Principal Data Strategist

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CaylentCloud Services
We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America.Full-TimePrincipal
Salary$185,000 - $210,000 per year
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Job Details

Experience
10+ years in data strategy, governance, architecture, or analytics consulting; 4+ years in AWS data and analytics
Required Skills
AWSSnowflakeDatabricks

Requirements

  • 10+ years in data strategy, governance, architecture, or analytics consulting with enterprise clients.
  • 4+ years in the AWS data and analytics landscape.
  • Proven ability to align data strategy with business outcomes.
  • Strong consulting mindset with the ability to diagnose, scope, and structure solutions to ambiguous challenges.
  • Exceptional communication skills, capable of bridging technical and executive conversations.
  • Expert facilitator for workshops and strategy sessions with storytelling skills.
  • Deep understanding of modern data platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, and AWS-native stacks.
  • Experience with AI/ML strategy and hands-on use of enterprise AI platforms like Amazon Bedrock or SageMaker.
  • Expertise in data governance frameworks, quality management, and regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA).
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% for customer and AWS meetings.

Responsibilities

  • Lead outcome-focused strategic planning engagements from discovery through executive readout.
  • Facilitate alignment across executive sponsors and business consumers using strategy frameworks.
  • Develop TCO/ROI models and financial justifications for data investments.
  • Design operating models, stewardship structures, and compliance controls for data governance.
  • Build actionable, phased implementation roadmaps with organizational change management strategies.
  • Conduct maturity assessments across strategy, architecture, and people, including AI/GenAI readiness.
  • Collaborate with account teams to uncover growth opportunities and expand the engagement pipeline.
  • Provide strategic guidance to engagement teams and perform technical evaluations for candidates.
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