Customer Advisory Architect - Data & Analytics
Shape the future of data, AI and modern data platforms
Talent’s client is looking for an experienced Customer Advisory Architect – Data & Analytics to help organisations unlock the full value of their data platforms and AI capabilities.
This is a senior pre-sales architecture role where you’ll partner with business stakeholders to understand complex problems, translate them into modern data architectures, and shape solution strategies that deliver measurable outcomes.
You’ll sit within a specialist pre-sales architecture team and collaborate closely with account managers, solution specialists, architects, and consulting leaders to design impactful solutions for customers across New Zealand.
If you enjoy working with senior stakeholders, running discovery workshops, and shaping modern data platform solutions, this role offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of enterprise data transformation.
The team
You’ll be joining a highly collaborative architecture and consulting environment, including:
- A pre-sales architecture team of 8 specialists
- A wider data and integration practice of around 60 people
- Close collaboration with architects, SMEs, consulting managers and the CTO
The organisation is a recognised Microsoft Fabric partner in APAC, with many projects currently centred around Fabric-based data platforms, alongside Databricks and modern analytics ecosystems.
What you’ll be doing
- Engage with senior business stakeholders to understand strategic goals, challenges and data opportunities
- Lead discovery sessions, workshops and demos to shape modern data and analytics solutions
- Design data platform architectures across technologies such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks and Snowflake ecosystems
- Translate business requirements into solution designs, commercials and proposal inputs
- Support the development of statements of work, solution sizing and delivery handover
- Partner with sales, technical and consulting teams to build strong solution strategies and go-to-market approaches
- Stay across emerging trends in data platforms, AI and analytics to help customers adopt modern capabilities
What you’ll bring
- Around 7-10+ years’ experience in data platform architecture, analytics consulting, or solution architecture
- Strong experience engaging with senior business stakeholders and executive audiences
- Expertise designing modern data platforms using technologies such as Microsoft Fabric, Databricks or Snowflake
- Strong technical foundation including SQL, Python, data modelling and data engineering practices
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes
- Experience running workshops, discovery sessions, demos or proofs of concept
- Exposure to pre-sales activities including solution sizing, proposal inputs and commercial thinking
The ideal profile
The team is looking for someone who can bridge business and technology.
Many candidates are either:
- Strong technologists without stakeholder advisory experience, or
- Great consultants without deep data platform expertise.
The ideal person brings both – technical credibility and strong consulting capability.
What’s in it for you
- Flexible working arrangements and hybrid work options
- Collaborative and supportive team culture
- Birthday leave and volunteer days
- Regular team events and social activities
- Clear professional development pathways
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge data and AI transformation projects
Please note: Applicants must be based in New Zealand and have full legal rights to work in NZ.
If you enjoy helping organisations turn complex data challenges into impactful solutions, we’d love to hear from you!