Lead end-to-end Snowflake migration and data platform modernization programs across multiple teams and workstreams.
Define and manage the overall program roadmap, delivery milestones, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies.
Ensure successful execution across migration phases including assessment, design, migration, validation, and production stabilization.
Establish program governance frameworks, including reporting cadence, escalation paths, and executive updates.
Serve as the primary interface for senior client stakeholders including CIOs, CDAOs, platform leaders, and business sponsors.
Facilitate design alignment and decision-making across architecture, engineering, security, governance, and business teams.
Provide clear program status updates, risk assessments, and mitigation strategies to executive leadership.
Build trusted relationships with client leadership and ensure alignment between business priorities and program execution.
Ensure migration strategies align with Snowflake architecture best practices and cloud-native design patterns.
Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to guide solution design and implementation.
Provide oversight on data migration approaches, including: Data ingestion and transformation patterns, Data validation and reconciliation, Performance optimization and cost governance
Ensure integration with enterprise ecosystems including data governance, security, and downstream analytics platforms.
Ensure migration approaches consider financial industry regulatory requirements, data governance policies, and risk controls.
Align platform modernization efforts with business capabilities such as risk analytics, regulatory reporting, fraud detection, and financial operations.
Provide industry perspective and best practices for enterprise data platform transformation in BFSI environments.
Ensure quality assurance and validation processes are embedded within the migration lifecycle.
Establish program management frameworks covering: Delivery governance, Change management, Risk identification and mitigation, Resource planning and allocation
Manage cross-team dependencies across data engineering, infrastructure, testing, and operations teams.
Requirements
15+ years of experience in data engineering, data platforms, or enterprise data transformation, with 8+ years leading large-scale migration programs (preferably Snowflake)
Proven ability to lead end-to-end program delivery across multiple workstreams, including roadmap planning, execution, governance, and risk management
Strong expertise in modern data architectures and cloud platforms (e.g., Microsoft Azure, AWS, GCP)
Deep knowledge of data migration strategies, including ingestion, transformation, validation, reconciliation, and performance optimization
Experience working in financial services (BFSI) with understanding of regulatory, data governance, and risk requirements
Strong stakeholder management and leadership skills, with the ability to engage senior executives (CIO, CDAO) and lead cross-functional teams