AI Delivery Lead: Multi-Team Programs

EPAM Systems Inc; California; Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended Healthcare

Life and AD&D Insurance

RRSP with Company match

Telehealth

Paid Time Off

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Delivery Lead to oversee a value stream of 1–3 offshore pods. You will estimate, plan, and execute multi-team software programs with external vendors, focusing on AI-native delivery and cost controls. You will report progress, manage risks, and drive continuous improvement across pods and clients.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, early risk escalation, and strong communication with senior stakeholders in a client-facing capacity.

Qualifications

• Experience leading delivery of multi-team software programs with external vendors.
• Hands-on with AI coding tools and AI-native ways of working.

Responsibilities

• Estimate approved projects with POs, the lead developer and the architects.
• Turn the estimate into a plan: milestones, sprints, pod capacity and staffing against the backlog.
• Track throughput, and re-plan when scope, capacity or a dependency moves.
• Report throughput in complexity points, cycle time, defect escape and rework rate on the account cadence.
• Own the stream's part of the complexity-point baseline, and move pods from T&M to committed output.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Stakeholder management

AI tooling

Data-driven delivery

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a related field

Tools

AI coding tools

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. is seeking a Delivery Lead to oversee a value stream of 1–3 offshore pods. You will estimate, plan, and execute multi-team software programs with external vendors, focusing on AI-native delivery and cost controls. You will report progress, manage risks, and drive continuous improvement across pods and clients.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, early risk escalation, and strong communication with senior stakeholders in a client-facing capacity.