Practice Manager - Data&Analytics, Christchurch

Our Why Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people's lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow. About The Role This strategic role within Datacom is pivotal in driving growth, innovation, and commercial success for our market propositions. As part of the Digital Engineering division, you will lead a team of Data&Analytics consultants specializing in our modern data platform (Snowflake, Microsoft, and Databricks), advanced analytics, and data governance capabilities. Leveraging your extensive technical experience and ability to lead sales initiatives, you will design and develop relevant sales propositions that address our customers' business challenges. This role involves ensuring commercial sustainability and practice growth, which includes creating and managing sales strategies and product offerings to meet client and market demands.You will be responsible for growing a high-performing team, combining your deep technical expertise with strong commercial awareness to craft, position, and sell a wide range of data-centric services. A collaborative approach is essential, as you will work closely with our internal sales and technical teams, our clients, and their customers.What you'll do (Your Why): Team Leadership: Define and execute the capability plan to create a culture of success, including team growth, performance, and development Technical Leadership: Provide expert guidance and technical leadership on the development of cloud solutions and cloud-native developmentSales: Articulate and evangelise the Modern Application development value proposition across Sales, Service, and Marketing to internal stakeholders, customers, and the wider market Strategic direction: Consult with the wider business to define and execute a growth strategy for the Modern Application services business across Wellington and wider marketsCommercial and financial management: Create and manage the operational budget, including month-end processes, invoicing, and reporting Partner Engagement: Lead strategic planning around opportunity and product roadmaps to ensure effective collaboration with our partners Why join us here at Datacom? Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand's largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We maintain a dynamic, agile, small business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It's our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill-out spaces, remote working, flexi-hours, and professional development courses. You'll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect, and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and work in a collegial, flat-structured environment.We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand's largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities. We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.#J-18808-Ljbffr