Procurement Techno-Functional Assistant Manager

Roles & responsibilities

Workstream Leadership & Governance

• Lead techno-functional CDP workstreams (scope, plan, RAID, quality gates), ensuring alignment across business, data, architecture, and engineering.
• Run client ceremonies (design reviews, playback sessions, SteerCo/PMO updates) and drive decisioning with trade-off clarity.

Functional Architecture & Data Design Authority

• Define target operating models, capability maps, and governance models for data ingestion, identity, consent, audience, activation, measurement.
• Own functional-technical alignment for Salesforce Data Cloud and Snowflake (schemas, transformations, incremental loads, partitioning, role-based access, cost/performance guardrails).

Identity, Consent & Activation Strategy

• Set standards for identity resolution (deterministic/probabilistic), unified profiles, and golden record management; codify consent & preference handling across channels.
• Direct activation pathways (Marketing Cloud, Service Cloud, paid media, email/mobile) with journey orchestration and real-time triggers.

Measurement, Analytics & Value Realization

• Establish KPI frameworks, value tracking, and insight-to-action loops; guide BI dashboards and attribution models that prove business impact.
• Champion data quality SLAs, lineage, monitoring, and operational runbooks for sustainable CDP operations.

Team Leadership & Practice Development

• Coach Associates/Consultants; set standards for deliverable quality and solution review.
• Contribute to playbooks, accelerators, and proposal solutioning; represent the practice in pre-sales and executive forums.

Required Skills & Expertise

Consulting & Leadership

• Advanced problem structuring, synthesis, and executive communication; experienced in steering multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and facilitation across senior business and technology audiences.

CDP Functional & Technical Depth

• Salesforce Data Cloud: deep understanding of data model, identity resolution, audience/segment design, calculated insights, activation flows, governance/security.
• Snowflake: robust ELT design, performance tuning, cost optimization, role hierarchy & access control, data sharing models, DevOps/CI-CD considerations in data pipelines.
• Familiarity with Reverse ETL, event streaming, and integration architectures; appreciation for privacy-by-design.

Productivity & Delivery

• Proficiency in Jira/Confluence/Miro/PowerPoint/Excel; comfort with agile ceremonies and documentation discipline.

Qualification

• B.E./B.Tech/MBA
• 7 – 10 years in techno-functional consulting with CDP/CRM/MarTech/Data platform delivery, including client-facing leadership.