients as a trusted advisor to shape their data strategy and drive impact through projects at the intersection of data and technology.
- You are a natural leader that loves bringing clients and teams along complex yet exciting journeys.
- You would have learnt your craft and risen to Senior Manager/Director level within one of the top tier consulting firms (Deloitte, Accenture, KPMG, McKinsey, BCG, Bain, EY).
- You have a proven track record of success leading high value strategic data focussed programmes of work for leading enterprises, governments or technology companies driving transformation initiatives, or high value business focussed use-cases.
Your background
- Held a senior role in a consulting firm as a Partner, Director or Senior manager having moved up through the ranks having previously worked in fields that could have included product management, strategy, business analysis, architecture, or technical leadership.
- Evidence of the ability to understand and influence business strategy and the ability to create transformation strategies and design target state business architecture.
- Experience across the project life cycle from strategy and advisory, scoping and planning, requirements, design, development, testing, and deployment.
- Evidence of having successfully delivered and led advisory engagements, driving positive outcomes, and developing opportunities to deliver follow-on work.
- Evidence of leading successful large-scale, complex technology / data transformation delivery engagements in alignment to a client’s strategic objectives.
- Evidence of managing teams, including multiple workstreams in complex delivery environments.
- Experience in leading and supporting sales efforts, as well as shaping deals and engagement commercials.
About the role
In this role you will be spearheading how multinational organisations, governments and technology companies solve complex business problems using data.
These projects will involve consulting with clients on:
- The modernisation and transformation of existing data platforms – shift to the cloud, platform uplift and modernisation
- Business opportunities with use-cases that can be addressed solved through data combined with technology and our consulting
- Develop a relationship with key client stakeholders to understand their challenges and business objectives.
- Relate business problems to the technology teams and communicate how technology provides business solutions.
- The ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders.
- In this role you will be spearheading how large-multinational organisations solve complex business problems using data.
- You’ll be partnering with clients to solve complex problems and lead them on a journey from defining a strategy to delivering market-leading solutions that achieve real business results.
- Partner with senior stakeholders as a thought leader and provide strategic advice to help them maximise the value of their data.
- Co-create client business objectives and measure performance against these to inform refinements and pivots.
- Cross-sell and deliver on data projects for key clients, growing revenue and producing case studies to promote the Simple Machines services.
About the team
Our team are a group of like-minded technology consulting experts across Data, Data Engineering, Data Science and Product Management. Our team have honed their skills within some of the leading technology consulting and management consulting firms. As a team we do not accept the status-quo, our role is to challenge and push the boundaries within the world of data engineering.
About Simple Machines
Simple Machines isn’t your typical tech company. Rather, we’re a firm of passionate and talented expert consultants that are as much a community as a company.
When we set out to make a difference nearly 10 years ago, we did so because we weren’t happy with the status quo of technology consultancies. We wanted to build a company we would want to hire ourselves. And we’ve done just that.
At the core of our company is a team of talented individuals, many of whom are at the top of their field. We regularly present at local and international conferences, committing to many of the open-source projects we utilise in our day-to-day engagements and release many other projects back to the broader technology community.
Apply now and let’s see where the connection takes us.
Benefits - Working at Simple Machines
We’re looking for someone who’s as passionate as we are about building a world-class company.
Just some of the benefits of working with Simple Machines include:
- Flexible working: Leave early to pick up the kids? Need to start early some days, later others? No problem.
- Generous parental leave: Three months fully paid primary carer leave and one month fully paid secondary carer leave, subject to a minimum 12-month tenure.
- Learning and development: We all love continually learning and have a generous budget for you to upskill, join conferences, get certified and qualified.
- Lunch is on us. Always! We happily supply lunch at each of our office locations every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
