EXL

Data - Hands on Tech Lead/Solution Architect – Senior Assistant VP

EXL  •  $160k - $200k/yr  •  United States (Onsite)  •  12 days ago
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Job Description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced hands-on tech lead in our Banking and Capital Markets practice. This role focuses on driving collaboration across internal teams and clients to deliver integrated solutions that create measurable business impact.

The role will act as a key connector, ensuring alignment between advisory, technology, and operations, while strengthening client relationships and supporting revenue growth across multiple engagements.

Client Engagement & Relationship Management

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with key banking and capital markets clients.
  • Act as the primary contact for strategic discussions, understanding client needs and identifying opportunities for value creation through consultative engagement.
  • This position requires a blend of technical expertise, client relationship management, and business acumen to achieve ambitious growth targets in a fast-paced financial landscape.

Solution & Proposal Development

  • Lead development of tailored technical proposals in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
  • Design innovative solutions in areas like data modernization, digital transformation, and fintech integration, ensuring proposals are practical, competitive, and aligned with best practices.

Account & Revenue Growth

  • Monitor account performance and drive growth through upsell and cross-sell opportunities.
  • Achieve revenue targets by expanding service offerings and leveraging emerging technologies such as AI, cloud, and data platforms.
  • Leadership & Delivery Oversight
  • Coordinate across advisory, technology, and operations teams to ensure seamless delivery. Promote collaboration, resolve interdependencies, and foster knowledge sharing for efficiency and innovation.
  • Market Awareness & Thought Leadership
  • Stay current on industry trends, regulatory changes, and competitive dynamics. Contribute to thought leadership through client presentations, webinars, and whitepapers.
  • Responsible for enabling communication between clients, other EXL business units, internal support staff, as well as multi-functional and multi-shore project teams.
  • Team Development, mentor and guide junior team members, fostering a high-performance culture and building capabilities in client management and solution design.

Key Qualifications:

  • Strong Hands-on development experience in ETL technologies, SQL and Big Data technologies.
  • Experience in building data pipelines to load/unload data from NoSQL DB and In-memory caching databases.
  • Experience in processing large amounts of structured and unstructureddata, including integrating data from multiple sources.
  • Experience in streaming technologies
  • Experience in cloud technologies (AWS/GCP/Azure) and key services (Storage, Compute, and Databases)
  • 10+ years in banking, capital markets, or financial consulting, with at least 5 years in a leadership or client-facing role.
  • Proven track record in managing multimillion-dollar accounts, driving revenue growth, and leading cross-functional teams.
  • Strong expertise in technical design discussions and the ability to provide strategic consulting to enable large-scale engagements is essential for this role.

Skills

  • Extensive experience in banking and capital markets, covering trading, risk management, regulatory compliance, and digital transformation.

  • Strong technical foundation with exposure to fintech, data analytics, cloud platforms, and AI-driven solutions.

  • Familiarity with modern technology ecosystems such as hyperscalers (AWS, Azure, GCP), Databricks, Snowflake, and emerging AI/ML tools.

  • Ability to manage and lead technical delivery teams, ensuring successful execution of client engagements.

  • Skilled in proposal development, technical workflow design, and driving large-scale implementations.

  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of translating complex concepts for diverse audiences.

  • Proven ability to handle multiple engagements simultaneously, balancing priorities in a matrixed environment.

  • Strong understanding of Enterprise Data Management (EDM) solutions and related tools, enabling informed client discussions.

  • Adept at adapting methodologies to client needs to deliver value and maintain profitability.

  • Experience in mentoring teams and conducting internal training programs.

  • Ability to resolve conflicts effectively and maintain strong client relationships.

The typical base pay range for this role across the U.S. is USD $160,000 - $200,000 per year.

For more information on benefits and what we offer please visit us at https://www.exlservice.com/us-careers-and-benefits

EXL

About EXL

Choosing a digital partner is about more than capabilities — it’s about collaboration and character.

Unrealistic overhauls and off-the-shelf products ignore what matters most — your unique needs, culture, goals, and your legacy data and technology environments.

At EXL, our collaboration is built on ongoing listening and learning to adapt our methodologies. We’re your business evolution partner—tailoring solutions that make the most of data to make better business decisions and drive more intelligence into your increasingly digital operations.

Whether your goals are scaling the use of AI and digital, redesign operating models, or driving better and faster decisions, we’re here to partner with you to help you gain—and maintain—competitive advantage with efficient, sustainable models at scale.

Our expertise in transformation, data science, and change management helps make your business more efficient and effective, improve customer relationships and enhance revenue growth. Instead of focusing on multi-year, resource- and time-intensive platform designs or migrations, we look deeper at your entire value chain to integrate strategies with impact.

We use our specialization in analytics, digital interventions, and operations management—alongside deep industry expertise — to deliver solutions that help you outperform the competition.

At EXL, it’s all about outcomes—your outcomes—and delivering success on your terms. Share your goals with us and together, we’ll optimize how you leverage data to drive your business forward.

For more information, visit www.exlservice.com.

Industry
Consulting & Advisory
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
New York, NY
Year Founded
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