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VP of Delivery Management

Location: United States
Type: Contract

A key client of ours are one of the largest consulting firms globally, they have over 40,000 employees worldwide and over $2B in revenue. They have seen year on year growth and are continuing to perform right now with their revenue seeing an annual growth of 12%.

We hold a retained search for a Regional Vice President of Delivery for their entire East Coast portfolio, you will be responsible for leading a team of around 500 resources across the USA and Europe and a total portfolio valued at around $400M. They are looking for someone with experience driving technology transformation across Cloud and Data and someone who has experience delivering large programs with Fortune 500 customers.

This is a huge VP level opportunity reporting directly to one of 2 global business heads. This of course comes with an attractive performance bonus and long term stock options.

You will be the top escalation point for all technical queries, responsible for solving client problems and explaining all things technical.

 

Responsibilities:

  • Alongside other client members such as Account Managers, Project Managers and Solution Architects, you will lead initiation, planning and execution of complex projects.
  • Work with business stakeholders, executive leadership and delivery teams to define Product Delivery Roadmap.
  • Create/adjust development standards.
  • Hire skilled team members and teams based on project landscape and complexity.
  • Be able to dig into any issue within delivery organization and provide necessary leadership to the team to find optimal solution (architecture, project management, business analysis, Agile questions, quality assurance, etc.)
  • Lead, coordinate and drive decision making process for key technology decisions.
  • Develop, maintain and update integrated project/program plans, and ensure alignment of these plans across functions and with team leadership.
  • Track and communicate with key client stakeholder roadmap execution status. Provide transparency for any changes in delivery dates (reasons, risks exploded, mitigation plan).
  • Lead cross-functional analysis, technology and quality assurance teams to achieve key program objectives within a portfolio.
  • Develop practical solutions to achieve program productivity and quality goals and objectives.

 

Must Haves:

  • Strong background in Software Delivery Management and Solution Architecture.
  • Deep understanding of cloud technologies (Azure, AWS, GCP or Big Data).
  • Excellent Project / Program Management skills in a highly technical environment.
  • Experience in managing a team of 150+ technical staff.
  • A thorough understanding of how to plan, resource, and deliver large-scale technical projects.