Delivery Manager | Life Sciences

We are seeking a Delivery Manager to help clients turn complex problems into clear, outcomes-led artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives. You lead discovery, align senior stakeholders and translate business goals into actionable roadmaps.

Working with our network of more than 60,000 engineers, you ensure AI strategies like generative AI (GenAI) integration and large language model (LLM) orchestration are technically viable and ready for production.

Responsibilities

• Manage senior stakeholder relationships by establishing governance, clear decision-making cadences and transparent communication plans to drive alignment on priorities and trade-offs

• Map client business goals to EPAM's data and AI capabilities by defining target outcomes, use cases, solution scope and effort estimates

• Oversee delivery commitments and statements of work while managing risks, dependencies and change-control approaches to keep teams focused on agreed outcomes

• Coordinate distributed teams across geographies, functions and vendors to ensure seamless delivery and health reporting
   

We offer/Benefits

• By choosing EPAM, you're getting a job at Great Place To Work-Certified™ in 2024, Glassdoor’s Top 100 Best Places to Work in 2023 & one of Most Loved Workplace, as recognized by Newsweek, 2021 - 2023.
• Your voice matters. At EPAM, employee ideas are the driving force behind our business. You'll be part of a supportive workplace where everyone is respected and included.
• Through extensive opportunities for internal training and self-development, including workshops, online courses, and mentoring programs, you'll learn, contribute, and grow with us.
• You'll be challenged while working side-by-side with some of the best talent globally. We work with top-notch technologies, constantly seeking new industry trends and best practices.

Life at EPAM

-EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees and our communities

-Since EPAM Japan was incorporated in 2018, we have been constantly expanding our team and capabilities in Tokyo, the capital of the world's third-largest economy

-We have top-notch multilingual specialists who are experts in consulting, designing, and engineering to achieve digital transformation for businesses, especially in financial services, life science, automotive, real estate, and retail

-With a proactive, creative, diverse team, we offer our clients solutions that envision digitalization in their systems, products, and services. We are here to make an impact in our community and beyond

Requirements

• Background of seven or more years in technology consulting, digital transformation or delivery leadership, taking accountability for shaping project scope and driving outcomes from problem definition through delivery

• Ability to structure ambiguous topics into clear recommendations and simplify complex AI concepts into actionable business narratives for non-technical leadership

• Experience in Life Sciences projects is required

• Fluency in native or near-native Japanese (JLPT N1) and professional English

Nice to have

• Understanding of advanced AI topics such as large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and model evaluation

• Experience delivering artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) initiatives, including generative AI (GenAI), with an understanding of data readiness, governance and iteration cycles