Key skills
GoAIMLLLMRAGData EngineeringDatabricksAzureSalesforceCRMScrumLeadershipCommunicationSales
About this role
Technical Delivery Lead
Brooksource
Fortune 500 Oil & Gas Client
Houston, TX
Overview
We are seeking a Delivery Lead to drive end-to-end execution of a complex, in-flight AI-powered sales acceleration platform. This role sits at the center of a cross-functional initiative spanning AI engineering, data engineering (Databricks), cloud infrastructure (Azure), Salesforce integration, and UI development.
You will partner closely with AI Engineers, a Scrum Master, and distributed technical teams to orchestrate delivery across multiple workstreams and push the solution into secure, stable production.
This is a hands-on delivery leadership role requiring strong technical fluency, integration expertise, and the ability to drive progress across teams without direct authority.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Delivery Ownership
Cross-Functional Coordination
Systems Integration Leadership
Technical Governance & Quality
AI Delivery Oversight
Enterprise Readiness & Go-Live
Operationalization
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Leadership & Soft Skills
Brooksource
Fortune 500 Oil & Gas Client
Houston, TX
Overview
We are seeking a Delivery Lead to drive end-to-end execution of a complex, in-flight AI-powered sales acceleration platform. This role sits at the center of a cross-functional initiative spanning AI engineering, data engineering (Databricks), cloud infrastructure (Azure), Salesforce integration, and UI development.
You will partner closely with AI Engineers, a Scrum Master, and distributed technical teams to orchestrate delivery across multiple workstreams and push the solution into secure, stable production.
This is a hands-on delivery leadership role requiring strong technical fluency, integration expertise, and the ability to drive progress across teams without direct authority.
Key Responsibilities
End-to-End Delivery Ownership
- Own the integrated delivery plan across AI, data, cloud, Salesforce, and UI workstreams
- Drive execution from in-flight build production steady state
- Act as the single point of accountability across internal teams and external vendors/SIs
- Proactively manage dependencies, remove blockers, and prevent fragmented ownership
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Partner with:
- AI Engineers
- Data Engineering (Databricks)
- Cloud/Platform teams (Azure)
- Salesforce/CRM stakeholders
- UI/Frontend teams
- Work alongside a Scrum Master while maintaining ownership of delivery outcomes
Systems Integration Leadership
- Lead end-to-end integration strategy and execution across systems
- Ensure clean, scalable integration between:
- AI models
- Data platforms
- Salesforce (system of record)
- UI layer
- Define and enforce:
- API patterns (REST/webhooks)
- Data flow boundaries (read/write controls)
- Auditability and data integrity standards
Technical Governance & Quality
- Validate architecture across AI, data, and cloud environments
- Ensure adherence to Azure/cloud best practices
- Prevent short-term fixes from becoming long-term technical debt
- Define and enforce quality thresholds, including:
- AI output accuracy and reliability
- Data readiness and quality
- System performance and scalability
AI Delivery Oversight
- Monitor and validate AI system behavior over time (e.g., prompt changes, data evolution)
- Ensure safe and effective use of LLM patterns (RAG, agents, routing)
- Partner with engineering to mitigate risk in AI-driven outputs
- Block releases if AI performance introduces business or compliance risk
Enterprise Readiness & Go-Live
- Lead delivery through enterprise gates (security, legal, compliance)
- Ensure:
- Proper access models and data classification
- Audit and control mechanisms
- Provide final Go/No-Go recommendation for production release
Operationalization
- Define production support model and runbooks for post-launch operations
- Coordinate transition to IT/support teams
- Ensure the solution is stable, supportable, and scalable in production
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years delivering complex enterprise software into production (AI/data-intensive preferred)
- Strong background as a Technical Delivery Lead or Tech Lead
- Proven experience driving delivery across cloud-based, integrated systems
- Hands-on experience with:
- Azure / cloud platforms
- System integration (APIs, REST, webhooks)
- CRM platforms (Salesforce preferred)
- Experience integrating systems with custom development components
- Proven ability to navigate security, legal, and compliance approvals
- Demonstrated ownership of Go/No-Go production decisions
Preferred Qualifications
- Background in AI/ML or data engineering (Databricks experience a plus)
- Familiarity with LLM architectures (RAG, multi-agent systems, prompt orchestration)
- Previous software development or cloud engineering background
- Experience in enterprise sales or process-heavy environments
- Experience working with distributed teams and external vendors/SIs
Leadership & Soft Skills
- Excellent communication skills with ability to engage technical teams and senior leadership
- Proactive, direct, and execution-oriented mindset
- Strong ability to drive alignment and decisions without direct authority
- Comfortable operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
- High ownership mentality with a focus on delivery outcomes over process