Lead Data Consultant

**Snowflake Lead Data Consultant** * **Location:** Auckland / Wellington **Summary** Lead Snowflake-centred data platform and analytics projects for a respected NZ technology consultancy. Run discovery workshops, architect modern data solutions, mentor a growing team and be the trusted advisor guiding clients through their data journey. **About the Role** Our client is a well-established New Zealand technology consultancy with a growing Data & Insights practice. They want a Lead Consultant with deep Snowflake expertise to take ownership of the architecture, design and delivery of modern data platforms for a range of customers. The role is client-facing and hands-on, and you’ll help shape where the practice goes next. * Partner with clients to understand their business goals and develop tailored data and analytics strategies * Lead discovery and assessment workshops to uncover where data can add value * Own the analysis, architecture, design, development and delivery of Snowflake-based data platform and analytics solutions * Lead and work alongside a team of developers to deliver projects on time, on budget and to a high standard * Support pre-sales, including demonstrations, scoping and defining project tasks * Coach and mentor junior members of the practice * Contribute to R&D, capability building and continuous improvement of delivery processes * Report to the Data & Insights Practice Lead and work closely with sales, management and technology partners **Experience and Qualifications** * Strong hands-on experience with **Snowflake** : architecture, data modelling and delivering production data platforms * Advanced SQL plus ELT/ETL tooling and Spark notebooks * Solid data modelling skills, especially dimensional and star-schema design * Cloud platform experience (Azure and/or AWS) * Exposure to Microsoft Fabric or Databricks (advantageous) * Power BI or similar, with a good understanding of KPIs, dashboards and telling stories with data * An understanding of data governance, lineage and metadata management * Strong SDLC practices, including source control, branching strategies and CI/CD (Azure DevOps, GitHub) * Consulting experience, with confidence running workshops and acting as a trusted advisor to clients * Excellent communication, documentation and stakeholder skills, and good commercial awareness * Experience mentoring or leading technical teams **How to Apply** If this sounds like you, apply now and we’ll be in touch.