Delivery Manager

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Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of enterprise-grade software development and enhancement projects, ensuring on-time, quality, and cost-effective outcomes.
• Serve as the primary delivery contact for clients, internal leadership, and cross-functional teams, maintaining strong relationships and clear communication.
• Drive offshore delivery governance, ensuring adherence to success metrics, KPIs, compliance, and security standards.
• Lead and mentor multi-location teams, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with architects, business analysts, and engineering teams to define project scope, technical architecture, and execution strategy.
• Apply Agile, Scrum, and/or hybrid delivery methodologies for scalable and responsive execution.
• Monitor and mitigate delivery risks, escalate as appropriate, and implement preventive and corrective actions.
• Drive operational efficiency through capacity planning, resource optimization, automation, and standardization.
• Ensure customer success and satisfaction by aligning delivery with evolving business priorities and value expectations.
• Manage budget, billing, and forecasting in partnership with finance and account teams.
  

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 18+ years of experience in the IT industry with a minimum of 2 years in a Delivery Manager or Program Manager role.
• Strong technical background in Java technologies and familiarity with modern cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Demonstrated experience managing large delivery teams (50+ members) in distributed, global delivery models.
• Solid grasp of Agile, Scrum, Kanban practices with a track record of leading Agile Teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and experience working with CXOs and senior leadership of global clients.
• Strong understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC), quality assurance, and release management processes.
• Experience managing complex engagements involving application development, enhancement, and modernization.
• Superior leadership, communication, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage budgets, forecasts, and delivery metrics across multiple projects
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's Degree in Engineering
• PMP, SAFe or Agile certification.
• Prior experience in client-facing roles for Tier-1 IT services companies.
• Experience in pre-sales or solutioning support will be a plus.