Databricks Engagement Lead - Data & AI

EPAM Systems; Netherlands; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems in Amsterdam seeks an Engagment Lead – Data & AI to guide large-scale data transformations and AI programs. You will manage senior stakeholders, shape proposals, and ensure delivery excellence across Data & AI engagements in Europe, including health, retail and financial services sectors.

The role emphasizes business impact, cross-functional leadership, and ongoing client advisory. Fluency in English and Dutch is valued for regional collaborations.

Qualifications

• Experience managing client-facing engagements in consulting, professional services or SI environments.
• Ability to build credibility with C-level executives and facilitate business/tech discussions.
• Knowledge of modern Data & AI domains: cloud data platforms, governance, ML and generative AI.
• Experience in engagement scoping, estimation and framing value propositions.
• Strong communication and storytelling to translate tech into business value.
• Industry expertise in Health/Life Sciences, Retail/CF, Financial Services or Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and drive account growth.
• Lead engagements end to end with on-time, high-quality deliverables across data modernization, ML and AI adoption.
• Advocate data governance and enterprise AI integration, manage client expectations and risk.
• Contribute to client advisory sessions, industry events and pre-sales activities.
• Represent EPAM as a strategic partner at industry events and shape proposals and offers.
• Drive Data & AI revenue in a country or region of operation.

Skills

Client management

C-level communication

Data & AI domains

Engagement scoping

Proposal development

Industry domain expertise

Multilingual (EN/DE/Dutch)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree or certifications (cloud/data/AI)

Job description

Clients expect more than technical solutions - they need a partner who understands their business and can connect vision to measurable outcomes. The Databricks Engagement Lead – Data & AI role in London, Zurich, Germany and Amsterdam sits at the intersection of industry strategy and advanced data programs, guiding engagements from initial vision through delivery. If you thrive on shaping long-term relationships and influencing C-level stakeholders, you will find scope to drive impact across multiple sectors. You connect business objectives with actionable strategies, ensuring every engagement delivers value. Clients rely on trusted advisors to navigate complex data and AI transformations.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, acting as the primary EPAM contact for Data & AI engagements and driving account growth by identifying new opportunities, shaping proposals and securing long-term partnerships
• Lead and oversee engagements end to end, ensuring on-time, high-quality deliverables that align with business objectives and collaborating with technical experts to design data modernization, machine learning and AI adoption strategies
• Advocate best practices in data governance, analytics and enterprise AI integration across engagements and manage client expectations and risks while coaching delivery teams to achieve success
• Contribute thought leadership through client advisory sessions, industry events and internal knowledge sharing and support solutioning and pre-sales activities to position commercially viable and technically sound proposals
• Understand the evolving Data & AI landscape and represent EPAM as a strategic partner at industry events
• Create and govern proposals and offers related to Data & AI
• Drive Data & AI specific revenue in a country or region of operation
• Promote a culture of collaboration, learning and continuous improvement within teams

Requirements

• Experience managing client-facing engagements or accounts within consulting, professional services or systems integration environments and a track record of growing accounts by identifying opportunities and shaping proposals
• Ability to build credibility with C-level executives and facilitate business and technical discussions and working knowledge of modern Data & AI domains, including cloud data platforms, data engineering, governance, machine learning and generative AI
• Experience in engagement scoping, estimation and framing value propositions for clients and capability to guide and mentor cross-functional teams effectively
• Communication and storytelling skills to translate complex technical concepts into business value
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree or certifications (cloud, data or AI) are a plus
• Industry expertise in one of the domains: Health and Life Sciences, Retail and Consumer Goods, Financial Services or Manufacturing
• Technical and business fluency in local language (English, German, Dutch etc.)