Data & AI Consulting Mgt. Managing Director, Remote

We are seeking a senior leader to lead the Data Strategy capability within Data & Analytics (D&A) practice in North America, with accountability for client delivery, team mentorship, delivery excellence, and practice growth. This role will oversee strategic client engagements, develop high-performing teams, strengthen delivery capabilities, and help grow the practice., * Lead the Data Strategy capability within the D&A practice, ensuring strong client outcomes, delivery quality, financial performance, and business development.

• Provide executive and architectural oversight for complex Data & Analytics engagements across scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and client satisfaction.
• Establish consistent delivery governance, methodologies, quality standards, risk management, estimation and executive reporting.
• Serve as an executive sponsor and escalation point for strategic clients, resolving delivery issues and maintaining alignment with business objectives.
• Build, mentor, and develop multidisciplinary Data & Analytics teams and future technology leaders of D&A practice.
• Collaborate across technology practices and strategic partners, including understanding product roadmaps (Snowflake, Databricks, Microsoft Fabric) and impact to D&A practice in North America.
• Own workforce and capacity planning, balancing skills, utilization, demand, delivery commitments, and development.
• Define and promote best practices across data strategy, architecture, engineering, modernization, analytics, data quality and MDM.
• Drive adoption of reusable frameworks, reference architectures, accelerators, and delivery standards.
• Partner with sales and account teams on solution shaping, estimation, staffing, proposals, and transition from presales to delivery.
• Maintain executive client relationships and identify opportunities for account and practice growth.

• 15+ years of professional services, consulting, technology services, or relevant industry leadership experience in US/Canada.
• 8+ years leading teams and complex Data & Analytics programs with responsibility for delivery, clients, staffing, and financial performance.
• Leadership experience across areas such as data strategy and architecture, data engineering, data platforms, BI/analytics, governance, data quality, or MDM.
• Proven ability to build, lead, and develop multidisciplinary Data & Analytics teams.
• Experience establishing delivery governance, methodologies, resource management, and performance metrics.
• Knowledge and roadmap of modern Data/AI platforms including Snowflake, Databricks & Microsoft Fabric.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s preferred.
• Ability to travel at least 50%.

Preferred Skills

• Experience leading large-scale, multi-workstream Data & Analytics transformations.
• Experience managing onshore, nearshore, and offshore delivery teams.
• Strong understanding of revenue, margin, utilization, forecasting, staffing, and delivery economics.
• Experience building delivery centers of excellence, reusable assets, and engineering standards.
• Demonstrated ability to scale teams, develop leaders, and align workforce capabilities with business demand.
• Experience supporting Data & Analytics Go-To-Market, Offerings and account growth while maintaining alignment between sales commitments and delivery capabilities.
• Ability to build trusted relationships with senior client executives and represent the firm in executive and industry forums.

Where required by law, NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for specific roles. The starting pay range for this remote role is $179,000 - $354,000. This range reflects the minimum and maximum target compensation for the position across all US locations. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s actual work location, relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits that will depend on the nature of the role offered. Company benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.