Data Solutions - Senior Manager

Spaulding Ridge is an advisory and IT implementation firm. We help global organizations get financial clarity into the complex, daily sales, and operational decisions that impact profitable revenue generations, efficient operational performance, and reliable financial management. At Spaulding Ridge, we believe all business is personal. Core to our values is our relationships with our clients, our business partners, our team, and the global community. Our employees dedicate their time to helping our clients transform their business, from strategy through implementation and business transformation. As a Senior Manager in Data Solutions, you'll own delivery quality and client relationships across multiple Snowflake-led engagements, provide technical direction to Solution Architects and project teams, and contribute to growing the practice's capability, accelerators, and market presence. This is a hands-on delivery leadership role with escalation ownership, and people development across a portfolio of projects. Responsibilities Delivery & Client Ownership Own delivery quality, timelines, and technical direction across multiple concurrent Snowflake engagements Serve as senior escalation point for client stakeholders on architecture, delivery risk, and scope issues Review and approve solution architecture and design decisions made by Solution Architects/Team Leads on assigned accounts Manage senior-level client relationships, including steering committee/status reporting and expectation management Identify delivery risks early and drive corrective action across accounts Pre-Sales & Account Growth Lead technical pre-sales for larger or more complex opportunities: estimation, scoping, solutioning, and orals/proposal defense Identify account growth and cross-sell opportunities within existing client relationships Partner with sales and other practices on solution plays, RFP responses, and multi-service proposals People Leadership Manage, mentor, and develop a team of Solution Architects, Team Leads, and engineers across multiple projects Own performance management, career development, and capability-building for assigned reports Support resource planning and staffing decisions across the practice's active engagements Coach Team Leads on client management, technical decision-making, and junior mentoring Practice Building Contribute to reusable accelerators, frameworks, and IP for the Data & AI practice Support capability development initiatives (training, certifications, POV building) within the team Represent the practice in internal capability reviews and client-facing capability presentations Qualifications 12+ years in business intelligence/analytics solution delivery, including 6+ years hands-on Snowflake architecture and delivery Prior experience managing multiple concurrent client engagements or a portfolio of projects SnowPro Advanced: Architect preferred; SnowPro Core required Strong background in Snowflake architecture (data modeling, security/RBAC, cost optimization, performance tuning) with ability to review and validate others' designs Experience with dbt and at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP) Exposure to BI/analytics tools (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, ThoughtSpot, Qlik, or similar) 6+ years of consulting/project-based delivery experience, including client-facing senior stakeholder management Proven track record managing and developing technical teams, including other managers/leads Experience supporting pre-sales at scale — proposal leadership, orals, solutioning for large or multi-workstream deals Strong executive communication, negotiation, and escalation-management skills Experience contributing to practice-level initiatives (accelerators, capability building, account growth) is a plus Hands on with Snowflake Cortex AI, Python or similar GenAI-on-data capabilities is a must. Spaulding Ridge’s Commitment to an Inclusive Workplace When we engage the expertise, insights, and creativity of people from al…