Delivery Director, Digital Experience Hoofddorp, Netherlands
Delivery Director, Digital Experience Description
Job #: 45373DESCRIPTION
You are strategic, resilient, engaging with people and a natural self-starter. You have a passion for solving complex problems. If this sounds like you, this could be the perfect opportunity to join EPAM as a Delivery Director, Digital Experience. Scroll down to learn more about the position’s responsibilities and requirements.
What You’ll Do
- Alongside other EPAM members such as Account Managers, Project Managers and Solution Architects, you will lead initiation, planning and execution of complex projects (often united in a program), while ensuring EPAM delivery standards are met
- Work with business stakeholders, executive leadership and EPAM delivery team to define Product Delivery Roadmap
- Create (or adjust existing) development standards
- Hire skilled teams based on project landscape and complexity
- Be able to dig into any issue within delivery organization and provide necessary leadership to the team to find optimal solution (architecture, project management, business analysis, Agile questions, quality assurance, etc.)
- Lead, coordinate, and drive decision making process for key technology decisions
- Align EPAM and Client architecture teams; act as mediator to find a compromising decision where needed
- Develop, maintain, and update integrated project/program plans, and ensure alignment of these plans across functions and with team leadership
- Track and communicate with key client stakeholder roadmap execution status. Provide transparency for any changes in delivery dates (reasons, risks exploded, mitigation plan)
- Lead cross-functional analysis, technology, and quality assurance teams to achieve key program objectives within a portfolio
- Establish effective, accurate, appropriate, and timely communication within cross functional teams to achieve key program objectives
- Provide updates on key issues and progress to Sr. Management both within EPAM and at the client
- Proactively identify issues and provides general guidance to resolve program and team challenges
- Develop practical solutions to achieve program productivity and quality goals and objectives
- Develops, maintain and updates integrated project/program plans, and ensures alignment of these plans across functions and with team leadership
- Maintain knowledge of current status, milestones, issues, and key data for assigned programs and serves as the conduit of information and updates
- Provide input and general guidance to the team for presentations and updates to management and outside collaborators where applicable
- In collaboration with senior team members, you will assist in formulating and executing the strategy for advancing EPAM programs to successful completion
- Identifies opportunities for standardization of processes and working best practices as well as recommends a plan for implementation
- Remains aware of any potential problems and works to mitigate any risks
Requirements
- Strong background in Software Delivery Management and Solution Architecture
- Excellent Project Management skills
- Experience in establishing and managing a multi-project setup
- Experience working in a pre-sales environment from solutioning to client communication highly desired
- Knowledge of software development/Product lifecycle, methodologies (Agile, Kanban, Waterfall) and IT roles
- Experience in leading enterprise level Digital projects to include Content Management implementations such as Sitecore, AEM, Drupal, Ecommerce implementations such as Hybris, Magento, ATG, SFCC, and/or mobile application development implementations including both native and cross-platform
- Excellent business communication and time management skills required
- Candidate should have strong project or program management skills in a highly technical environment
- A thorough understanding of how to plan, resource, and deliver large-scale technical projects
We offer
- Competitive Compensation
- 26 paid holiday days
- Commuting to work- costs reimbursement
- Option to participate in our Pension Plan scheme OR Health insurance Compensation
- Discretionary Performance Based bonus
- Laptop + Corporate Simcard
- Annual Salary Review
- Trainings, Internal Education and Dutch Language Courses
- Relocation Package
- Regular Corporate and Social Events
- The opportunity to be part of a diverse and multicultural company
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions