Databricks Engagement Lead - Data & AI

Location: Zürich

Clients expect more than technical solutions - they need a partner who understands their business and can connect vision to measurable outcomes. The Databricks Engagement Lead – Data & AI role in London, Zurich, Germany and Amsterdam sits at the intersection of industry strategy and advanced data programs, guiding engagements from initial vision through delivery. If you thrive on shaping long-term relationships and influencing C-level stakeholders, you will find scope to drive impact across multiple sectors.

You connect business objectives with actionable strategies, ensuring every engagement delivers value. Clients rely on trusted advisors to navigate complex data and AI transformations.

Responsibilities Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, acting as the primary EPAM contact for Data & AI engagements and driving account growth by identifying new opportunities, shaping proposals and securing long-term partnerships

Lead and oversee engagements end to end, ensuring on-time, high-quality deliverables that align with business objectives and collaborating with technical experts to design data modernization, machine learning and AI adoption strategies

Advocate best practices in data governance, analytics and enterprise AI integration across engagements and manage client expectations and risks while coaching delivery teams to achieve success

Contribute thought leadership through client advisory sessions, industry events and internal knowledge sharing and support solutioning and pre-sales activities to position commercially viable and technically sound proposals

Understand the evolving Data & AI landscape and represent EPAM as a strategic partner at industry events

Create and govern proposals and offers related to Data & AIDrive Data & AI specific revenue in a country or region of operation

Promote a culture of collaboration, learning and continuous improvement within teams

Requirements

Experience managing client-facing engagements or accounts within consulting, professional services or systems integration environments and a track record of growing accounts by identifying opportunities and shaping proposals

Ability to build credibility with C-level executives and facilitate business and technical discussions and working knowledge of modern Data & AI domains, including cloud data platforms, data engineering, governance, machine learning and generative AI Experience in engagement scoping, estimation and framing value propositions for clients and capability to guide and mentor cross-functional teams effectively

Communication and storytelling skills to translate complex technical concepts into business value

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; advanced degree or certifications (cloud, data or AI) are a plus Industry expertise in one of the domains:
Health and Life Sciences, Retail and Consumer Goods, Financial Services or Manufacturing Technical and business fluency in local language (English, German, Dutch etc.)We offer5 weeks of vacationEPAM Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Enhanced parental leave

Extended pension plan Daily sickness allowance insurance

Employee assistance program

Global business travel medical and accident insurance

Learning and development opportunities including in-house training and coaching, professional certifications, and courses
• Please note that any offers will be subject to appropriate background checks
• We do not accept CVs from recruiting or staffing agencies
• For this position, we are able to consider applications from the following:

- Swiss nationals- EU/EFTA nationals
- Third-country nationals based in Switzerland with an appropriate work permit
- Displaced people from Ukraine who are currently in Switzerland and hold, or have already applied for, S permits