Accordion India - Technical Director - Data & Analytics
Technical Director in Accordion's Data & Analytics practice (Hyderabad), owning architecture and end-to-end delivery of cloud data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, Fabric, BigQuery, Redshift) for private-equity clients and portfolio companies, with an AI-first mandate including AI-ready data infrastructure and building MCP servers for LLM-powered workflows.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Hyderabad
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Undergraduate degree (B.E/B.Tech.) from a tier-1 or tier-2 institution
- 8-12 years of relevant experience in data engineering, data platform architecture, or technology leadership
- Strong SQL proficiency: query optimization, complex transformations, data modeling across relational and columnar databases
- Hands-on experience with at least two of: Microsoft Fabric, Azure Synapse Analytics, Databricks, Snowflake, Google BigQuery, AWS Redshift
- Experience designing data lake and lakehouse architectures using open table formats (Delta Lake, Apache Iceberg) on cloud storage (ADLS, S3, GCS)
- Proficiency in cloud-native orchestration tools: Azure Data Factory, Databricks Workflows, dbt, Apache Airflow, or equivalent
- Hands-on experience building MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to expose data assets to AI agents and tools
- Hands-on experience owning end-to-end DevOps practices, including designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines
- Strong habit of responsibly leveraging AI tools to improve delivery speed and code quality
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical discussions with senior stakeholders and drive end-to-end solution delivery
- Analytical, AI-first, automation-forward problem-solving mindset
Nice to have
- Experience with streaming platforms (Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, AWS Kinesis)
- Working knowledge of BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, Looker)
Full description
Company overview
Accordion is a global financial consulting and technology firm helping CFOs and their teams drive value creation. Rooted in private equity rigor and powered by data, analytics, and AI, we partner with companies across industries to turn insight into impact.
Accordion works at the intersection of Private Equity sponsors and portfolio companies’ management teams across every stage of the investment lifecycle. We provide hands-on, execution-oriented support, driving value through the office of the CFO by building data and analytics capabilities and identifying and implementing strategic work, rooted in data, analytics and AI.
Accordion is headquartered in New York City with 10 offices worldwide, including the India office based out of Hyderabad. Join us and make your mark on our company.
Data & Analytics (Accordion | Data & Analytics)
Accordion's Data & Analytics (D&A) practice in India delivers cutting-edge, intelligent solutions to a global clientele, leveraging a blend of domain knowledge, sophisticated technology tools, and deep analytics capabilities to tackle complex business challenges.
We partner with Private Equity clients and their Portfolio Companies across diverse sectors, including Retail, CPG, Healthcare, Media & Entertainment, Technology, and Logistics.
D&A team members deliver data and analytical solutions designed to streamline reporting capabilities and enhance business insights across vast and complex data sets ranging from Sales, Operations, Marketing, Pricing, Customer Strategies, and more.
Working at Accordion in India means joining 800+ analytics, data science, finance, and technology experts in a high-growth, agile, and entrepreneurial environment to transform how portfolio companies drive value. It also means making your mark on Accordion’s future—by embracing a culture rooted in collaboration and a firm- wide commitment to building something great, together.
Join us and experience a better way to work!
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Role Overview:
The Technical Director at Accordion is responsible for leading the architecture, development, and delivery of modern, scalable data platforms that drive analytics, AI integration, and decision-making across client organizations. This role demands deep technical expertise, strong business acumen, and the ability to design cost-optimized solutions that address both current and future client needs – across cloud and on-premises environments.
The Technical Director will champion an AI-first approach – responsibly integrating/leveraging AI tools to accelerate delivery, defining AI-ready data infrastructure standards for engagements, and building MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to expose data platform capabilities to AI agents and LLM-powered workflows. A