Our Customer:
A global enterprise organization focused on building scalable analytics and data platforms within a Microsoft-first ecosystem. The company leverages Azure, Databricks, Power BI, and modern data technologies to deliver secure, high-performance business intelligence and analytics solutions across the organization.
Your Tasks:
Oversee end-to-end delivery within a business domain, covering planning, execution, UAT, and release.
Ensure delivery of PI objectives, sprint commitments, key milestones, and high-quality releases.
Monitor delivery progress, identify risks, issues, and blockers early, and drive timely mitigation or escalation.
Act as the primary counterpart to vendor ART Leads, ensuring adherence to delivery processes, governance, and quality standards.
Challenge delivery plans, estimates, and execution where needed, and provide input into vendor performance management.
Support and validate PI Planning preparation and execution, ensuring clear scope, identified dependencies, aligned capacity, and realistic commitments.
Manage cross-team and cross-train dependencies across IT, business functions, vendors, CoEs, and shared platforms.
Work closely with Product Owners and Delivery Liaisons to ensure clarity of priorities and alignment across delivery teams.
Track and analyze delivery KPIs, such as predictability, throughput, and defect trends, using data to improve delivery performance and flow.
Provide clear and structured reporting to leadership on delivery status, risks, issues, dependencies, and recommended actions.
Ensure consistent use of delivery tools, such as Jira or Azure DevOps, and promote transparency, ownership, disciplined execution, and continuous improvement.
Required experience and skills:
5+ years of experience in IT delivery, including agile delivery at scale.
Proven experience managing multi-team or program-level delivery.
Strong understanding of Agile / SAFe principles and execution.
Experience with delivery metrics and performance management.
Strong delivery leadership and execution mindset.
Ability to manage complexity across multiple stakeholders and teams.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to challenge constructively and drive accountability.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
Would be a plus:
Experience in data, analytics, or digital delivery environments.
Experience working in vendor-based delivery models.
Agile certification, such as SAFe RTE, SAFe Agilist, or Scrum Master.
Project / delivery certifications, such as PMP or PRINCE2.
Experience or certification in data, analytics, or digital platforms
Familiarity with Power Platform, BI, or Data & AI technologies.
