Principal Data Strategist (m/f/d)
Thoughtworks
Principal Data Strategist (m/f/d)
Thoughtworks is seeking a Principal Data Strategist to act as an experienced consultant creating winning data solutions for clients. The role blends advisory work in data strategy and governance with delivery leadership and data/AI ecosystem expertise, based in Germany with up to 50% travel. Requires 10+ years of hands-on data and AI experience, strong consulting track record, and professional German proficiency (B2 minimum).
Principal Data Strategist (m/f/d)
Thoughtworks is seeking a Principal Data Strategist to act as an experienced consultant creating winning data solutions for clients. The role blends advisory work in data strategy and governance with delivery leadership and data/AI ecosystem expertise, based in Germany with up to 50% travel. Requires 10+ years of hands-on data and AI experience, strong consulting track record, and professional German proficiency (B2 minimum).
Salary
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
Soft Skills
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with clients to understand their business ecosystem and goals, and co-create data and technology strategies aligned with their objectives
- Help define a clear vision for the client enterprise to become data-driven and aligned with the overall business strategy
- Consult on complex data programs, providing technical leadership and guidance as a data subject-matter expert
- Lead and interact with clients across various domains, addressing challenging problems, and collaborate with sales to turn them into viable solutions and winning proposals
- Act as a translator between business, data and IT, and communicate data strategy to senior client stakeholders, including C-level
- Own the creation of end-to-end viable data solutions, keeping in mind long-term impacts and overseeing program inceptions for new product development
- Formulate data governance strategies addressing security, privacy and compliance requirements
- Enable capability building in data strategy and governance, growing the next generation of data strategists
- Create differentiated assets in data strategy and governance to take to market
- Lead through influence rather than headcount: growing capability and raising delivery standards inside the organisation, while building presence in the market through thought leadership, ecosystem initiatives and client-facing points of view