Original job description
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Head of Data Systems (Google Stack) will play a key role at Stacktics, required to help create and maintain industry-leading quality and efficiency of service and software delivery.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Stacktics will rely on the Head of Data Systems with ownership of the Data Systems function including mentoring and support for our team of engineers, developers, marketing analysts and data scientists. The successful candidate will be expected to meet and exceed Stacktics' quality standards, while helping the organization rapidly expand into increasingly complex application development, data engineering, and related workflows.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#1b2340;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">KEY RESPONSIBILITIES</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ownership of Stacktics' Data Systems Business Unit</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Build and grow your team's capabilities and expertise to be truly platform-agnostic, ever-adapting based on opportunity and business direction</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead thorough audits of clients'/prospects' Data Systems, and other associated platforms and technologies as applicable including performance and cloud cost-efficiency</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Provide proactive recommendations, identifying areas of opportunity and/or improvement for clients based on their underlying business objectives and goals</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Maintain continuous focus on work output quality and reliability, acting as the champion of customer satisfaction in a proactive manner and as the final escalation point for technical and delivery issues that cannot be resolved at the Technical Lead level</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Act as Stacktics' primary Data Systems expert, ensuring to maintain and continuously grow personal expertise, and sharing information with other Stacktics team members, client stakeholders and prospects</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Collaborate with, support, and work closely with cross-functional units to ensure efficient workflow, and realize cross-functional opportunities and enhancements</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Maintain responsibility for the Business Unit's growth and success, continuously developing existing engagements, optimizing resourcing and prospecting</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Be dedicated to the success and happiness of your team members, optimizing workflow, enabling their personal growth, and acting as a strong team leader overall</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#1b2340;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Instilling Development Best Practices and Skills/Procedures Advancement</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Establishing, maintaining and evolving DevSecOps best practices and tools, and continuously keeping them aligned with current industry best practices and procedures</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Understanding, implementing and automating security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation frameworks</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contributing to deployment tooling within the Stacktics team</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contributing to version control technology frameworks and creating/implementing working processes within the Data Systems team, with tools such as Git or SVN</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Own and continuously improve the practice's AI coding standards, the AI coding constitution (CLAUDE.md, GEMINI.md, .cursorrules), PR checklists, and slash commands keeping them current as tools, clients, and the team's needs evolve</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Leading in the Software 3.0 Era</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">AI tools have changed how fast engineering work gets produced. Your job is to make sure that speed shows up as sounder architecture and higher-quality delivery - not just faster shipping of the same judgment gaps.</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Recalibrate how the team scopes and estimates work as AI tooling changes what can actually be delivered in a sprint, so timelines and resourcing plans reflect real AI-era delivery speed</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Set architecture and coding standards that assume engineers are using AI assistants daily - code review habits, eval frameworks, and quality gates sized to the failure modes of AI-assisted development, not just its speed</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Continue evolving Stacktics' AI Development Lifecycle (ADLC) - our AI-native answer to SDLC - piloting new stages against real engagements and driving adoption across the team</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Be an active daily user of AI coding assistants yourself, and bring that firsthand experience into how standards and review practices are set for the team</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead Stacktics’ technical team members through the integration into Agentic AI-first working patterns, and beyond</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Code Productization</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Migrating the delivery of the most common/universally applicable solutions from custom projects to formally productized software solutions</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Advocating for building repeatability, scalability and standardization into how the Stacktics Data Systems team approaches all work, in order to enable the future migration to productization as a general rule</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Data Engineering-Specific Responsibilities</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Participate in continuous delivery pipelines to fully automate deployment of the highly available cloud platform that supports multiple projects</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Design and develop ETL workflows and datasets to be used in data visualization tools</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Write complex SQL queries with multiple joins to automate and manipulate data extracts</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Perform end to end Data Validation to maintain accuracy of data sets</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Build tools for deployment, monitoring and operations</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Troubleshoot and resolve issues in the development, test and production environments</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Develop re-usable processes that can be leveraged and standardized for multiple instances</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Prepare technical specifications and documentation for projects</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Stay up to date on relevant technologies, plug into user groups, understand trends and opportunities to ensure we are using the best possible techniques and tools</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Understand, implement, and automate security controls, governance processes, and compliance validation</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"><br><br></span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Contribution to Corporate Strategy</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Actively and proactively play a key role in steering Stacktics and affiliated companies, considering market developments, competitive maneuvers, unique opportunities, etc.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">You will be expected to both bring new ideas to the table and assist other corporate leaders in vetting/developing concepts and tactics</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Identification and tracking of performance, coaching, training needs, and motivating members of the Data Systems team - including Senior Technical Leads. Directly or indirectly responsible for hiring, terminating and owning performance evaluations for direct reports and the Data Systems group</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:5pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Company-Wide Responsibilities</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Maintain and exceed client satisfaction with Stacktics’ deliverables, day-to-day work and overall value as a partner</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Adapt to ever-changing client needs and expectations</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Maintain dedication toward achieving excellence in Stacktics’ delivery against client needs, and overall success as an organization</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Ability to provide clear guidance and support for advanced problem solving and system design to large teams at enterprise-level client companies, aiding the evolution of their digital practices</span></p></li></ul><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 21pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-left: 8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:600;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">QUALIFICATIONS</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Deep expertise in building and managing large-scale data systems on cloud platforms, with a strong preference for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Python, SQL and Cloud Computing</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">10+ years experience in Data Engineering, including 6+ years in technical leadership or management roles, with experience managing other leads (e.g., Technical Leads or engineering managers). </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong understanding of and direct experience with managing a team operating in a “Software 3.0” model (Agentic AI-first)</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Active user of AI coding assistants (Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent), and fluent in what they change about estimation, architecture, and review</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Understanding of digital ecosystems including online data collection, cloud systems and analytics tools (Google Stack, Facebook, Salesforce, Adobe Suite etc.) a strong asset</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong technical understanding of a range of marketing concepts such as cookie-based data collection, setting and leveraging audience segments, attribution modelling, AB/N & multivariate is an asset</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Excellent written & verbal communication skills are essential; candidate should be comfortable presenting and participating in group discussions of concepts with internal and external stakeholders</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Candidate must exhibit an analytical, detail-oriented approach to problem solving</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:6pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with Jira / Atlassian project management tools is an asset</span></p></li></ul><div><br></div><h3 dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt;padding:8pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Preferred Qualifications</span></h3><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Google Cloud certifications (e.g., Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Data Engineer) are a strong plus.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:12pt;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'IBM Plex Sans',sans-serif;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap;">Prior experience in a consulting environment, managing and delivering projects for multiple clients concurrently.</span></p></li></ul>
