Delivery Lead

EPAM Systems; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 165,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

LinkedIn learning solutions

Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Paid Time Off – 15-25 days yearly

Paid Holidays - nine per year

Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protec

Accident Insurance

Employee Discounts

Pet Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Discretionary annual bonus program

Discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Delivery Lead to manage a single value stream across 1–3 offshore pods. The role emphasizes AI-native, spec-driven, gated delivery, with a focus on planning, risk management, and continuous improvement.

Remote work is offered, with a note that is not possible in New York City. The candidate will coordinate estimates, plans, dependencies, and throughput metrics while ensuring alignment with client commitments and EPAM margin.

Qualifications

• Experience leading delivery of multi-team software programs with external vendors
• Track record of delivering to a plan and to commercial commitments
• Hands-on with AI coding tools, with first-hand experience of AI-native ways of working in a team
• Comfortable with data: delivery, cost and productivity metrics
• Strong communication with senior client stakeholders, and the judgment to escape early

Responsibilities

• Estimate each approved project together with the POs, the lead developer and the architects
• Turn the estimate into a plan: milestones, sprints, pod capacity and staffing against the backlog having in mind capacity measured in AI Complexity Points
• Map the dependencies up front, across teams, across value streams and across vendors (including other vendors), with an owner and a date on each
• Execute against the plan. Track progress and throughput, and re-plan when scope, capacity or a dependency moves
• Raise risks and slippage early, with the cause and the decision needed
• 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
• Move each pod through the AI factory ramp when the team is new
• Track AI adoption and productivity per pod and per person
• Track AI cost per pod, per person and per ticket, next to the cost of the pod itself
• Run a continuous improvement program for the stream. Find where work is slow or expensive: rework, review queues, waiting on dependencies, model and prompt choices, runs that cost more than the ticket is worth
• Set targets for cost per complexity point and cost per unit of work, and bring them down over time
• Pass the factory improvements on to the pods and measure the effect
• Keep the savings visible and tie them to EPAM margin on the output-based model

Skills

Delivery leadership

Multi-team programs

AI coding tools

Data metrics

Stakeholder communication

Vendor management

Tools

AI coding tools

Job description

The Delivery Lead is responsible for one value stream, which may consist of 1-3 offshore development pods. The team delivers the AI-native way: spec-driven, gated, with the AI factory. Keeping it that way is part of the job.

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Responsibilities

• Estimate each approved project together with the POs, the lead developer and the architects
• Turn the estimate into a plan: milestones, sprints, pod capacity and staffing against the backlog having in mind capacity measured in AI Complexity Points
• Map the dependencies up front, across teams, across value streams and across vendors (including other vendors), with an owner and a date on each
• Execute against the plan. Track progress and throughput, and re-plan when scope, capacity or a dependency moves
• Raise risks and slippage early, with the cause and the decision needed
• 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
• Move each pod through the AI factory ramp when the team is new
• Track AI adoption and productivity per pod and per person
• Track AI cost per pod, per person and per ticket, next to the cost of the pod itself
• Run a continuous improvement program for the stream. Find where work is slow or expensive: rework, review queues, waiting on dependencies, model and prompt choices, runs that cost more than the ticket is worth
• Set targets for cost per complexity point and cost per unit of work, and bring them down over time
• Pass the factory improvements on to the pods and measure the effect
• Keep the savings visible and tie them to EPAM margin on the output-based model

Requirements

• Experience leading delivery of multi-team software programs with external vendors, in a client-facing role
• Track record of delivering to a plan and to commercial commitments
• Hands-on with AI coding tools, with first-hand experience of AI-native ways of working in a team
• Comfortable with data: delivery, cost and productivity metrics
• Strong communication with senior client stakeholders, and the judgment to escape early
• Insurance or financial services background is a plus

We offer

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (Subsidized)
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter)
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (Company Provided)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Provided)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
• Matched 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off – the employee will be eligible to accrue 15-25 paid days, depending on specific level and tenure with EPAM (accrual eligibility may change over time)
• Paid Holidays - nine (9) total per year
• Legal Plan and Identity Theft Protection
• Accident Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• If otherwise eligible, participation in the discretionary annual bonus program
• If otherwise eligible and hired into a qualifying level, participation in the discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI) Program

This Remote Position Cannot be Performed in New York City.

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.Engineer the Future with a Career at EPAM (https://www.youtube.com/embed/NU_mnNITn2o?si=IiCxyQ4sr1YJWxDG)

Salary range: $165,000 - $243,000. In addition, the details highlighted in this job posting above are a general description of all other expected benefits and compensation for the position.

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EPAM Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We recognize the value of diversity and inclusion in creating success for our customers, business partners, shareholders, employees and communities. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, developing and promoting employees without discrimination. As a global employer, this commitment includes complying with all laws in the countries in which we operate. Nevertheless, we believe equal employment practices should not be limited to what the law requires. Equal opportunity and inclusion are essential to motivate, empower and recognize the best in everyone.

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