Platform Delivery Lead/ Senior Delivery Manager

Intellias; Kraków; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Intellias in Kraków is seeking an experienced IT program manager to lead complex platform initiatives from discovery to scale. You will coordinate architecture, engineering, and business analysis with senior client stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure successful outcomes.

The role requires deep governance, risk management, and ability to translate strategic objectives into actionable roadmaps and delivery plans across multi-team programs.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT program, project or technology management experience.
• Proven experience leading technology initiatives from discovery to scale.
• Experience managing multiple teams and workstreams as programs grow.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration across engineering, architecture, business and operations.
• Governance, risk and dependency management with stakeholder communication.
• Experience working with senior client stakeholders and technology leadership.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation and communication.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives and technical outcomes into roadmaps and actionable delivery plans.
• Experience with enterprise platforms or large-scale technology transformation programs.
• Cloud transformation experience, preferably in Microsoft Azure environments.
• Experience with AI-enabled engineering or technology transformation initiatives

Responsibilities

• Drive the platform project from the initial design phase through implementation and further scale
• Coordinate the initial core team across architecture, engineering, business analysis and other involved areas
• Establish clear priorities, milestones, ownership and ways of working
• Coordinate discovery, platform design, PoCs and validation activities
• Facilitate alignment between business objectives, architecture direction and engineering decisions
• Translate design outcomes into an actionable platform roadmap and implementation plan
• Drive execution of the roadmap and continuously align priorities as the platform evolves
• Establish and evolve project/program governance as the initiative grows
• Manage risks, dependencies, issues, decisions and escalations
• Coordinate additional teams and workstreams as the scope expands
• Work closely with senior client Business stakeholders, architects, engineering leadership, Product Owners and delivery teams
• Facilitate complex discussions and drive topics towards clear decisions, ownership and actions
• Maintain transparency around progress, priorities, dependencies, risks and expected outcomes
• Help establish a scalable operating and delivery model for the future platform
• Build strong relationships across the client organisation and act as a trusted partner throughout the platform evolution

Skills

IT program management

Leadership of teams

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Governance & risk

Roadmapping & delivery

Communication skills

English proficiency

Enterprise platforms

Azure / cloud experience

Problem-solving mindset

Strategic translation to roadmaps

Job description

• 8+ years of experience in IT program, project or technology management, including complex enterprise initiatives.
• Proven experience leading technology initiatives from discovery and design through implementation and scale.
• Experience managing multiple teams and workstreams as programs grow.
• Strong experience working across engineering, architecture, business and operations.
• Strong experience with program planning, governance, risk management, dependency management and stakeholder communication.
• Proven experience working directly with senior client stakeholders and technology leadership.
• Excellent stakeholder management, facilitation, negotiation and communication skills.
• Ability to build strong relationships and effectively manage stakeholders with different priorities and expectations.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environments and bring structure, clarity and direction.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives and technical outcomes into roadmaps, priorities and actionable delivery plans.
• Strong problem-solving and consulting mindset with the ability to challenge assumptions and facilitate decisions.
• Good understanding of modern software delivery and technology organisations.
• Experience working with distributed and cross-functional teams.
• English: Advanced or higher
• Will be a plus
• Experience with enterprise platforms or large-scale technology transformation programs.
• Experience with enterprise integration, data platforms, APIs or event-driven ecosystems.
• Experience with cloud transformation, preferably in Microsoft Azure environments.
• Experience building and executing multi-phase technology roadmaps.
• Experience with platform operating models, governance and service ownership.
• Experience with AI-enabled engineering or technology transformation initiatives

Responsibilities

• Drive the platform project from the initial design phase through implementation and further scale
• Coordinate the initial core team across architecture, engineering, business analysis and other involved areas
• Establish clear priorities, milestones, ownership and ways of working
• Coordinate discovery, platform design, PoCs and validation activities
• Facilitate alignment between business objectives, architecture direction and engineering decisions
• Translate design outcomes into an actionable platform roadmap and implementation plan
• Drive execution of the roadmap and continuously align priorities as the platform evolves
• Establish and evolve project/program governance as the initiative grows
• Manage risks, dependencies, issues, decisions and escalations
• Coordinate additional teams and workstreams as the scope expands
• Work closely with senior client Business stakeholders, architects, engineering leadership, Product Owners and delivery teams
• Facilitate complex discussions and drive topics towards clear decisions, ownership and actions
• Maintain transparency around progress, priorities, dependencies, risks and expected outcomes
• Help establish a scalable operating and delivery model for the future platform.
• Build strong relationships across the client organisation and act as a trusted partner throughout the platform evolution