Delivery Manager (Big Data)

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With over twenty five years’ experience of crafting market leading software, our business has been rapidly evolving and is now a global player in solving business challenges and developing tailor made cutting edge solutions. These challenges require a highly skilled workforce imagining, designing, engineering, and delivering software, through to business consulting services & customer experiences, which are changing the world around us.

The role will be to oversee management and EPAM clients’ relationships within the Big Data space. The Delivery Manager will be will join the Data Team and be accountable for the overall project delivery, client satisfaction and management of expectations while ensuring that the work is on strategy, on time and within budget. You will be working alongside a globally renowned and award-wining Design, development and technology teams who are passionate about what they do and how they do it. To play a key role building strong business / technology relationships, taking a ‘hands on’ approach to define and deliver Embodying and driving a culture of continuous improvement.

Come and join EPAM where Engineering is in our DNA.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Delivery management covering the full project initiation and life cycle of the Big Data project: lead management, qualification for the bid/financing, staffing, client management, delivery and execution governance
Running multiple delivery streams and clients, to ensure governance at top management level
Oversee delivery from financial, sourcing, development and business perspectives
Suggest innovative solutions to business problems/processes that leverage technology to provide marketing differentiation, efficiency improvements, and better user experiences
Investigate complex issues of production delivery, run the root cause analysis, establish a solution and push it through required steps necessary in order to deliver
Driving integrated teams to deliver solid technology solutions in support of key client initiatives
Co-ordinate the preparation of customer proposals and statements of work
Participates in new business development and discovery led projects
Manage customer expectations and relationship. Manage high-level client relationships, looking for opportunities to up/ cross-sell products and services through relationship management
Work closely with multi-disciplined teams of product owners, architects, engineers and quality assurance to drive estimates, delivery plans and retrospectives. Identify and manage engagement risks and flag major issues early
Management of a team of Technology Delivery Managers - providing coaching, mentoring and development support to drive up delivery capability across the department
Mentoring of peers, including making sure that the offshore and onsite project team undertakes their duties effectively; ability to see the big picture and not micro-manage

REQUIREMENTS
Proven experience of managing delivery of an organization of 40-100 FTE and or high business impact engagements of a similar size
Bring a wealth of experience in data analytics solutions based on big data tech stacks so as to drive a successful delivery but also participate in pre-sales activities, bids and pitches
Ability to apply a mix of business knowledge and delivery practices to projects to achieve the best results
Knowledge and ability to assess and propose a variety of methodology, process and technology on accounts
Ability to establish solid working relationships with clients, plus the ability to work effectively as a virtual member of a dynamic, dispersed team and to meet deadlines
Strong experience working with distributed teams on client side
Excellent communication, presentation, and planning skills are necessary, experience with working with nearshore teams preferable
Self-motivated, multitasking, reliable to deliver on time, a quick-thinker, be able to work in a fast-paced work environment
Hands-on experience of delivering projects within the Big Data space and good technical background around Java, Scala or Python
Experience in data analytics projects and technical knowledge sufficient to engage in technical discussions with the architecture team
Fluent in Big Data solutions on premises and on the cloud (AWS, MS Azure, Google Cloud)
Production project experience in at least one of the big data technologies
Batch processing: Hadoop and MapReduce/Spark/Hive
NoSQL databases: Cassandra/HBase/Accumulo/Kudu

WE OFFER
Competitive compensation depending on experience and skills
Opportunity to work on leading edge platforms, working in a fast-paced, agile, software engineering culture
Knowledge-sharing with colleagues from EPAM's global tech communities
Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
Regular performance feedback and salary reviews
Opportunities for professional growth