Data Practice lead

The Data Practice Lead owns the technical vision, capability building, and presales strategy for OBZs Data practice anchoring large-scale opportunities and ensuring whats sold can be delivered. This is a hands-on leadership role: youll architect and steer data platforms on AWS, build and scale engineering teams, and be the technical face of the practice in front of clients and senior stakeholders.

What You Will Do

• Practice Leadership - Define the roadmap for OBZs Data practice, tracking market trends and emerging technologies.

• Platform Architecture - Architect and oversee data engineering platforms ingestion, warehousing, and lakehouse on AWS.

• Team Building - Hire, mentor, and scale a high-performing data engineering team; build a culture of quality, automation, and ownership.

• Innovation Offerings - Build differentiated solution offerings, use cases, and capability decks that position OBZ as a credible data engineering player.

• Asset Creation - Build reusable frameworks, accelerators, and an internal knowledge base from past projects.

• Solution Architecture - Partner with presales/account leads on medium-to-large opportunities; turn data strategy into proposal narratives.

• Bid Strategy - Own end-to-end proposal development for data-centric RFIs/RFPs.

• Executive Facilitation - Lead client-facing strategy sessions covering solution, delivery approach, and commercial terms.

• Cross-Functional Alignment - Be the bridge between Sales and Delivery make sure sold scope is deliverable.

• Profitability Management - Own bid pricing and profitability models for Data practice deals.

  Requirements

What We Are Looking For

• 12+ years in Data Engineering or Analytics, including experience leading a practice, COE, or large engineering team (20+).

• Hands-on depth on AWS and modern data engineering stacks Spark, Databricks, Kafka, and equivalent ingestion/orchestration tools.

• Strong grounding in DevSecOps practices and enterprise data governance (MDM, data quality, cataloging).

• Proven presales experience RFP/RFI response, solutioning, and CxO-level client engagement.

• Advanced Google Workspace, PowerPoint, and Excel.

  What Sets You Apart

• Deep, hands-on AWS experience across large-scale data platforms.

• A track record of building a data practice or COE from the ground up.

• Experience across regulated, enterprise domains such as BFSI, retail, telecom, or insurance.

  Travel and Location

OBZ clients are based across Southeast Asia and ANZ. Travel and onsite engagement requirements may vary depending on project and deal needs.

What Success Looks Like

• The Data practice has a clear roadmap, reusable assets, and a growing bench of strong engineers.
• Presales cycles you own convert into signed, deliverable engagements.
• Sales and Delivery see you as the trusted bridge few surprises between whats sold and whats built.
• Bid pricing and profitability stay healthy across the deals you shape.

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