Technical Delivery Lead

1011 Zühlke Engineering, Unipessoal Lda; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit share

Global team

Flexible hours

Work from home

Job summary

1011 Zühlke Engineering, Unipessoal Lda in Porto is seeking an experienced delivery/PM to own program increment and sprint planning within agile software delivery. You will drive velocity, coordinate releases, and work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time delivery.

The role requires 5+ years of delivery leadership in agile environments, strong stakeholder management, and proficiency with Jira and Confluence. Flexible work options and a global, diverse team are offered.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Project Management, or related field.
• Experience: 5+ years leading software delivery or release management in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Own program increment and sprint delivery planning with the Mobile Tech lead.
• Measure and report on delivery metrics, velocity, and burndown for transparency.
• Coordinate release readiness and hotfix workflows across teams with DevOps.

Skills

Agile leadership

Stakeholder management

Jira

Confluence

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Founded in Switzerland in 1968, Zühlke is owned by its partners and located across Europe and Asia. We are a global transformation partner, with engineering and innovation in our DNA. We're trusted to help clients envision and build their businesses for the future – to run smarter today while adapting for tomorrow’s markets, customers, and communities. Our multidisciplinary teams specialise in tech strategy and business innovation, digital solutions and applications, and device and systems engineering. We excel in complex, regulated spaces including health and finance, connecting strategy, tech implementation, and operational services to help clients become more effective, resilient businesses. If you share our values and want to do the best work, for the right reasons, we can offer you the chance to do it on a global scale and play a real role in shaping our exciting journey. Important: To ensure a smooth review process, please submit all application documents (CV, cover letter) in English only.

How you'll make impact

• Delivery Predictability & Cadence: You will own Program Increment and sprint delivery planning, driving team velocity, execution predictability, and overall delivery efficiency, working closely with the Mobile Tech lead.
• Metrics & Reporting: You will measure, track, and report on key delivery flow metrics, story completion, on-time delivery, and team burndown to ensure transparent progress tracking.
• Release & Deployment Management: You will coordinate release readiness across functional teams, manage platform dependencies, coordinate hotfix processes, and orchestrate deployments alongside DevOps.
• Risk & Blocker Mitigation: You will proactively identify critical path dependencies, track open issues, and lead early risk escalation and mitigation strategies across the squad.
• Agile Process Excellence: You will facilitate sprint cycles, daily standups, and retrospective cadence in close collaboration with the Scrum Master, continuously refining delivery workflows and process improvements.

What is important to us

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Project Management, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience: 5+ years of experience leading software delivery, project management, or release management in agile software development environments.
• