Data Engineering Director

Job-ID: 12654City: ChicagoCountry: United StatesState/Province: IllinoisAbout This Role: RGP is hiring a Director, Data Platform & Integration to help grow and deliver work across our Digital Build & Integration practice. This person will drive sales, serve as the solution architect for data platform and integration opportunities, and provide technical leadership through delivery. The right candidate brings senior-level depth across the full enterprise data lifecycle and the consulting experience to turn complex, cross-platform data challenges into solutions that can be sold, scoped, built, and expanded. They operate with a system-level perspective from ingestion and integration through modeling and consumption, and they carry that perspective into every client conversation. This is a client-facing role for someone who can move fluidly between architecture-level conversations with enterprise data architects and business-level conversations with CIOs, CDOs and data platform owners, independently shape engagements, and stay accountable for technical quality once the work is sold. Base Pay Range: $170,000 - $213,000 Other Compensation: Incentive CompensationWhat You Will Work On: Drive new and expanded client work for the practice, with a focus on data platform, Master Data Management, and enterprise integration engagements. Build relationships with senior client stakeholders including CDOs, enterprise architects, VPs of Data, and data platform owners across financial services, healthcare, and enterprise accounts. Lead technical sales conversations from discovery through solutioning, proposal, close, delivery, and expansion, operating as the primary technical voice in pursuit situations. Serve as the solution architect for data platform and integration engagements, owning the technical approach from first conversation through delivery. Define architecture direction, platform fit, integration strategy, operational data model design, assumptions, risks, and pricing inputs across environments including Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Data Lake. Bring a system-level perspective across the full data lifecycle, including ingestion, orchestration, integration, MDM, service-layer architecture, modeling, and consumption, to ensure solutions are coherent end to end and not just technically competent in isolation. Translate complex, cross-platform data challenges into clear solution paths that CDOs, enterprise architects, and business stakeholders can understand, evaluate, and commit to. Create and present proposals, estimates, solution narratives, executive recommendations, technical approaches, and delivery recommendations. Provide technical leadership during delivery, including architecture decisions, solution direction, technical risk management, and quality of outcomes. Guide delivery team members on technical approach and platform standards, stepping in to resolve architecture-level issues that affect scope, feasibility, or client confidence. Use AI-native development approaches to rapidly explore, prototype, and validate solutions, converting ambiguous client needs into executable, high-value work faster than traditional discovery and design cycles allow. Identify expansion opportunities through strong delivery, client trust, and a clear understanding of the client's broader data ecosystem needs. Build reusable sales assets, solution frameworks, demos, estimation models, and delivery approaches that strengthen the practice's ability to pursue and close data platform work.What You Will Bring: 10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise data platform solutions, including data pipelines, MDM implementations, service-layer integrations, and cloud data migrations. 10+ years of experience in a professional services, consulting, systems integration, or client-facing delivery environment. Deep, hands-on technical expertise across the full data lifecycle, with specific platform depth in two or more of the following: Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Data Lake. Strong command of enterprise MDM patterns, service-layer integration architecture, and operational data model design in complex, multi-system environments. Demonstrated ability to operate with a system-level perspective across ingestion, orchestration, modeling, and consumption layers, with the judgment to identify where architectural decisions in one layer create risk or constraint in another. Proven ability to drive technical sales conversations independently with CDOs, enterprise architects, and data platform owners, including diagnosing the real problem, framing a solution, and advancing the opportunity through to close. Comfortable moving between technical depth and business language in the same conversation, adjusting altitude without losing credibility at either level. Track record of delivering large-scale data platform programs end-to-end with the delivery experience to know what makes an architecture realistic versus aspirational. Hands-on experience using AI-native tooling to accelerate data platform delivery work, including pipeline scaffolding, schema and model generation, integration documentation, or automated data quality validation. Prior delivery experience in financial services, healthcare, or other regulated industries where data governance, auditability, and compliance constraints shape platform and integration decisions is desirable. Familiarity with federated data governance models, data mesh architecture, or enterprise data product strategies as applied to large, multi-domain environments is also desirable.What You Can Expect: An inspirational place for you to do your best work, be engaged in meaningful ways, and continually develop the skills, competencies and qualities that set our team apart. Compensation commensurate with your qualifications, experience, and other factors, including geographic location, market and operational factors. Total Rewards based on eligibility include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Professional Development Program, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Sick Time (in geographies where legally required).What We Do: At RGP, we're creating a future where businesses produce their best work without constraints. We've built a global network of over 2,600 experts across four regions, providing a comprehensive suite of solutions across on-demand talent, next-generation consulting, and outsourced services to support organizations at every stage of their growth journey. Trusted by Fortune 100 companies and emerging disruptors alike, we challenge conventional ways of working, drive growth, and pave the way for long-term success through bold innovation and fearless collaboration. Our values guide everything we do and strengthen our commitment to people. By combining smart processes, human-centered design, and advanced technology, we celebrate our team's excellence and ensure we grow together. We believe in the power of continuous learning and development to drive both individual and organizational success. It’s time to rethink how work gets done. Dare to Work Differently with RGP. RGP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected trait and encourage all applicants to apply. About