Job Description: Delivery Lead – AI & Data

End-to-End Delivery Ownership | Agentic Data Programs | Enterprose Data Modernization | Insurance

India (Gurgaon/Delhi/NCR ) | External | Full time

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking an experienced Delivery Lead to own the end-to-end execution of complex AI & Data programs — from project kick-off to sustained production operations. This is a hands-on technical leadership role with robust client-facing accountability: you will be the single point of ownership for delivery outcomes within signed scope while actively mining for expansion opportunities through exceptional execution.

You will lead cross-functional delivery teams, manage stakeholder relationships, and act as the technical conscience of the program ensuring that agentic data solutions are built right, on time, and at value.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Delivery Ownership & Program Governance
Own end-to-end delivery accountability for one or more concurrent AI & Data programs against signed scope, budget, and timeline
Establish and drive program governance: sprint cadences,



steering committees, risk registers, change control, and delivery dashboards
Lead technical delivery teams of data engineers, AI/ML engineers, cloud architects, BAs— typically 10–30 FTEs
Proactively identify and mitigate risks, dependencies, and blockers before they impact client commitments
Manage scope, effort estimation, and resource allocation across the program lifecycle

Technical Leadership – Data & Agentic AI
Provide hands-on technical oversight of data platform builds: ingestion pipelines, transformation layers, semantic models, and analytics APIs
Guide the design and deployment of agentic AI solutions: agent orchestration, tool integrations, prompt engineering governance, and guardrails
Conduct architecture reviews, technical spike planning, and code/quality gates across delivery workstreams
Champion engineering best practices — CI/CD, data observability, lineage, testing frame

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