Data Practice Director
Data Practice Director
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14-08-2025
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Job Description
The Data Practice Director is responsible for defining growing and delivering a differentiated data capability at SEP. This role blends strategic consulting technical expertise and organizational leadership to build a data-focused offering that complements SEPs core software development services.
While this role does not include direct people management it is a leadership position with significant influence. The Data Practice Director will provide mentorship career path guidance and technical direction to data-focused individual contributors while also doing the hands-on work necessary to build and evolve the practice.
This role has responsibilities in 5 key areas:
1. Practice Development & Strategy
- Define and evolve SEPs data services offering across data engineering analytics platforms governance and AI/ML enablement.
- Build and refine a scalable repeatable data services offering aligned with SEPs software design & development services .
- Establish internal best practices delivery frameworks and quality standards for data-centric engagements.
- Lead by example through hands-on contributions to early engagements and capability-building efforts
2. Business Development & Marketing Support
- Partner with Engagement Managers and delivery leaders to support business development activities.
- Engage with clients to understand business needs shape proposals and present data-centric solutions.
- Contribute to SEP go-to-market strategies thought leadership and capability positioning for target markets.
- Collaborate with our marketing team to develop branding messaging and content that highlights SEPs data capabilities and associated data services offering.
- Act as a trusted advisor in early-stage client conversations helping shape vision and strategy.
- Identify opportunities to support data capability into existing client engagements and internal initiatives.
3. Client Engagement & Delivery
- Provide strategic oversight and technical direction on data engagements to ensure client success.
- Guide delivery teams on best practices in data architecture governance engineering and platform implementation.
- Support continuous improvement of delivery models and methodologies for data services.
- Work closely with software engineering design and product leaders to ensure data services are well-integrated into SEPs broader delivery ecosystem
4. Capability Growth & Mentorship
- Mentor and support the growth of data-centric individual contributors including AI across SEP.
- Collaborate with talent and delivery leaders to define career paths learning opportunities and skill development plans for data practitioners.
- Support recruiting and interview activities for data practitioner candidates.
- Lead or participate in internal communities of practice focused on data and analytics.
- Develop and deliver internal training workshops or resources to upskill SEP team members on data-related topics
5. Thought Leadership
- Monitor and interpret emerging trends in data AI/ML and analytics to ensure SEP remains fit for marketadvising executive leadership shaping service offerings and guiding internal training to align with future industry demands.
- Represent SEPs data capability at industry events conferences or other community events
- Produce content (e.g. white papers blog posts or case studies) that showcase SEPs approach to solving data challenges.
Qualifications
- Extensive experience in data strategy architecture OCM engineering or analytics ideally in a consulting or services environment.
- Strong understanding of modern data platforms cloud technologies and AI/ML applications.
- Proven ability to lead through influence mentor others and build technical capabilities without direct management authority.
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business value.
- Experience building or scaling a data practice or capability is highly desirable.
- A growth mindset with a passion for learning teaching and evolving practices over time.
SEP is a software product design and development company located in Westfield IN. We provide powerful teams of thoughtful developers and designers to bring ideas to life. Founded in 1988 SEP is one of Indianas largest software development firms with 170 employees. Our clients span from Fortune 100 to scale-up companies. We are 100% employee-owned through an ESOP and are consistently recognized for our great culture (Top Workplaces Best Place to Work in Indiana Techpoint Mira Exceptional Employer).
We are an equal opportunity employer. All employment is decided based on qualifications performance merit and business need. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion marital status age national origin ancestry physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy genetic information gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression veteran status or any other status protected under federal state or local law.
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