Delivery Manager

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank

  • Columbia, South Carolina
  • 30+ days ago

    Highlights

    They focus on managing flow, coordinating cross-team activities, removing friction, and enabling engineering and product leaders to focus on value delivery. What You'll Need Education Level- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationColumbia, South Carolina

    Description

    Delivery Manager

    The Delivery Manager ensures predictable, efficient, and compliant delivery across a product-aligned technology team. They focus on managing flow, coordinating cross-team activities, removing friction, and enabling engineering and product leaders to focus on value delivery. The Manager drives operational clarity, delivery cadence, and cross-team alignment to support high-quality outcomes.
    What You'll do Delivery Planning & Execution * Establish and maintain predictable delivery rhythms (e.g., iterations, release cycles).
    * Facilitate planning ceremonies and translate roadmaps into executable increments.
    * Align scope, timing, and resource needs with product and engineering leadership.
    * Track delivery plans, forecasts, and progress to ensure flow and prevent bottlenecks.
    * Surface and escalate impediments to maintain uninterrupted delivery.
    Flow Optimization, Risk, and Dependency Management

    * Analyze cycle time, lead time, and throughput to identify efficiency gaps.
    * Implement practices that reduce delays, context switching, and delivery waste.
    * Coordinate and track cross-team dependencies across platform, application, infrastructure, and
    security.
    * Maintain risk visibility and mitigation plans to prevent downstream delivery issues.
    * Partner with operational teams to measure and improve delivery KPIs.

    Governance, Release, and Environment Coordination
    * Ensure adherence to SDLC, compliance, DevOps, and change management requirements.
    * Validate readiness for release events, including documentation, approvals, and test progression.
    * Coordinate release schedules and facilitation of go/no-go checkpoints.
    * Track environment availability, conflicts, and required data or integrations.
    * Communicate delivery status, risks, and progress to stakeholders in accessible formats.
    What You'll Need Education Level- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field preferred (or equivalent experience).


    Work Experience
    Years of Experience
    - 4-6 years of experience in delivery coordination, project delivery, agile operations, or similar roles
    - Strong delivery and flow management capabilities (planning, forecasting, tracking).
    - Ability to analyze metrics to evaluate delivery health and throughput.
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    Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Proficiency
    - Skilled in risk management, dependency coordination, and issue escalation.
    - Excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills; able to translate technical updates into business-friendly language.
    - Familiarity with SDLC, change control, and compliance requirements. Skilled
    - close attention to detail and the ability to maintain operational clarity across teams.

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