evolv Consulting Careers

Do you want to support innovative clients at the intersection of cutting-edge technologies and impactful relationships?

evolv’s culture of integrity, humility, passion, and drive and have been named "Best Places to Work" by Dallas Business Journal in 2021 and 2022, "Top Workplaces" by Dallas Morning News in 2023, ranked #368 on Inc. 5000's list of fastest growing private companies in 2023 and ranked #14 on the 2024 Inc. Regionals: Southwest list of fastest growing private companies in America.

We are seeking a talented and professional Principal (Data & Analytics Architect Skillset) to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee delivery excellence, practice growth, and sales enablement across our core competencies of data pipelines & integration, platform migrations (legacy to Snowflake), and business intelligence & visualization. 
• Lead a high-performing team of ~40 professionals, including managers, architects, engineers, and analysts, to deliver innovative, scalable, and client-focused solutions while ensuring career growth, retention, and capability development. 
• Provide executive oversight for all Data & Analytics client engagements, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to high quality standards. 
• Act as escalation point for delivery teams, resolving issues and removing roadblocks. 
• Partner with Delivery Directors and Engagement Managers to ensure client satisfaction, adoption, and measurable value from solutions. 
• Define and evolve the Data & Analytics sub-practice strategy and roadmap, aligned with company priorities. 
• Establish and enforce best practices, frameworks, and accelerators for data pipelines, migrations, and BI. 
• Build partnerships with technology vendors (Snowflake, dbt, Tableau, Power BI, etc.) to strengthen capabilities and alliances. 
• Partner with Sales to support pre-sales activities, including solution design, scoping, and client presentations. 
• Contribute thought leadership, case studies, and IP to drive pipeline and differentiate offerings. 
• Participate in account strategy sessions and client road mapping workshops. 
• Help identify and pursue opportunities to expand existing client relationships and win new logos. 
• Stay ahead of industry trends in cloud data platforms, AI/ML enablement, and BI innovation. 
• Influence firm-wide strategy and cross-practice initiatives, ensuring Data & Analytics is represented in all enterprise transformation efforts. 
• Act as a brand ambassador by speaking at events, publishing thought leadership, and contributing to the Data & AI community. 
• Serves as a representative of evolv and its clients at meetings and presentations relative to assigned projects.
• Participate in community and industry networking groups.
• Meet regularly with clients to discuss current project(s), evaluate firm performance, and identify other business opportunities.
• Partner with evolv’s Sales team to create action items regarding potential Business Consulting opportunities with current and potential clients.
• Coach, develop and mentor Analysts, Consultants, Senior Consultants, Managers, and Architects within the Business Consulting Group.
• Committed to best practices relating to craft/technology across multiple clients (success metrics involve deliverables within their craft/capability are being met, influencing client decisions and utilizing subject matter expertise to create new work on previous/existing or new clients.)
• Prioritizes individual operational excellence by meeting or exceeding all utilization goals (1500 billable hours) while driving their team members to complete necessary activities that target billable hours (2000 billable hours).
• Contributes to evolv’s culture and people development through collaborating well internally, serving as a trusted advocate of our mission/vision/core values, participates or leads in internal initiatives (events/groups), and/or obtains/motivates team to obtain new approved certifications.
• Helps to grow evolv by understanding how we build client partnerships and evolv brand. This includes: initiating and driving sales activity within craft/technology, recruiting top talent from personal or professional network, hosting local meetups, attending /presenting at conferences and authoring case studies/success stories and blog posts while co-owning alliance partnerships.
• Responsible for assigned annualized revenue for the Consulting Group/Client Team they oversee.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 12+ years in Data & Analytics roles, with at least 5 years in leadership roles managing large delivery teams.
• Proven experience leading cloud data migrations (preferably Snowflake, Redshift, Synapse, or BigQuery).
• Demonstrated success overseeing BI/visualization projects (Tableau, Power BI, Looker, etc.) and integrating them with modern data platforms.
• Strong consulting background with ability to manage client relationships and contribute to sales cycles.
• Deep knowledge of data integration, pipelines, and ETL/ELT tools (dbt, Informatica, Matillion, Fivetran, etc.).
• Expertise with Snowflake (preferred) and/or similar modern cloud data platforms.
• Strong understanding of BI and visualization platforms.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and ecosystem services for data & analytics.
• Knowledge of data governance, security, and compliance best practices.
• Exceptional leadership and people management skills, with experience managing multi-level teams.
• Strong client presence with ability to present to executive stakeholders and influence decisions.
• Skilled in developing practice playbooks, reusable accelerators, and go-to-market offerings.
• Adept at balancing delivery excellence with business development responsibilities.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. 

We believe in being inclusive of all people regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, age, or any attribute not relevant to job performance. We know that an inclusive, equitable and diverse company is a more innovative and successful one. We aim to employ the most talented professionals in the world by casting a wide net to find Team Members with shared values. evolv is committed to creating and maintaining a high-performing workplace in which all Team Members have a fair and just opportunity to contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and authentic perspectives.

EOE/M/F/D/V