Senior Solutions Architect

ThoughtSpot (TS) Professional Services Organization provides a complete set of services that enable our customers to be successful with putting the power of a thousand analysts in every business person's hands. Our Solution Architects (SA) are responsible for driving successful implementation projects for their assigned accounts. Their goal is to architect a solution that delivers the benefits and value expected from ThoughtSpot.

The SA must be able to understand a client’s desired goals and business objectives and then craft a solution that meets those needs. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, startup environment and enjoy collaborating with a team of colleagues passionate about data and driving success for our customers.

The SA will work cross-functionally with our Engagement Managers (EM), Customer Success (CS), Sales, Solutions Consultants (SC), Support, Delivery Partners, Product Management, and Engineering to accomplish their responsibilities.

Responsibilities:- Customer Engagement Level Expectations:

● Serve as a trusted technical advisor to the client’s technical team

● Deliver successful end-to-end technical architecture to meet client’s business objectives and BI/Analytics requirements

● Design the ThoughtSpot solution for performance and scalability

● Advise client on data quality requirements for ThoughtSpot

● Design data models for BI/Analytics needs to help customers answer business questions for the identified use case

● Understand, document, and design for client’s security requirements

● Design relevant ThoughtSpot artifacts (worksheets, searches, and liveboards) that will help drive the desired end-user experience

● Work with Engagement Managers to drive issue resolution

● Collaborate with Sales, Solutions Consultant and Customer Success to transition from value activation to value assurance/realization

● Establish working relationships with the relevant client sponsors

● Enable customer resources in ThoughtSpot administration Requirements (5-10 bullets) Qualified candidates must have prior consulting experience, a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree, and the following experience:

Requirements: ● Experience in consulting/solution delivery, with 5-10 years of designing and leading complex data and analytics implementations

● Required to have played the role of a consultant or BI/data architect

● Extensive experience in ability to understand client’s objectives and requirements (use case), translating it to technical design and solution to drive client’s business imperatives

● Solid experience working with Sales teams to deliver client solutions

● Experience working with Product Management and Engineering teams to prioritize customer product requests/defects to deliver successful engagements

Preferences (Must Haves):

● Strong knowledge of data warehousing ecosystem (e.g. data sources / ETL / data warehouse / data marts)

● Understanding of different types of schemas (OLTP vs. OLAP, snowflake, etc.)

● Proven experience in delivering customer projects with products such as Tableau, PowerBI, Looker, Sisense, MicroStrategy, etc

● Experience with cloud data platforms (Snowflake, Databricks, Redshift, Google BigQuery, etc)

● Familiarity with data transformation tools (Matillion, Fivetran, Talend, dbt, etc)

● Hands-on experience with SQL

● Nice to have - Programming, scripting, and experience working with APIs - Python, javascript etc.

● Nice to have - Application development and embedding experience

● Important: Prior consulting experience

What makes ThoughtSpot a great place to work?

ThoughtSpot is the experience layer of the modern data stack, leading the industry with our AI-powered analytics and natural language search. We hire people with unique identities, backgrounds, and perspectives—this balance-for-the-better philosophy is key to our success. When paired with our culture of Selfless Excellence and our drive for continuous improvement (2% done), ThoughtSpot cultivates a respectful culture that pushes norms to create world-class products. If you’re excited by the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the business and make your mark on a truly innovative company, we invite you to read more about our mission, and apply to the role that’s right for you.

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