Delivery Estimation Lead - Java

Delivery Estimation Lead - JAVA

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Webbee Esolutions Pvt Ltd

Role Overview

The Delivery Planning & Estimation Manager will own requirement breakdown, effort estimation, sprint planning, and capacity tracking to ensure realistic timelines and predictable delivery. This role acts as a neutral bridge between Product, Engineering, and Leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Requirement Breakdown & Planning: Breaking requirements into development, testing, deployment tasks; identifying dependencies, risks, and hidden efforts; converting work into executable and trackable items.

Effort Estimation & Forecasting: Estimating effort for new features, enhancements, bug fixes, integrations, and technical debt; applying buffers and mitigation planning; validating estimates using historical data.

Sprint & Capacity Planning: Sprint planning, release planning, capacity assessment, team allocation, workload balancing, and delivery timeline alignment.

Stakeholder Management: Acting as a bridge between Product and Engineering; explaining estimates, assumptions, risks, and timelines; participating in review and planning meetings.

Process & Governance: Creating lightweight SOPs for estimation, planning, and capacity tracking; maintaining templates, reports, dashboards; tracking estimation accuracy vs actuals.

Requirements

Core Experience: 7 - 12 years in software delivery or planning roles with mandatory hands-on background as a Java Developer and strong understanding of Java architecture.

Technical Understanding: Knowledge of SDLC, backend and frontend concepts, APIs, integrations, databases, SaaS architecture, and deployment cycles.

Planning & Estimation Skills: Time-based estimation, sprint and capacity planning, dependency analysis, risk identification, mitigation planning.

Tools & Reporting: Hands-on experience with Jira, ClickUp, Linear or similar tools; task tracking, sprint planning, capacity reporting, dashboards, and documentation.

Communication & Mindset: Strong stakeholder communication, data-driven decision-making, ability to challenge unrealistic timelines, high ownership and accountability.

Bug Triage & Prioritization Support: Classifying bugs by severity, impact, and effort; working with Product and Support teams to provide realistic fix timelines and identify quick wins versus complex fixes.

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Nice to Have

Experience in SaaS + services environments; exposure to ERP, CRM, or third-party integrations; experience in fast-growing or founder-led organisations.

Career Growth

Short term: Own estimation and delivery planning across products. Medium term: Build and lead a Delivery Planning / Estimation team. Long term: Grow into Product Operations or Product leadership roles.

Why This Role Matters

This role directly impacts delivery predictability and credibility, engineering utilisation and focus, product planning confidence, and founder bandwidth by reducing escalations.

Why Join Us?

5-day working model

How to Apply?

resume@webbeeglobal.com

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