Senior Delivery Manager at EPAM Systems

We are seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of a complex legacy modernization / migration program under a fixed-fee commercial construct. This role owns end-to-end execution — scope, schedule, budget, quality, and stakeholder outcomes — while driving strong governance, risk management, and measurable delivery performance. You’ll partner closely with client leadership, architects, engineering leads, and vendors to deliver migration outcomes safely, predictably, and transparently.

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Responsibilities

• Own contracted scope delivery with rigorous control of change requests, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance criteria
• Establish and run delivery governance (status, RAID, scope control, financial tracking, milestone management)
• Maintain earned value / burn-up / burn-down style tracking to ensure on-time, on-budget outcomes
• Drive outcome-based reporting: progress by completed deliverables, acceptance, and business readiness — not just activity
• Lead delivery across modernization tracks such as assessment, reverse engineering, remediation, data migration, interface modernization, testing, cutover, and hypercare
• Coordinate cross-functional teams for application, data, infrastructure, security, and operations workstreams
• Ensure migration plans address non-functional requirements: performance, resilience, security, compliance, and observability
• Plan and execute cutover strategy (runbooks, rollback, parallel run, readiness gates, weekend execution, hypercare)
• Serve as the primary delivery interface with client sponsors, product owners, and technical leaders
• Translate complex migration progress and risks into clear executive narratives
• Manage vendor/partner relationships and align multiple teams to a shared delivery plan
• Proactively manage RAID with clear mitigation actions, owners, and dates
• Enforce Definition of Done, quality gates, and test completeness across SIT/UAT/performance/security testing
• Ensure delivery compliance with SDLC, change management, and release governance
• Lead and coach delivery managers, scrum masters, and workstream leads; build high-performing teams
• Drive continuous improvement for predictability, throughput, defect reduction, and cycle time
• Support presales and delivery shaping: estimations, WBS, milestones, staffing plan, and delivery approach

Requirements

• 10+ years in IT delivery/program management, including enterprise-scale migration/modernization
• Proven track record delivering under fixed-fee / outcome-based commercial models with strong scope control
• Strong experience with legacy modernization (e.g., mainframe, COBOL, PL/I, DB2, monolith to microservices, replatform/refactor, or similar)
• Deep expertise in stakeholder management, executive communication, and governance
• Strong command of delivery metrics: schedule variance, budget variance, milestone health, defect leakage, test coverage, readiness gates
• Experience leading distributed teams and working across time zones

Nice to have

• Experience with cloud migration (AWS/Azure/GCP), hybrid architectures, and platform modernization
• Familiarity with modernization patterns (e.g., Strangler, Branch-by-Abstraction, event interception, read replicas)
• Knowledge of tooling for migration and engineering productivity (e.g., CI/CD, automated testing, observability, static analysis, code intelligence)
• Certifications: PMP, SAFe, Scrum, ITIL (any relevant)

We offer

• Extended Healthcare with Prescription Drugs, Dental and Vision, and Healthcare Spending Account (Company Paid)
• Life and AD&D Insurance (Company Paid)
• Employee Assistance Program (Company Paid)
• Telehealth (Company Paid)
• Short-term Disability (Company Paid)
• Long-Term Disability
• Paid Time Off (including vacation and sick days)
• Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with Company match
• Maternity/Parental/Adoption Leave Top-up
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Employee Discounts
• Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions

EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our clients, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential.
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