Associate Director, Delivery & Program Management

Specialization
Project Management: Project Manager

Job requirements
Experience Range: With at least 15 years of experience managing complex technology projects and programs, including significant leadership of cross-functional IT delivery initiatives Key Responsibilities: 1. Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale technology initiatives, ensuring projects are completed on schedule, within scope, and meet defined quality standards 2. Define project scope, milestones, schedules, resource allocation, dependencies, and success criteria in partnership with engineering, architecture, product, and business teams 3. Align and coordinate cross-functional stakeholders including engineering, QA, DevOps, infrastructure, security, and product management to drive unified execution 4. Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, blockers, dependencies, and change requests, ensuring timely resolution and escalation 5. Drive Agile delivery practices across multiple teams, facilitating sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and release planning to optimize outcomes 6. Monitor and report project progress using KPIs, dashboards, project plans, RAID logs, and executive status updates to ensure transparency and accountability 7. Facilitate technical discussions to bridge business requirements with engineering solutions, ensuring alignment and clarity throughout the project lifecycle 8. Champion continuous improvement, delivery predictability, process optimization, and adherence to governance, documentation, quality, and security standards Required Skills: 1. Agile methodologies including Scrum and Kanban 2. SDLC and release management 3. Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform 4. Microservices architecture 5. API integration 6. CI/CD pipelines 7. DevOps automation tools 8. Containerization technologies: Docker, Kubernetes 9. Enterprise application integration 10. Project management tools: Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project Preferred Skills: 1. Cloud modernization and digital transformation program delivery 2. Security compliance and architecture governance 3. Executive dashboard creation and delivery metrics/KPI management 4. Outcome-based delivery models 5. Backlog grooming and user story mapping 6. Agile coaching in large-scale environments Desired Qualifications: 1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related discipline 2. Professional certification such as PMP, PgMP, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), or SAFe Agilist