We are seeking a Data Delivery Director to lead enterprise-scale data engineering programs for Retail, CPG, and Manufacturing clients.
This role is responsible for overseeing global delivery teams, ensuring program excellence, and acting as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders to drive data-led business outcomes across merchandising, supply chain, customer, and digital commerce domains.
Responsibilities
- Lead and govern large-scale Retail and CPG data engineering and analytics programs across multiple portfolios
- Own end-to-end program delivery including scope, timelines, quality, risk, financials and margins
- Build, scale and manage global delivery teams of 200+ data engineers, architects and delivery leaders
- Drive delivery excellence across managed services, fixed-price and outcome-based engagement models
- Oversee P&L, margins and utilization
- Establish strong program governance, delivery KPIs, SLAs and operational metrics
- Act as the primary client-facing delivery leader engaging with CXOs, Retail IT leaders and business stakeholders
- Ensure alignment between data architecture, engineering execution and Retail business objectives
- Proactively manage risks, dependencies, escalations and stakeholder expectations across large programs
- Drive engineering best practices, automation and operational maturity across data delivery teams
- Partner with sales and presales teams to shape delivery strategies for large Retail and CPG deals
Requirements
- 20+ years of overall IT experience with 10+ years in senior leadership roles
- Strong delivery leadership experience in Data Software Engineering and enterprise data platforms
- Proven experience delivering solutions using PySpark, Python-based data engineering, Databricks, Lakehouse architectures, Snowflake and Power BI
- Skills in analytical and reporting solutions including AIML, SQL and large-scale analytical data processing
- Background in open-source data frameworks and distributed processing technologies
- Hands-on exposure to AWS and Azure cloud platforms in large Retail data environments
- Deep understanding of batch and streaming pipelines, data quality, performance optimization and data governance
- Experience managing Retail and CPG data delivery programs including merchandising, category analytics, supply chain, inventory, demand forecasting, customer, loyalty, omnichannel commerce, pricing, promotions and store operations analytics
- Proven ability to translate Retail business needs into scalable data engineering solutions
- Experience leading Retail industryfocused data delivery teams across geographies
- Demonstrated success leading large enterprise delivery engagements with full delivery and financial ownership
- Extensive experience in managed services transitions, stabilization and steady-state delivery
- Strong background in fixed-price and milestone-based delivery models
- Proven ability to mentor senior leaders and build high-performing, domain-focused delivery organizations
- Active involvement in presales, RFP/RFI responses and large deal pursuits
- Capability to define delivery models, estimates, staffing plans and risk mitigation strategies
- Strong executive presence to articulate delivery approach and execution confidence to Retail and CPG clients
