[Remote] Senior Program Manager, Data Practice
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EPAM Systems is a global technology services and consulting company delivering engineering, data, and AI solutions for enterprise clients. The Senior Program Manager will lead multiple data and AI engagements, establish program governance, coordinate distributed teams, and drive adoption of AI-enabled delivery frameworks. The role also supports client engagement, pre-sales, stakeholder management, mentoring, and practice-wide improvement initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end program management across multiple concurrent data and AI engagements within the EU region
- Establish and maintain program governance structures: status reporting, risk management, escalation paths, and delivery cadences
- Drive delivery quality by aligning teams to best practices, milestones, and client expectations
- Manage program-level dependencies, resource constraints, and cross-team coordination
- Champion the adoption of the AI Delivery Model framework across client engagements
- Collaborate with the AI CoE and Delivery Managers to pilot, iterate, and scale AI-augmented SDLC processes
- Identify opportunities to embed AI tooling into delivery workflows for faster, higher-quality outcomes
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with Business Unit leads, GDO partners, and key client stakeholders
- Act as a primary escalation point for program-level issues, providing clear communication and timely resolution
- Support pre-sales activities including scoping, estimation, and solution design for data and AI programs
- Translate business goals into actionable delivery plans and communicate progress to executive stakeholders
- Mentor Delivery Managers and project leads; support onboarding and buddy allocation processes
- Contribute to practice-wide initiatives: KPI design, capability building, and process improvement
- Participate in community-building activities including practice events, knowledge sharing, and cross-practice collaboration
Skills
- - 10+ years of program or project management experience in a technology services or consulting environment
- - Proven track record delivering complex data, analytics, or AI programs at scale
- - Hands-on experience with AI/ML delivery — solid understanding of MLOps, data pipelines, and AI SDLC frameworks
- - Strong stakeholder management skills — comfortable engaging with both C-level clients and engineering teams
- - Experience working in a matrixed, multi-geography organization with distributed delivery teams
- - Excellent command of program governance practices (risk, RAID, reporting, change management)
- - Proficiency in English (written and spoken)
- - Efficiency in acquiring new knowledge
- - German language skills (written and/or spoken)
- - PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or equivalent certification
- - Experience in a delivery leadership role within a global IT services company
- - Familiarity with EPAM delivery models, tools, and regional structure
- - Background working across multiple EU verticals (CPGR, Life Science, Financial Services, Energy)
- - Hands-on experience using LLMs and Agentic AI in SDLC
Benefits
- Best-in-class experts sharing a culture of engineering excellence and tackling complex engineering challenges for over 30 years
- Innovative projects where you can apply or enhance your expertise in Cloud, Data, AI, and other emerging technologies
- Work closely with 340+ of the Forbes Global 2000 on creating disruptive solutions that make a global impact
- Exceptional support for career development with comprehensive resources for upskilling or reskilling in pioneering practices
- Strong AI competencies with 600+ experts across 55+ locations driving GenAI-enabled transformation journeys
- If you're passionate and dedicated to improving business transformation, we provide the support you need to bring your ideas to life
- The flexibility to work from any location in Lithuania, whether it's your home or our dynamic offices in Vilnius and Kaunas
- Additional vacation and trust days
- Private health insurance
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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