Senior Data Services Delivery Lead

Sapsf; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Data services leadership role seeking an experienced leader to own end-to-end delivery of data platforms, pipelines, and production support. Responsibilities span governance, program leadership, and technical direction across global teams.

The position emphasizes strong stakeholder engagement, ITIL/Scrum/DevOps practices, and a track record of delivering large-scale data programs. Hybrid work environment with emphasis on balancing hands-on technical credibility and big-program leadership.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in data engineering/technology delivery, with 5+ years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience leading large, complex data programs end-to-end (multi-team, multi-vendor, cross-geography).
• Strong technical background in data engineering with hands-on experience in SQL and at least one programming language (Python, Scala, Java).
• Experience owning both delivery/development and production support functions, with ITIL-based governance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end data services delivery, including new development/enhancements and L1-L3 production support for data platforms, pipelines, and integrations.
• Lead large, cross-functional data programs involving multiple teams, vendors, and stakeholders across geographies.
• Provide hands-on technical direction on data architecture, pipeline design, data quality frameworks, and modern data platforms.
• Own production support operations for data platforms, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement.
• Implement and mature delivery frameworks (Agile/Scrum, ITIL, DevOps/DataOps) and drive process/documentation improvements.

Skills

End-to-end delivery

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Data engineering

Agile/Scrum

DevOps/DataOps

ITIL

Mentoring teams

Cloud data platforms

SQL

Tools

Python

SQL

ETL/ELT

Cloud platforms

Job description

Data services leadership role seeking an experienced leader to own end-to-end delivery of data platforms, pipelines, and production support. Responsibilities span governance, program leadership, and technical direction across global teams.

The position emphasizes strong stakeholder engagement, ITIL/Scrum/DevOps practices, and a track record of delivering large-scale data programs. Hybrid work environment with emphasis on balancing hands-on technical credibility and big-program leadership.