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Our data engineering and data science experts design and develop enterprise data platforms that unify trusted data and provide a scalable foundation for reporting, advanced analytics, automation, and AI.\nRole Overview\nWe are seeking a Managing Director to help lead and expand our Enterprise Data Platform capabilities. This senior leadership role combines technical vision, business development, client relationship management, delivery oversight, and team leadership. This is a USA remote based role, ideally located in the eastern time zone but central time zone could potentially work as well.\nThe Managing Director will serve as an executive advisor to clients, helping them define and execute enterprise data strategies and complex cloud-platform transformations. 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qualification, solution development, proposal preparation, pricing, presentations, and contract negotiations.\n\nCommunicate the business value of enterprise data platforms and connect technical investments to measurable financial and operational outcomes.\n\nRepresent Ankura’s Digital Transformation practice in the market through executive relationships, industry forums, strategic partnerships, and thought leadership.\n\nEngagement and Delivery Oversight\nProvide executive sponsorship and delivery oversight across a portfolio of complex data-platform programs.\n\nEnsure engagements are appropriately scoped, staffed, governed, and aligned with client objectives and contractual commitments.\n\nOversee large-scale data integration and platform implementations using technologies such as Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, and comparable platforms.\n\nGuide data orchestration and integration strategies using technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Airflow, Informatica, and other 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acumen, entrepreneurial orientation, and results-focused leadership style.\n\nExperience leading geographically distributed, multi-team, or multi-vendor delivery models is strongly preferred.\n\nExperience with advanced analytics, machine learning, generative AI, real-time data processing, or AI-enabled enterprise solutions is preferred.\n\nRelevant cloud, data-platform, or architecture certifications are beneficial.\n\nWillingness to travel up to 20-25% including potential international travel.\n\nBachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, data science, or a related field is required; an advanced degree is preferred.\n\nAnkura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. 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