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Director, Enterprise Data Platform

INR650 Ankura Consulting India Private Limited

Full time
Experience
12+ years
Location
Gurgaon
Work mode
Not stated
Salary
₹10L – ₹25L a year estimatetypical for IT Jobs in India, 838 posts
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Role at a glance

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  • This role combines deep technical expertise with delivery ownership, architectural decision-making, and team leadership.
  • The Director will act as a trusted advisor, ensuring data platforms are scalable, reliable, and aligned with business strategy.
  • Define and own the architecture of cloud-based data platforms across client engagements.
Experience
12+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree (preferred)
Must-have skills
AirflowData EngineeringDatabricksETL

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Job description

Location: Gurgaon, India

Ankura is a team of excellence founded on innovation and growth.

The Digital Transformation practise is part of the Global Solutions Advisory business group, which is one of five strategic consulting business groups at Ankura

**Practice Overview**

Ankura Consulting Group is recognized as one of the five fastest-growing consulting companies, with 2,500 employees across 32 offices in 4 continents. The Company provides services to its client on expert witness, bankruptcy and corporate restructuring, litigation support, forensic accounting, geopolitical risk assessment, and general management consulting services. Ankura Consulting Group's headquarters is based in Washington, USA.

Ankura's Digital Transformation practice helps clients modernize their organizations by leveraging data, analytics, automation, and artificial intelligence to drive measurable business outcomes. Within this practice, our Competitive Intelligence capability helps clients turn market, pricing, and customer data into decisions that grow revenue, protect margin, and strengthen enterprise value.

**Role Overview**

We are looking for a Director to lead the design and delivery of cloud-based data platforms across multiple client engagements. This role combines deep technical expertise with delivery ownership, architectural decision-making, and team leadership. The Director will act as a trusted advisor, ensuring data platforms are scalable, reliable, and aligned with business strategy.

**Responsibilities**

  • Define and own the architecture of cloud-based data platforms across client engagements.
  • Lead large-scale ETL and data platform implementations using tools such as Databricks, Snowflake, and equivalent technologies.
  • Establish reference architectures, delivery standards, and engineering best practices.
  • Oversee ETL orchestration strategies using tools such as Data Factory, Airflow, or enterprise ETL platforms.
  • Estimate, plan, and govern delivery across multiple projects and workstreams.
  • Partner with client stakeholders to align data platform design with business objectives.
  • Mentor, coach, and develop data engineers and technical leads.
  • Ensure platforms meet expectations for scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
  • Support pre-sales activities, including solution design and technical estimates.

**Requirements**

  • 12+ years of experience in data engineering, with significant leadership responsibility.
  • Bachelors in Engineering, computer science preferred.
  • Certification in cloud platform or relevant data platforms
  • Proven experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade cloud data platforms solutions.
  • Deep expertise with ETL / orchestration tools (e.g., Data Factory, Airflow, Informatica, or similar).
  • Strong experience with analytics and processing platforms such as Databricks, Snowflake, or equivalents.
  • Demonstrated ability to estimate, plan, and govern complex delivery programs.
  • Strong understanding of data architecture, governance, and security principles.
  • Excellent communication skills and experience in senior, client-facing roles.
  • Consulting experience in a front-ending, client-facing role: understanding and clarifying client requirements, setting and managing expectations, proactively anticipating needs and risks, and communicating clearly and effectively with stakeholders at all levels.
  • Strong business acumen and results-oriented mindset.
  • Preferred to have experience leading multi-team or multi-vendor delivery models
  • Preferred to have exposure to advanced analytics, machine learning pipelines, or real-time processing.
  • Cloud or platform certifications (any major provider) is preferred
  • Must be fluent in English

Ankura is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. Equal Employment Opportunity Posters, if you have a disability and believe you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, submit an online application, or participate in an interview/assessment, please email accommodations@ankura.com or call toll-free +1.312-583-2122. This email and phone number are created exclusively to assist disabled job seekers whose disability prevents them from being able to apply online. Only messages left for this purpose will be returned. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or technical issues unrelated to a disability, will not receive a response.

Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation. The Ankura team consists of more than 2000 professionals serving 3,000+ clients across 55 countries who are leaders in their respective fields and areas of expertise. Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Deliversᵀᴹ, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Valueᵀᴹ. For more information, please visit, [ankura.com](http://ankura.com).

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Key skills

Required

AirflowData EngineeringDatabricksETL

Preferred

Machine Learning

Soft skills

Communication

Job market insights

12active Airflow jobs in Gurgaon
28active Data Engineering jobs in Gurgaon
35active Databricks jobs in Gurgaon
₹10L – ₹25L advertised yearly salary for IT Jobs in India (middle half of 838 posts that show a salary; median ₹17L)

Most IT Jobs posts in Gurgaon ask for 3–6 years of experience (41% of 520 that say).

Hiring most for IT Jobs in Gurgaon

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What is the salary for this Director, Enterprise Data Platform job?

The post does not state the pay. As an estimate, comparable posts on CoreHRx advertise ₹10L – ₹25L a year (typical for IT Jobs in India, 838 posts).

How much experience does this job need?

The post asks for 12 Yrs experience.

Where is this job based?

In Gurgaon.

What kind of job is this?

It is a full time job.

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