Principal Consultant: Data

Transparity is a fast-growing IT company focusing on Microsoft Cloud based solutions. Our culture has an enviable reputation in the industry which we work hard to maintain. We are focused on creating an inclusive environment where our employees thrive based upon integrity, strong work ethic, a one-team ethos, desire to learn and develop and a commitment to deliver unwavering service excellence to our customers, vendors and partners. Therefore, first and foremost we recruit with our cultural fit in mind.

Job Overview/Purpose

As a Principal Consultant: Data you will be responsible for helping customers maximise value from their data through consultative engagement, solution design and technical delivery. Whilst hands-on technical delivery remains an important aspect of the role, a Principal Consultant is expected to take ownership of shaping customer outcomes and ensuring solutions are aligned to both business objectives and technical best practices.

Acting as a trusted advisor, the Principal Consultant will work closely with customers to understand their challenges, shape requirements, facilitate workshops and translate business needs into pragmatic technical solutions. The role bridges the gap between technical delivery and solution architecture, combining commercial awareness, technical expertise and strong customer engagement skills.

A Principal Consultant will be entrusted to lead complex customer engagements, providing technical leadership from discovery through to implementation, whilst helping identify opportunities for customers to realise additional value from their data investments. The role will work in conjunction with Technical Team Leads, Solution Architects, Project Managers and Commercial teams to ensure successful customer outcomes.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead customer workshops and discovery sessions, turning business challenges into impactful data and AI solutions.

• Build trusted relationships with stakeholders, acting as a strategic advisor and guiding customers from concept through to delivery.

• Own the successful delivery of complex data projects, shaping technical approaches and ensuring high-quality outcomes.

• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to consultants, helping to develop capability across the wider team.

• Challenge assumptions, manage risks and act as a key escalation point to ensure the right solutions are delivered the right way.

• Support pre-sales activity, including solution design, customer workshops, estimates, proposals and statements of work.

• Drive innovation and continuous improvement by championing best practice across Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure and the wider Microsoft data ecosystem.

Skills, experience and qualifications

• Proven track record of leading successful customer-facing data projects, from discovery and design through to implementation and support.

• Strong experience translating complex business challenges into practical, scalable data solutions that deliver real value.

• Deep expertise in modern data platforms, including Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Synapse Analytics and lakehouse architectures.

• Hands-on development experience with ETL/ELT pipelines, data engineering, SQL, Python and semantic modelling for analytics and reporting.

• Confident facilitator with excellent stakeholder management skills, able to lead workshops, influence decisions and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong commercial awareness, problem-solving ability and a proactive approach to managing risks, priorities and delivery outcomes.

• Passion for mentoring others, sharing knowledge and staying ahead of emerging trends across the Microsoft Data & AI ecosystem, with relevant Microsoft and/or Databricks certifications achieved.

Disability Confident

Transparity have a proactive attitude when it comes to looking after the wellbeing and inclusion of all our employees.  We promote equal opportunities through our recruitment process and a positive, inclusive culture across the business which we are proud of. We are diverse in our approach to recruitment and recognise that talent comes in all different forms.  The diversity in our team is what helps our business work so well.   

To find out more about our disability commitment please contact People & Culture or ask during the interview. 

Our Offering

In addition to a competitive salary, there are a number of benefits and perks we offer to say thank you for being a part of our journey: 

• To work at a 3* World Class Best Company  

• Flexibility over where you work with our Winning from Anywhere® approach  

• 25 days holiday  

• Home working allowance paid monthly  

• Winning from Anywhere® allowance to help your set up at home  

• 24/7 GP at hand  

• Immediate 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme