Delivery Manager (Databricks)

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

• 6+ 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.
• Comfort with startup ambiguity and multiple concurrent accounts.
• Based in India and willing to overlap substantially with US business hours.

BONUS POINTS

• Databricks certification preferred, PMP or Agile (CSM/SAFe) a plus.
• Pre-sales, SOW, or commercial experience.
• Experience in a boutique or startup consultancy serving global clients.