Project Manager (Databricks)
Summit Lake Digital is a boutique Databricks + Anthropic consulting partner. This role keeps our US engagements running and our clients confident. THE ROLE You own delivery cadence, client communication, scope and change control, and commercial hygiene across SLD engagements. Part strategist, part hands-on PM, a player-coach who makes the “tangible at every step” promise real. WHAT YOU’LL DO Run delivery cadence, sprint planning, standups, demos, retros across concurrent engagements. Serve as a primary day-to-day client contact; manage US stakeholder expectations and communication. Own scope, timeline, risks, dependencies, and change control; protect the increment-by-increment delivery model. Coordinate SLD engineers, client SMEs, and Databricks partner resources across time zones. Track budget / burn, milestones, and SOW health; support SOW shaping, proposals, and renewals. Drive adoption / change management and enablement handoffs. Report status to client sponsors and SLD leadership. WHAT YOU’LL BRING 8+ years in delivery / engagement / project management within data, analytics, or software consulting. Track record delivering multi-workstream technical projects to external clients (US-client exposure a strong plus). Strong client-facing English communication and stakeholder management. Agile delivery plus change control; comfort with data / analytics / AI project shapes. Excited with startup ambiguity and multiple concurrent accounts. BONUS POINTS Databricks certification preferred, a Databricks Fundamentals / Lakehouse accreditation shows platform literacy. PMP or Agile (CSM/SAFe) a plus. Pre-sales, SOW, or commercial experience. Experience in a boutique or startup consultancy serving global clients.