This Role RGP is hiring a Director, Data Platform & Integration to help grow and deliver work across our Digital Build & Integration practice.This person will drive sales, serve as the solution architect for data platform and integration opportunities, and provide technical leadership through delivery. The right candidate brings senior-level depth across the full enterprise data lifecycle and the consulting experience to turn complex, cross-platform data challenges into solutions that can be sold, scoped, built, and expanded. They operate with a system-level perspective from ingestion and integration through modeling and consumption, and they carry that perspective into every client conversation.This is a client-facing role for someone who can move fluidly between architecture-level conversations with enterprise data architects and business-level conversations with CIOs, CDOs and data platform owners, independently shape engagements, and stay accountable for technical quality once the work is sold.Base Pay Range: $170,000 - $213,000 Other Compensation: Incentive Compensation What You Will Work On Drive new and expanded client work for the practice, with a focus on data platform, Master Data Management, and enterprise integration engagements.Build relationships with senior client stakeholders including CDOs, enterprise architects, VPs of Data, and data platform owners across financial services, healthcare, and enterprise accounts.Lead technical sales conversations from discovery through solutioning, proposal, close, delivery, and expansion, operating as the primary technical voice in pursuit situations.Serve as the solution architect for data platform and integration engagements, owning the technical approach from first conversation through delivery.Define architecture direction, platform fit, integration strategy, operational data model design, assumptions, risks, and pricing inputs across environments including Databricks, Snowflake, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Data Lake.Bring a system-level perspective across the full data lifecycle, including ingestion, orchestration, integration, MDM, service-layer architecture, modeling, and consumption, to ensure solutions are coherent end to end and not just technically competent in isolation.Translate complex, cross-platform data challenges into clear solution paths that CDOs, enterprise architects, and business stakeholders can understand, evaluate, and commit to.Create and present proposals, estimates, solution narratives, executive recommendations, technical approaches, and delivery recommendations.Provide technical leadership during delivery, including architecture decisions, solution direction, technical risk management, and quality of outcomes.Guide delivery team members on technical approach and platform standards, stepping in to resolve architecture-level issues that affect scope, feasibility, or client confidence.Use AI-native development approaches to rapidly explore, prototype, and validate solutions, converting ambiguous client needs into executable, high-value work faster than traditional discovery and design cycles allow.Identify expansion opportunities through strong delivery, client trust, and a clear understanding of the client's broader data ecosystem needs.Build reusable sales assets, solution frameworks, demos, estimation models, and delivery approaches that strengthen the practice's ability to pursue and close data platform work. What You Will Bring 10+ years of experience designing and delivering enterprise data platform solutions, including data pipelines, MDM implementations, service-layer integrations, and cloud data migrations.10+ years of experience in a professional services, consulting, systems integration, or client-facing delivery environment.Deep, hands-on technical expertise across the full data lifecycle, with specific platform depth in two or more of the following: Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, and Azure Data Lake.Strong command of enterprise MDM patterns, service-layer integration architecture, and operational data model design in complex, multi-system environments.Demonstrated ability to operate with a system-level perspective across ingestion, orchestration, modeling, and consumption layers, with the judgment to identify where architectural decisions in one layer create risk or constraint in another.Proven ability to drive technical sales conversations independently with CDOs, enterprise architects, and data platform owners, including diagnosing the real problem, framing a solution, and advancing the opportunity through to close.Comfortable moving between technical depth and business language in the same conversation, adjusting altitude without losing credibility at either level.Track record of delivering large-scale data platform programs end-to-end with the delivery experience to know what makes an architecture realistic versus aspirational.Hands-on experience using AI-native tooling to accelerate data platform delivery work, including pipeline scaffolding, schema and model generation, integration documentation, or automated data quality validation.Prior delivery experience in financial services, healthcare, or other regulated industries where data governance, auditability, and compliance constraints shape platform and integration decisions is desirable.Familiarity with federated data governance models, data mesh architecture, or enterprise data product strategies as applied to large, multi-domain environments is also desirable. What You Can Expect An inspirational place for you to do your best work, be engaged in meaningful ways, and continually develop the skills, competencies and qualities that set our team apart.Compensation commensurate with your qualifications, experience, and other factors, including geographic location, market and operational factors.Total Rewards based on eligibility include: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, 401(k) Savings Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Professional Development Program, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays and Paid Sick Time (in geographies where legally required). What We Do At RGP, we're creating a future where businesses produce their best work without constraints. We've built a global network of over 2,600 experts across four regions, providing a comprehensive suite of solutions across on-demand talent, next-generation consulting, and outsourced services to support organizations at every stage of their growth journey. Trusted by Fortune 100 companies and emerging disruptors alike, we challenge conventional ways of working, drive growth, and pave the way for long-term success through bold innovation and fearless collaboration.Our values guide everything we do and strengthen our commitment to people. By combining smart processes, human-centered design, and advanced technology, we celebrate our team's excellence and ensure we grow together. We believe in the power of continuous learning and development to drive both individual and organizational success. It’s time to rethink how work gets done. Dare to Work Differently with RGP.RGP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected trait and encourage all applicants to apply. Back to job list