Senior Delivery Manager

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

We are seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of data and AI programs, guiding distributed teams through platform modernization, GenAI initiatives, and production-grade analytics solutions while acting as a trusted advisor to client leadership.

Req# 1100434489

Responsibilities

• Own scope, schedule, quality, budget, and margin for data engagements, from discovery and estimation through production and hypercare
• Lead delivery of data platform modernization (lakehouse, cloud migration, streaming, data mesh / data products) and the AI use cases built on it: RAG and agentic applications, ML models, analytics
• Make sure data is AI-ready by driving data quality, lineage, metadata, access controls, and governance as delivery requirements rather than afterthoughts
• Bring AI-accelerated practices into your teams: AI coding assistants, agent-assisted pipeline and test generation, automated documentation, and AI-driven planning, risk, and status reporting
• Set up human-in-the-loop controls, auditability, and responsible-AI practices appropriate to the client's regulatory context
• Measure and report the impact: delivery velocity, quality, cost-to-serve, and AI adoption on the engagement
• Lead distributed, cross-functional teams of 15-60+ people (data engineers, architects, analysts, data scientists, ML/AI engineers, QA) across nearshore and offshore locations
• Act as the primary delivery contact for client Directors and VPs: run governance and steering meetings, manage escalations, and build trusted-advisor relationships
• Work with solution architects on technical decisions and hold teams to EPAM's engineering-excellence standards
• Support pre-sales by shaping solutions, estimates, SOWs, and delivery approaches for data and AI opportunities
• Find expansion opportunities within your accounts and help move engagements toward outcome-based or managed-service commercial models
• Capture reusable accelerators and delivery patterns and contribute them back to the practice
• Mentor delivery leads and engineers, and grow AI-native delivery capability across the practice

Requirements

• 8+ years in IT, with 4+ years in delivery management of data or analytics programs with distributed teams
• 3+ years of prior hands-on experience as a Data Engineer, Data Architect, BI/Analytics Engineer, or Data Scientist
• A track record of delivering data platforms to production on at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and a modern data platform (Databricks, Snowflake, Microsoft Fabric, BigQuery, or similar)
• Delivery experience on at least one AI/ML or GenAI initiative in production (for example RAG, agentic workflows, forecasting, recommendations, document intelligence)
• Hands-on, everyday use of AI tools in your own delivery practice, with examples you can show
• Solid understanding of data governance, data quality, and MLOps/LLMOps fundamentals
• Full ownership of project financials: budget, forecasting, margin, and change control
• Strong client-facing, risk management, and executive communication skills at Director/VP level

Nice to have

• Experience in pre-sales, RFP responses, or solution shaping
• Fixed-price, managed-service, or outcome-based delivery experience
• Industry depth in financial services, healthcare/life sciences, retail/CPG, manufacturing, or automotive
• Cloud, Databricks/Snowflake, or frontier AI lab certification (e.g. Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini or similar); PMP, SAFe, or similar
• Experience in a consulting or professional-services environment

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.

This posting includes a good faith range of the salary EPAM would reasonably expect to pay the selected candidate. The range provided reflects base salary only. Individual compensation offers within the range are based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to: geographic location, experience, credentials, education, training; the demand for the role; and overall business and labor market considerations. Most candidates are hired at a salary within the range disclosed. Salary range: $150,000 - $205,000. 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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