Valorem Reply is seeking a Manager for their Data + AI team in Chicago, Illinois, focusing on building modern data platforms using Microsoft technologies. The role involves consulting with clients, managing teams, and driving technical direction in data and AI projects.
Responsibilities - Business development: Assist in new business development and technical sales through development of proposals, estimation, statements of work, and requests for proposals - Project delivery: Contributing to and overseeing the successful delivery of data platform, analytics, and data science projects while liaising with clients to meet their needs - Team management: Providing leadership, coaching, and mentorship to team members and supporting their professional development - Thought leadership: Staying current on latest trends and technologies, while sharing expertise with colleagues, clients, and industry peers through speaking engagements, publications, and workshops - Knowledge sharing: Technical evangelism, provide training, and establishing a learning culture within the team Minimum Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field - 12 years of industry experience, with 4 most recent years as a hands-on manager leading a team on enterprise scale data platform projects - Expertise with Microsoft Azure infrastructure and data resources, including Fabric, Azure Data Factory, Synapse Data Analytics, Power BI, Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, and Azure Database for PostgreSQL - Deep expertise with Databricks, specifically the ability to design enterprise-level strategy and architecture including Unity Catalog, data warehousing, data sharing, and Mosaic AI - Experience setting end-to-end modern data platforms in Azure including architecture/design, ingestion, storage strategies, analytics & reporting, Apache Spark, and networking requirements - Experience establishing data management strategy for customers, including data governance, data security, master data management, and familiarity with different industry security requirements - Ability to create working environments for data engineers and scientists, and general knowledge of ML, AI, LLMs, and MLOps - Excellent communication skills, ability to clearly explain concepts to teammates and customers, and quickly learn new concepts and technologies Preferred Qualifications - Experience in a consulting role working directly with customers - Knowledge and familiarity with Microsoft Purview - DevOps for data, GitHub, automated testing, and working with containers (AKS, Docker, registries, etc.) - Broad experience with data/reporting tools, architectures, cloud vendors, and data/AI concepts other than Microsoft
Valorem Reply is seeking a Manager for their Data + AI team in Chicago, Illinois, focusing on building modern data platforms using Microsoft technologies. The role involves consulting with clients, managing teams, and driving technical direction in data and AI projects.