Lead Data Product Consultant

SS&C Technologies • Boston, MA

4d • Remote

About The Position

The Lead Data Consultant is a key delivery partner responsible for data solutions that address complex financial services business needs and align with enterprise data strategy and scalable platform architecture. This role leads client discovery to understand business context, regulatory considerations, and data requirements, translating those insights into clear, actionable specifications that data engineering and technology teams can implement. The Lead Data Consultant ensures data products are designed for reuse, scalability, and adoption across multiple clients.

Requirements

• 8-10 years experience in Financial Services
• Experience in client consulting or client facing solution architecture role
• Understanding of financial services data domains, preferably within the SS&C enterprise
• Working knowledge of modern data platforms and data engineering concepts
• Strong stakeholder communication skills including facilitation of external discovery and design sessions
• Highly collaborative and adept at working in matrix environments under tight timeframes
• Skilled in anticipating potential issues and blockers and working cross functionally to resolve
• Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels, from discovery through delivery

Responsibilities

• Lead client and stakeholder discussions to understand business objectives, regulatory considerations, and data needs across financial services domains
• Surface underlying client needs, reframe problems, and identify solutions that strengthen and scale broader enterprise capabilities and continually evolve the data strategy
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across the enterprise to ensure expertise in applicable business and data domains is represented in solution design
• Translate client outcomes and business questions into well-defined data use cases, inclusive of defined success criteria
• Analyze requirements across multiple clients to identify shared needs and design configurable, multi-tenant data solutions that avoid one-off, client-specific implementations
• Partner with Technical Architects to translate business requirements into structured data requirements
• Partner with data engineering and architecture teams to align solutions with enterprise platforms
• Act as a bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams, ensuring designs balance client needs, platform standards, and long-term scalability
• Consult on initial product launches, monitor initial pilot client experience in warranty, and provide cross training and transition to support
• Provide continuous feedback to improve data products, platform capabilities, and delivery processes

Benefits

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model and Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Wide Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents and Experiences of Our Employees
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed