Heartland Division Practice Manager - Insight & Data

Location: Sogeti Heartland Division (Illinois, Michigan, Indiana)

As a Division Practice Manager for Insights & Data (I&D), you will drive presales efforts for large-scale Data and AI programs, lead a high-performing team of data and analytics professionals, drive client engagements, and ensure delivery excellence across the I&D portfolio. This role requires strong thought leadership, strategic vision, and the ability to deliver innovative data-driven solutions that create measurable business value for our clients.

• Presales Leadership: Drive presales efforts for large-scale Data and AI programs, including solutioning and proposal development.
• Team Management: Lead and mentor a team of data engineers, BI specialists, automation experts, and data scientists. Oversee engagements, talent acquisition, and professional development.
• Engagement Delivery: Manage complex, large-scale data and analytics programs, including strategy, implementation, and operational run phases.
• Client Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, ensuring exceptional service delivery, managing expectations, and presenting insights effectively.
• Solution Ownership: Own end-to-end solutioning, client management, and delivery of data and analytics projects.
• Business Growth: Collaborate with account teams on pre-sales activities, research, and solutioning. Partner with alliances for joint go-to-market opportunities.
• Capability Development: Drive continuous improvement of data and analytics capabilities, develop new assets, and contribute to go-to-market strategies.

• Proven experience in presales, with a track record of selling Data and AI programs valued at $10M+.
• 10+ years of experience delivering large-scale data and analytics engagements.
• Expertise across the full data lifecycle: integration, management, architecture, governance, quality, automation, and data science.
• Ability to define business cases, measure outcomes, and communicate insights through compelling storytelling.
• Strong client-facing skills, capable of engaging at all levels from executives to engineers.
• Hands-on technical proficiency and ability to coach teams when needed.
• Deep knowledge of data and analytics ecosystems across Azure (required), AWS, and Google Cloud, including tools such as SQL, Azure Data Lake, Synapse, Azure ML, and Purview.

• Strategic thinker and thought leader with strong executive presence.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, agile environment.
• Highly motivated, self-driven, and accountable for delivering exceptional client outcomes.
• Able to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Business Administration
  , or a related field.

• Flexible work options
• 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%
• Employee Share Ownership Plan
• Life Insurance
• Adoption, Surrogacy & Cryopreservation Assistance
• Career Planning & Coaching
• $5,250 Tuition Reimbursement & 20,000+ Online Courses
• Employee Resource Groups
• Counseling & Support for Physical, Financial, Emotional & Spiritual Well-being
• Disaster Relief Programs

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