Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise data, analytics, and AI programs from planning through execution and deployment.
Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, and engineering teams to define program objectives, priorities, and success metrics.
Manage cross-functional teams across onsite and offshore locations, ensuring effective collaboration and delivery alignment.
Develop and maintain program plans, schedules, milestones, resource allocation, and budget tracking.
Drive governance processes, status reporting, risk management, issue resolution, and executive communications.
Oversee Databricks-based data platform initiatives, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance.
Collaborate with technical leadership on data engineering, analytics, cloud, and AI/ML solution strategies.
Identify and manage program risks, dependencies, and bottlenecks while implementing mitigation plans.
Ensure adherence to organizational quality, compliance, security, and delivery standards.
Facilitate Agile and hybrid delivery methodologies, promoting best practices and continuous improvement.
Provide regular updates and insights to leadership regarding program health, key achievements, and strategic recommendations.
Drive operational excellence and process improvements across program delivery functions.

Required Qualifications

12+ years of overall IT experience with significant experience in Program Management roles.
Proven track record managing large-scale Data, Analytics, and AI programs.
Strong experience with Databricks and modern data platform initiatives.
Deep understanding of Data Engineering, Data Lakes, Data Warehousing, and cloud-based data architectures.
Experience leading AI/ML initiatives from concept through deployment.
Demonstrated success managing globally distributed teams and delivery models.
Strong stakeholder management, communication, and executive presentation skills.
Experience working in Agile, Scrum, and Hybrid delivery environments.
Ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, and dependencies in a fast-paced environment.
Strong problem-solving, leadership, and decision-making capabilities.