Senior Engagement Manager

EXL; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business consulting firm is seeking a Mid-Senior level professional in Pune District, India, to lead large-scale data management projects. The role involves end-to-end delivery management, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional team leadership while ensuring delivery quality and financial oversight. Ideal candidates are expected to drive continuous improvement and maintain compliance. The position is full-time and falls under the business development and sales function.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of large-scale data management engagements.
• Translate client business objectives into structured delivery plans, milestones, and outcomes.
• Manage scope, timeline, budget, risks, and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Ensure delivery quality, technical integrity, and adherence to agreed standards.
• Act as the primary delivery contact for senior client stakeholders.
• Lead delivery governance forums, status reviews, and escalation management.
• Guide solution design decisions to ensure scalability, sustainability, and business value.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional, geographically distributed teams.
• Streamline and manage coordination of data engineering, governance, cloud infra, analytics, AI/ML, InfoSec and other cross functional teams.
• Guide solution design decisions to ensure scalability, sustainability, and business value.
• Ensure alignment between technical delivery and business outcomes.
• Lead and mentor cross-functional, geographically distributed teams.
• Drive delivery discipline, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support talent development, performance management, and resource planning.
• Report delivery health and metrics and coordinate with PMO for compliance.
• Manage engagement-level financials, including budgets, forecasts, and margins.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks impacting cost, timeline, or quality.
• Partner with commercial leadership on change management and scope evolution.

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of large-scale data management engagements.
• Translate client business objectives into structured delivery plans, milestones, and outcomes.
• Manage scope, timeline, budget, risks, and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Ensure delivery quality, technical integrity, and adherence to agreed standards.

Engagement & Program Delivery

• Own end-to-end delivery of large-scale data management engagements.
• Translate client business objectives into structured delivery plans, milestones, and outcomes.
• Manage scope, timeline, budget, risks, and dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Ensure delivery quality, technical integrity, and adherence to agreed standards.

Client Delivery Leadership

• Act as the primary delivery contact for senior client stakeholders.
• Lead delivery governance forums, status reviews, and escalation management.
• Engage in pre-sales activities like solutioning, estimations, resource planning and POC.
• Build credibility and trust through consistent delivery excellence and transparency.

Technical & Solution Leadership

• Streamline and manage coordination of data engineering, governance, cloud infra, analytics, AI/ML, InfoSec and other cross functional teams.
• Guide solution design decisions to ensure scalability, sustainability, and business value.
• Ensure alignment between technical delivery and business outcomes.

Team & Operational Leadership

• Lead and mentor cross-functional, geographically distributed teams.
• Drive delivery discipline, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Support talent development, performance management, and resource planning.
• Report delivery health and metrics and coordinate with PMO for compliance.

Financial & Risk Management

• Manage engagement-level financials, including budgets, forecasts, and margins.
• Identify and mitigate delivery risks impacting cost, timeline, or quality.
• Partner with commercial leadership on change management and scope evolution.

Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Business Development and Sales

Industries: Business Consulting and Services

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