Data Practice Director

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CANADAPosted 8 weeks ago

Role Overview

Caylent is hiring a Data Practice Director. This is a full-time role in CANADA. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

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Job description

Caylent is an AI-first cloud services company that helps organizations turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and a charter member of Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network, we combine deep expertise in AWS, artificial intelligence, and Anthropic’s Claude platform to help customers modernize their technology, build intelligent products, and move AI from experimentation into production.

Our capabilities span generative and agentic AI, cloud migration and modernization, cloud-native application development, data and analytics, DevOps, managed services, security and compliance, and customer experience transformation. At Caylent, our people always come first.

We are a fully remote global company 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.

Your Assignment

Practice Operations and Delivery

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.
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

Directly lead and develop a team of data engineers, architects, and analytics professionals across the practice.
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.
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.
Partner with the sales and GTM teams to support business development activities including scoping, proposal development, and technical solutioning for new and existing accounts.
Identify and pursue expansion opportunities within active client engagements, surfacing new use cases and service offerings that align with client needs.
Represent Caylent with credibility and professionalism in client-facing conversations at the director and VP level.

Practice Growth and Enablement

Collaborate with the Practice Leader on go-to-market positioning, service offering development, and internal capability building.
Contribute to thought leadership content including whitepapers, webinars, and conference presentations that elevate the practice's external profile.
Stay current on trends in the modern data ecosystem and work with the team to incorporate relevant innovations into our delivery approach.
Support the development of practice IP including accelerators, reference architectures, and reusable solution components.

Your Qualifications

Experience

12+ years of experience in professional services or consulting, with a strong focus on data engineering, analytics, or data platform delivery.
Demonstrated success managing and growing a team of 20 or more data professionals in a services or consulting environment.
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.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and complexity in a fast-paced, high-growth consulting environment.
Experience influencing senior client stakeholders (director, VP and C-level) in delivery and advisory contexts.

Technical Acumen

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 Qualifications

Execution-Oriented: Skilled at translating strategy into structured plans and holding teams accountable to outcomes.
Client-First Mindset: Genuinely invested in client success and capable of building durable, trust-based relationships.
Collaborative Partner: Works effectively across sales, delivery, and practice leadership functions without siloed thinking.
Clear Communicator: Able to convey complex technical and business concepts to diverse audiences with clarity and confidence.
Growth Driver: Passionate about building teams, capabilities, and client relationships that compound over time.

Benefits

100% remote work
Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
Generous holidays and flexible PTO
Competitive phantom equity
Paid for exams and certifications
Peer bonus awards
State of the art laptop and tools
Equipment & Office Stipend
Individual professional development plan
Annual stipend for Learning and Development
Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture

Base Salary Range: The expected base salary range for this position is CAD $207,000 - $272,000 per year, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Additional Compensation Components: In addition to the base salary, the compensation package may include bonuses, commissions, equity, and other incentives. The specific components will vary depending on the role and individual and/or company performance.

NOTE: We’re unable to provide visa sponsorship now or at any time in the future.

At Caylent, we are committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. 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 qualifications with job requirements.
These tools are designed to support — not replace — human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our trained recruitment professionals.
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.
If you have any questions, please contact talent@caylent.com

Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at hr@caylent.com.

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This position is based in CANADA. Caylent has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.

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When was the Data Practice Director role at Caylent posted?

This role was posted on May 22, 2026 (62 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.