Lead Data & AI Delivery Manager (Remote)

EPAM Systems; Chicago (IL); Remote; USD 150,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Short-Term Disability

Long-Term Disability

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

LinkedIn learning access

401(k) with match

Paid Time Off 15-25 days

Paid Holidays 9

Legal Plan

Identity Theft Protection

Pet Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Discretionary annual bonus program

Discretionary Long-Term Incentive (LTI

Job summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead end-to-end data and AI program delivery. You will guide distributed teams through platform modernization, GenAI initiatives, and production-grade analytics while advising client leadership on strategy and risk.

You will own scope, schedule, budget, and governance for data engagements and drive AI-ready data practices across nearshore and offshore teams, ensuring delivery excellence and client satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT with 4+ years delivering data/analytics programs for distributed teams.
• 3+ years hands-on as Data Engineer/Architect/BI Engineer/Data Scientist.
• Proven track record delivering data platforms to production on major clouds and modern data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own scope, schedule, quality, budget, and margin for data engagements from discovery to production.
• Lead delivery of data platform modernization and AI use cases (RAG, agentic apps, ML/analytics).
• Ensure data is AI-ready with governance, quality, lineage, and access controls.
• Introduce AI-accelerated practices in delivery and planning.
• Set up human-in-the-loop controls and responsible-AI practices per regulatory context.
• Measure delivery velocity, quality, cost-to-serve, and AI adoption.
• Lead 15-60+ person cross-functional teams across nearshore and offshore locations.
• Act as primary delivery contact for client Directors/VPs; run governance and escalations.
• Collaborate with solution architects on technical decisions and engineering standards.
• Support pre-sales with solutions, estimates, and delivery approaches for data/AI opportunities.
• Identify expansion opportunities and move engagements toward outcome-based models.
• Capture reusable accelerators and mentor delivery leads to grow AI-native delivery.

Job description

EPAM Systems is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead end-to-end data and AI program delivery. You will guide distributed teams through platform modernization, GenAI initiatives, and production-grade analytics while advising client leadership on strategy and risk.

You will own scope, schedule, budget, and governance for data engagements and drive AI-ready data practices across nearshore and offshore teams, ensuring delivery excellence and client satisfaction.