Data Manager

This is a Delivery Client Relationship Business Development role. A hands-on Manager who will lead Data & AI engagements own senior client relationships and help originate new business with a particular focus on Japan or India (experience in one of the two is sufficient).

What You Will Do:

• Lead hands-on delivery across Japan India & APAC - data pipelines dashboards predictive models GenAI & agentic workflows and intelligent automation.
• Deliver across AI readiness responsible AI governance use-case implementation data engineering and AI-enabled managed services.
• Identify qualify and shape new opportunities with CFOs CTOs and senior business leaders.
• Co-lead pursuits and proposals with senior leadership - shaping problem solution and commercial case.
• Own day-to-day client relationships translating business problems into practical technical solutions.
• Turn successful delivery into sustained expandable accounts.
• Mentor junior professionals and embed responsible AI and data governance by design.

Must Have:

• 5 years in Data & AI - data engineering data science analytics AI/ML BI or related consulting.
• Proven client-facing delivery from design through adoption.
• Demonstrated working experience with clients in Japan OR India - understanding local business environment and stakeholder culture.

What Sets You Apart:

• Hands-on expert in at least one core pillar - AI Engineering Data Platform or Advanced Analytics - with breadth to lead others.
• GenAI / Agentic AI: multi-agent systems RAG vector search LLM evaluation (OpenAI Claude Gemini Llama etc.) frameworks (LangChain LlamaIndex etc.).
• Cloud & Data: Azure / AWS / GCP Snowflake Databricks Python SQL.
• Commercial track record: originating leads shaping scope expanding accounts and senior relationships (CFO/CTO/CIO/CDO).