Senior Technical Delivery Manager (Data Platforms)

Quick Facts

• Role: Senior Technical Delivery Manager (Data Platforms)
• Focus: End-to-end delivery of data platform programmes on Databricks and Snowflake
• Scope: Lakehouse/warehouse builds, migrations, modernization; delivery ownership (scope, plan, budget, quality)

Description

Lead end-to-end delivery of data platform engagements—from mobilisation and discovery to build, migration, go-live, and hypercare—on Databricks and Snowflake, typically on Azure or AWS. You own programme scope, planning, budget, quality, risk, and the client relationship, and you can challenge technical approaches with strong understanding of architectures, pipelines, governance, and cost models. You also manage mixed teams (5–15) and guide engineering cadence, migration workstreams, and platform economics.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery end-to-end for lakehouse and warehouse programmes on Databricks and Snowflake (mobilisation, discovery, build, migration, go-live, hypercare)
• Own delivery plan, scope, budget, staffing, and risk register; run steering committees and report to client executives
• Define and defend technical approach with lead architects (medallion vs warehouse-centric, ingestion batch/CDC/streaming, transformations, orchestration, data quality/observability)
• Manage engineering cadence: backlog, sprint planning, release management, environment strategy, CI/CD discipline, definition of done
• Lead migrations from legacy platforms (Oracle, Teradata, SQL Server, on-prem Hadoop) including reconciliation, cut-over planning, parallel run, and decommissioning
• Control platform economics (DBU/credit consumption, sizing, cluster policies, FinOps reporting)
• Implement governance from the start (Unity Catalog / Snowflake Horizon, access models, PII handling, lineage, audit) for regulated clients
• Lead and coach teams of 5–15 across engineering, architecture, analytics, and QA
• Support growth with proposals/estimates and pre-sales/delivery method contributions

Requirements

• 8+ years in data and analytics delivery; 3+ years as a delivery/project/engagement manager accountable for programme outcomes (scope, budget, timeline, quality)
• At least two production data platform programmes delivered end to end on Databricks and/or Snowflake (greenfield build or migration)
• Technical fluency: SQL and PySpark; understanding of Delta Lake and Iceberg; Unity Catalog; Snowflake virtual warehouses; streams and tasks; Snowpark
• Solid delivery management toolkit: estimation, scope/change control, budget and estimate-at-completion tracking, risk/issue management, vendor/SI coordination, agile/hybrid delivery
• Cloud literacy on Azure or AWS at solution level (networking, identity, storage, cost)
• Experience in regulated industries (banking, insurance, healthcare) with governance, privacy (GDPR), and audit requirements
• Executive-level communication and early risk/bad-news escalation with options
• Full professional fluency in Polish and English

Benefits

• Full ownership of engagements and direct access to client executives
• Competitive compensation on a B2B contract
• Annual training and certification budget (including Databricks and Snowflake certification tracks)
• Remote work model with access to a central Warsaw office
• Opportunity to shape a young firm’s data & AI offering, delivery methods, hiring, and culture