Delivery Manager

OrangeMantra; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Orange Mantra is seeking an experienced Delivery Lead to oversee development, project leadership, quality, and timely delivery of client projects in a fast-paced environment.

The role covers client liaison, pre-sales support, budgeting, and cross-functional team leadership to ensure successful delivery and profitability.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in development and delivering complex projects.
• Strong planning, budgeting, and milestone control.
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Experience in an agile environment.
• Proven SDLC and architecture experience.
• Understanding of latest technology developments.
• Creative problem solver with contingency planning and presales involvement.

Responsibilities

• Identify business objectives and provide solution recommendations through analysis.
• Manage scope of projects from inception to closure.
• Define, develop, and manage implementation schedules and project budgets.
• Coordinate resources, prepare project teams for kickoff and ensure milestones completed, manage scope and risks.
• Ensure consultants deliver to configuration, development, and methodology standards.
• Responsible for managing the business unit as a profit centre.
• Identify potential sales opportunities for the sales team.
• Support Sales in gathering requirements to fit with a strong value proposition.
• Ensure delivery processes are efficient and cost effective.
• Build partnerships and liaise with team leaders to determine services, delivery criteria, and solutions.
• Support in hiring of new talent.
• Discussions related to retention of team members when required.
• Manage performance of team members and participate in performance discussions.

Skills

Client liaison

Pre-sales

Cross-functional

Budget management

Team leadership

Delivery management

Quality assurance

Project leadership

Risk management

Communication

SDLC

Architecture

Agile

Tools

Agile tools

Job description

The role is responsible for the development, project leadership, quality, and timely delivery of the project. Client based projects, client liaison, pre-sales, and cross-functional development will fall within the ambit of responsibilities. Along with that fixing reliability issues, tracking service metrics, managing budgets, and leading the delivery team.

Key Responsibilities :

• Identify key business objectives and provide solution recommendations while performing business proves and management consulting analysis.
• Manage scope of projects from inception to closure.
• Define, develop, and manage implementation schedules and project budgets.
• Coordinate resources, prepare project teams for kickoff and ensure effective completion of project milestones, control project scope and mitigate risks.
• Ensure project consultants are delivering to configuration, development, and methodology standards.
• Responsible for managing the business unit as a profit centre.
• Identify potential sales opportunities for the sales team.
• Support the Sales team in gathering requirements to develop a solution fit with a strong value proposition.
• Ensure delivery processes are efficient and cost effective.
• Building partnerships and liaising with team leaders to determine the company's services, delivery criteria, and solutions for issues that may arise.
• Support in hiring of new talent.
• Discussions related to retention of team member whenever required.
• Manage the performance of team member and participate in Performance discussion.

Competencies:

Functional Competencies :

• Business Direction and Strategy: Strategic Thinking, Business Acumen and Commercial Thinking, Effective Decision Making, Systems Thinking and Negotiation and Influence
• Business Development: Knowledge Generation, Knowledge Facilitation, Orange Mantra Representation
• Business Management: Results Focused, Project Management, Partnership Management, Risk Management, Resource Management, Communication, Digital Awareness and Literacy, Change Management

Technical Competences :

• 12+ years of extensive background in development and delivering complex projects throughout the lifecycle.
• Project planning and progress monitoring, including budget control and milestone control.
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills.
• Worked in an agile environment.
• Proven experience with SDLC and Architecture.
• Understanding and experience of the latest and upcoming technology developments.
• Creative problem solver, able to build contingency plans and handle stressful situation with professionalism and actively participate in presales activities.