Regional Delivery Manager - Flexible Tech Consulting

Softsource Ltd; Nelson; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Flexible work arrangements

Employee recognition program

Job summary

Softsource Ltd. is seeking a Delivery Manager to lead the consulting delivery function across an assigned region in New Zealand.

You will ensure professional services engagements are delivered on time, within budget and to a consistently high standard, while providing day-to-day leadership to our consulting team. You will oversee regional resource planning, balance capacity and demand, maintain delivery pipelines and manage risks and dependencies.

Qualifications

• Experience leading consulting, technical or project delivery teams within a professional services environment.
• Strong delivery management capabilities including resource planning, utilisation and project execution.
• Commercial awareness and ability to balance delivery quality, utilisation and client outcomes.
• Experience leading, coaching and developing technical consultants.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and complex delivery pipelines with risks and dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to build trust with clients and internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead professional services delivery across the assigned region, ensuring engagements meet scope, time, budget and quality.
• Provide day-to-day leadership, coaching and performance support to consultants with clear expectations for delivery and client engagement.
• Own regional resource planning and allocation, matching capability to work and managing capacity and bottlenecks.
• Maintain oversight of delivery pipelines, project health, risks and dependencies and act as escalation point for delivery or client concerns.
• Drive utilisation while balancing billable delivery with capability development and team sustainability.
• Ensure consistent use of delivery methodologies, tools, documentation and governance standards.
• Build strong client relationships and support consultants to manage expectations and issue resolution.
• Partner with PMO, Presales and Account Managers to align sold and delivered outcomes and forecast demand.

Skills

Delivery management

Resource planning

Stakeholder management

Coaching & mentoring

Risk & issue management

Communication

Job description

Softsource Ltd. is seeking a Delivery Manager to lead the consulting delivery function across an assigned region in New Zealand.

You will ensure professional services engagements are delivered on time, within budget and to a consistently high standard, while providing day-to-day leadership to our consulting team. You will oversee regional resource planning, balance capacity and demand, maintain delivery pipelines and manage risks and dependencies.