Senior AI Delivery Lead

robotsandpencils; Canada; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to own end-to-end delivery for complex, multi-phase engagements. You will lead distributed onshore and offshore teams, ensuring alignment across scope, budget, and schedule while maintaining quality and client trust.

The role emphasizes an AI-forward delivery mindset and proactive risk management. You will define delivery plans, track KPIs, and coordinate with AI product managers and engineers to integrate AI-enabled capabilities into

Qualifications

• Senior delivery authority on multi-phase engagements.
• Experience leading distributed onshore-offshore teams.
• Own delivery from kickoff through release.
• Ability to define, track, and report delivery KPIs and risk.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled delivery and observability.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex engagements, aligning scope, budget, timeline, and quality.
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, and cross-functional execution.
• Manage phased releases, production readiness, and transitions to operations.
• Identify and mitigate dependencies, risks, scope changes, and escalations.
• Define and monitor delivery KPIs; inform tradeoffs across scope, timeline, and budget.
• Support QA/UAT to ensure acceptance criteria are met.
• Collaborate with AI product managers and engineers to standardize AI-augmented delivery.

Skills

Delivery management

Cross-functional leadership

Sprint planning

Backlog refinement

Risk management

Data-driven decisions

AI-enabled delivery

Tools

Claude

Job description

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to own end-to-end delivery for complex, multi-phase engagements. You will lead distributed onshore and offshore teams, ensuring alignment across scope, budget, and schedule while maintaining quality and client trust.

The role emphasizes an AI-forward delivery mindset and proactive risk management. You will define delivery plans, track KPIs, and coordinate with AI product managers and engineers to integrate AI-enabled capabilities into