Key Responsibilities
Planning & Coordination
- Align project scope, objectives, and roadmaps aligned with product, business, and technology strategy.
- Manage multiple projects of low to medium size or complexity, or a single project of high visibility complexity and/or risk.
- Partner with product, program, and technology leaders to create plans, identify risks and dependencies, and release schedules.
- Maintain project documentation and ensure transparency through structured communication channels.
Execution & Delivery Management
- Lead and manage events to support backlog prioritization, planning, and execution across multiple projects or complex initiatives.
- Track and report delivery health to stakeholders using leading and lagging indicators
- Facilitate trade-off discussions using empirical delivery data to ensure milestone achievement.
- Drive shared accountability for delivery against capacity, quality standards, and business value.
- Identify, manage, and communicate risks and dependencies.
- Coordinate internal and external communications and training plans to support project execution.
Continuous Improvement & Predictability
- Implement and refine delivery processes using data insights and historical trends to improve predictability and efficiency.
- Optimize workflows and work sequencing for continuous delivery and reduced context switching.
- Identify lifecycle-based strategy updates and improvement opportunities to maximize outcomes.
Technology & Quality Oversight
- Enforce engineering excellence by managing quality standards, technical debt, incidents, and change processes.
- Accountable for effective and integrated release management, ensuring readiness across teams, and clear communication.
Team Leadership & Culture
- Motivate and guide teams by fostering a culture of ownership and accountability.
- Support team formation, training, and continuous improvement through feedback and learning opportunities.
Required Skills & Qualifications
Experience & Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5-7 years of experience in project or delivery management roles.
- Experience supporting technology delivery teams in a large enterprise environment.
Project & Professional Capabilities
- Project Planning & Roadmap Development – Ability to define scope, objectives, and timelines aligned with business goals.
- Delivery Management – Expertise in managing schedules, resources, and budgets for complex projects.
- Risk & Dependency Management – Skill in identifying risks, managing dependencies, and ensuring release readiness.
- Data-Driven Process Improvement – Using metrics and trends to optimize delivery predictability and efficiency.
- Stakeholder Communication & Influence – Providing transparency and aligning diverse stakeholders.
- Performance Monitoring & KPI Management – Tracking delivery health and reporting progress against milestones.
- Change Leadership & Adaptability – Driving adoption of modern delivery practices and fostering innovation.
- Iterative Delivery Frameworks – Deep understanding of frameworks including Scrum, Kanban, SaFE, Lean, Six Sigma, etc.
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Knowledge: Deep understanding of the phases from requirements to deployment, and the systematic implications of challenges across the lifecycle