Director, Data Strategy & Engineering

Requirements

• Bachelor's of Technology / Engineering and / or Master's in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Information Systems, Statistics or related technical field from a top undergraduate program; MBA with quantitative focus strongly preferred
• Willing to relocate to or be primarily present in Gurgaon
• Ability to collaborate across global time zones, including US-based teams
• Ten to fifteen years of progressive experience in AI / ML, software engineering or related technical disciplines, with a meaningful portion of that experience in management consulting, professional services or private equity-backed advisory environments
• Demonstrable track record of defining and executing enterprise data platform strategy, not just managing engineering teams, including direct experience setting architectural direction and making build-versus-buy decisions for data platforms
• Track record building and scaling teams, including direct hiring leadership and experience managing vendor or offshore delivery partners
• Expert-level mastery of cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) at production scale, including familiarity with Delta Lake and Apache Iceberg
• Deep experience with real-time and batch data architectures including Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, Airflow and Prefect
• Strong proficiency with analytics engineering tooling (dbt), semantic layer tools, advanced SQL, Python and PySpark
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing enterprise data governance programs including data cataloguing, data lineage, data contracts, metadata management and data quality frameworks such as Great Expectations
• Expert understanding of the intersection of data engineering and AI / ML including feature stores, embedding pipelines, vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector), graph databases (Neo4j) and model data versioning
• Strong working knowledge of financial data structures (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow), accounting standards, private equity reporting conventions and financial data providers (Capital IQ, Refinitiv, Bloomberg, PitchBook)
• Demonstrated ability to establish and enforce data governance, security and compliance standards for confidential deal and portfolio data
• Ability to evaluate, challenge and approve architecture decisions made by Vice President and Senior Associate level engineers
• Experience operating in client-facing or executive-facing settings with the ability to shape data-related proposals, presentations and senior stakeholder conversations

Additional Information

Portage Point Partners is a Chicago-headquartered advisory, interim management and investment banking firm focused on serving the middle-market. Backed by New Mountain Capital, the firm has grown at over 30% annually since its founding in 2016 and today operates from ten offices across the United States. The firm delivers integrated financial and operational solutions across Transaction Advisory Services, Transaction Execution Services, Office of the CFO, Valuations, Performance Improvement, Turnaround & Restructuring and Investment Banking. Engagement teams are lean and execution-oriented, working directly with senior stakeholders to navigate complex transitions and transformations. Triple P India (TPI) is a strategic extension of the firm's platform, established to build a high-quality team that operates as an integrated part of U.S.-based teams. Professionals in TPI are involved in live engagements from the outset, contributing to analysis, execution and client deliverables in coordination with colleagues across the firm. The platform is designed to provide meaningful responsibility, direct exposure to senior leadership and long-term growth in a high-performance environment. The Director, Data Strategy & Engineering role at Portage Point represents a unique opportunity to define and execute firm data platform vision for the India delivery organization. This Director will own the strategic direction of data assets, architecture, governance and capability building that underpin the firm's AI product portfolio and consulting analytics services, spanning high-value use cases including commercial and financial due diligence (CDD / FDD), value creation tracking, working capital optimization, restructuring scenario analysis, portfolio company performance benchmarking and management information system (MIS) intelligence layers. This Director will report to the India Delivery Leader and partnering closely with U.S.-based leaders, to lead a team of Vice Presidents and Senior Associates across data engineering, analytics engineering and data governance. The Director will manage hiring, vendor partnerships and capability development across the function. This person will influence how data is collected, structured, governed and commercialized across the Portage Point global consulting practice and represent the firm externally as a subject matter expert on deal advisory / portfolio management data strategy.

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