Consulting Manager, Migrations at Snowflake
Chicago, IL 60601
About the Job
Build the future of the AI Data Cloud.
Join the Snowflake team.Snowflake Professional Services is the implementation and strategy experts for the Snowflake platform. We engage with customers at all phases of the customer journey to optimize, accelerate, and achieve business outcomes. Our teams of Solutions Architects demonstrate technical leadership everyday by writing code, constructing solution architectures, and guiding customers through decision paths to achieve impactful outcomes. We advise everyone from developers to senior executives on how best to utilize Snowflake to make their business successful. The consulting manager is a unique opportunity to leverage your technical expertise while leading a team of Solutions Architects and Consultants. Our Consulting Managers are accomplished architects who leverage their technical acumen and project delivery skills to ensure the success of our projects and customers. AS A SNOWFLAKE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTING MANAGER, YOU WILL :Manage a team of Solutions Architects and Consultants, providing oversight of their contributions to ensure the utmost quality in all aspects of project deliveryMentor a team of Solutions Architects and consultants identifying strengths and growth opportunities for your teamProvide strategic oversight for migration projects, ensuring alignment with customer objectives and company goalsLeverage your own Snowflake technical expertise to assess quality and value of your teams contributionsAct as the first level of escalation management for any and all delivery concerns related to your teamRecruit, hire and prepare our future team members for success in their projectsWork with product and services sales teams to close growth opportunities and ensure effective execution of account and organization strategies. Facilitate knowledge sharing and cross team learning to ensure we are making each other the bestEncourage the development and sharing of best practices, utilities, and accelerators to streamline migration activities and improve efficiencyWork with other organizational leaders to influence our GTM strategies, leading initiatives and improvement where necessaryMaintain a 50% utilization target, owning your own strategic projects and acting as a billable oversight role where needed.OUR IDEAL CONSULTING MANAGER WILL HAVE :University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experienceMinimum 10 years of experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role Minimum 5 years of people management experience; experience mentoring, coaching and developing teams Minimum 5 years of experience in selling or positioning professional services – scoping large projects, developing delivery estimates and proposalsDemonstrated success in leading and managing technical teams, with a focus on data platform migrations and cloud transformation projectsOutstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos Understanding of complete data analytics stack and workflow, from ETL to data platform design to BI and analytics tools Strong skills in databases, data warehouses, and data processing Extensive knowledge of and experience with large-scale database technology (e.g. Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, Greenplum, etc.) Experience with non-relational platforms and tools for large-scale data processing (e.g. Hadoop, HBase)Deep understanding of data warehouse systems, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and related technologies, with hands-on experience in data migrations and analyticsFamiliarity and experience with common data integration and data transformation tools (e.g.
Informatica, DataStage, Talend, Matillion) Familiarity and experience with common BI and data exploration tools (e.g. Microstrategy, Business Objects, Tableau) Extensive hands-on expertise with SQL and SQL analytics Scripting experience with Python, Perl, Bash etcAbility and flexibility to travel to work with customers on-site up to 25% of the timeAS A BONUS, A STRONG CANDIDATE WILL ADDITIONALLY HAVE :Experience in the services organization of a product companyExperience in a leadership position executing technical projectsIndustry vertical expertise (Media, Financial Services, Healthcare, etc)Application Development experienceAWS, Google or Microsoft Cloud certification(s)Snowflake Snowpro Advanced Certification(s)Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data.
Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties.
It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth.
We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.How do you want to make your impact?LocationUS-GA-Atlanta, CA-Ontario-Toronto, US-IL-Chicago-MSOTypeFull timeDepartmentProfessional Services
Join the Snowflake team.Snowflake Professional Services is the implementation and strategy experts for the Snowflake platform. We engage with customers at all phases of the customer journey to optimize, accelerate, and achieve business outcomes. Our teams of Solutions Architects demonstrate technical leadership everyday by writing code, constructing solution architectures, and guiding customers through decision paths to achieve impactful outcomes. We advise everyone from developers to senior executives on how best to utilize Snowflake to make their business successful. The consulting manager is a unique opportunity to leverage your technical expertise while leading a team of Solutions Architects and Consultants. Our Consulting Managers are accomplished architects who leverage their technical acumen and project delivery skills to ensure the success of our projects and customers. AS A SNOWFLAKE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONSULTING MANAGER, YOU WILL :Manage a team of Solutions Architects and Consultants, providing oversight of their contributions to ensure the utmost quality in all aspects of project deliveryMentor a team of Solutions Architects and consultants identifying strengths and growth opportunities for your teamProvide strategic oversight for migration projects, ensuring alignment with customer objectives and company goalsLeverage your own Snowflake technical expertise to assess quality and value of your teams contributionsAct as the first level of escalation management for any and all delivery concerns related to your teamRecruit, hire and prepare our future team members for success in their projectsWork with product and services sales teams to close growth opportunities and ensure effective execution of account and organization strategies. Facilitate knowledge sharing and cross team learning to ensure we are making each other the bestEncourage the development and sharing of best practices, utilities, and accelerators to streamline migration activities and improve efficiencyWork with other organizational leaders to influence our GTM strategies, leading initiatives and improvement where necessaryMaintain a 50% utilization target, owning your own strategic projects and acting as a billable oversight role where needed.OUR IDEAL CONSULTING MANAGER WILL HAVE :University degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or related fields, or equivalent experienceMinimum 10 years of experience working with customers in a pre-sales or post-sales technical role Minimum 5 years of people management experience; experience mentoring, coaching and developing teams Minimum 5 years of experience in selling or positioning professional services – scoping large projects, developing delivery estimates and proposalsDemonstrated success in leading and managing technical teams, with a focus on data platform migrations and cloud transformation projectsOutstanding skills presenting to both technical and executive audiences, whether impromptu on a whiteboard or using presentations and demos Understanding of complete data analytics stack and workflow, from ETL to data platform design to BI and analytics tools Strong skills in databases, data warehouses, and data processing Extensive knowledge of and experience with large-scale database technology (e.g. Oracle, Teradata, Netezza, Greenplum, etc.) Experience with non-relational platforms and tools for large-scale data processing (e.g. Hadoop, HBase)Deep understanding of data warehouse systems, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and related technologies, with hands-on experience in data migrations and analyticsFamiliarity and experience with common data integration and data transformation tools (e.g.
Informatica, DataStage, Talend, Matillion) Familiarity and experience with common BI and data exploration tools (e.g. Microstrategy, Business Objects, Tableau) Extensive hands-on expertise with SQL and SQL analytics Scripting experience with Python, Perl, Bash etcAbility and flexibility to travel to work with customers on-site up to 25% of the timeAS A BONUS, A STRONG CANDIDATE WILL ADDITIONALLY HAVE :Experience in the services organization of a product companyExperience in a leadership position executing technical projectsIndustry vertical expertise (Media, Financial Services, Healthcare, etc)Application Development experienceAWS, Google or Microsoft Cloud certification(s)Snowflake Snowpro Advanced Certification(s)Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data.
Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties.
It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth.
We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.How do you want to make your impact?LocationUS-GA-Atlanta, CA-Ontario-Toronto, US-IL-Chicago-MSOTypeFull timeDepartmentProfessional Services