Principal Data Strategist

Caylent, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

CANADA

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• As a Principal Data Strategist at Caylent, you will embed with enterprise clients to transform how they leverage data as a strategic asset, bridging business strategy and technical execution to unlock measurable value from data investments.
• You will lead strategic planning engagements from discovery to executive readout, diagnose and align stakeholders, build executive-ready business cases, design data governance frameworks, deliver implementation roadmaps, assess data and AI maturity, drive strategic account growth, support talent and teams, and advance Caylent’s Modern Data Strategy practice.
• Caylent is a cloud-native AWS Premier Partner operating fully remote with teams in Canada, the U.S., and Latin America, focused on helping organizations maximize people and technology through AWS services, with a culture that values technological curiosity and employee-first principles.
• In this role, you will shape strategic direction at the intersection of strategy, governance, and AI enablement, define how data strategy is delivered at scale, and develop reusable frameworks while working with leading enterprise clients on high-impact data transformations.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in the AWS data and analytics landscape
• 10+ years in data strategy, governance, architecture, or analytics consulting with enterprise clients
• Proven ability to align data strategy with business outcomes and communicate the 'why' as clearly as the 'how'
• Exceptional communicator capable of shifting between technical discussions with data architects and strategic conversations with C-suite executives
• Deep understanding of modern data platforms (Databricks, Snowflake, AWS-native stack) and experience with AI/ML strategy and enterprise AI platforms (Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, or comparable)
• Expert facilitator of workshops and strategy sessions with strong storytelling skills and a consulting mindset for diagnosing ambiguous data challenges

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% remote work with employees across Canada, the United States, and Latin America
• Medical insurance for you and eligible dependents, generous holidays, and flexible PTO
• Competitive phantom equity, paid exams and certifications, peer bonus awards, and a state-of-the-art laptop and tools
• Equipment and office stipend, individual professional development plan, and annual stipend for learning and development
• Opportunity to work with an amazing worldwide team in an incredible corporate culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion

Skills & Technologies

AWS

Senior

Remote

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About Caylent, Inc.

Caylent provides cloud-native engineering services and DevOps consulting, helping enterprises design, migrate, and manage workloads on Amazon Web Services. The company delivers containerization, infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, and data platform modernization through dedicated engineering teams. Serving mid-market to Fortune 500 clients, Caylent focuses on accelerating cloud adoption, cost optimization, and security compliance across regulated industries including healthcare, fintech, and SaaS.

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