Senior Data & AI Delivery Lead

EPAM Systems; Poland; Hybrid; PLN 230,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Multisport

Shopping vouchers

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Relocation assistance

Remote work within Poland

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead end-to-end data and AI delivery programs across the EU region. You will align multiple teams, establish governance, and drive AI-enabled SDLC adoption while collaborating with AI CoE, Delivery Managers, and pre-sales.

Excellent stakeholder management and breadboard governance are essential to success. The role sits at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and client engagement, offering hybrid work within Poland and opportunities to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of program or project management experience in a technology services or consulting environment.
• Proven track record delivering complex data, analytics, or AI programs at scale.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML delivery — solid understanding of MLOps, data pipelines, and AI SDLC frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management skills — comfortable engaging with both C-level clients and engineering teams.
• Experience working in a matrixed, multi-geography organization with distributed delivery teams.
• Excellent command of program governance practices (risk, RAID, reporting, change management).
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Efficiency in acquiring new knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program management across multiple concurrent data and AI engagements within the EU region.
• Establish and maintain program governance structures: status reporting, risk management, escalation paths, and delivery cadences.
• Drive delivery quality by aligning teams to best practices, milestones, and client expectations.
• Manage program-level dependencies, resource constraints, and cross-team coordination.
• Champion the adoption of the AI Delivery Model framework across client engagements.
• Collaborate with the AI CoE and Delivery Managers to pilot, iterate, and scale AI-augmented SDLC processes.
• Identify opportunities to embed AI tooling into delivery workflows for faster, higher-quality outcomes.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with Business Unit leads, GDO partners, and key client stakeholders.
• Act as a primary escalation point for program-level issues, providing clear communication and timely resolution.
• Support pre-sales activities including scoping, estimation, and solution design for data and AI program.
• Translate business goals into actionable delivery plans and communicate progress to executive stakeholders.
• Mentor Delivery Managers and project leads; support onboarding and buddy allocation processes.
• Contribute to practice-wide initiatives: KPI design, capability building, and process improvement.
• Participate in community-building activities including practice events, knowledge sharing, and cross-practice collaboration

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

AI/ML delivery

MLOps

Tools

PM tools

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead end-to-end data and AI delivery programs across the EU region. You will align multiple teams, establish governance, and drive AI-enabled SDLC adoption while collaborating with AI CoE, Delivery Managers, and pre-sales.

Excellent stakeholder management and breadboard governance are essential to success. The role sits at the intersection of strategy, delivery, and client engagement, offering hybrid work within Poland and opportunities to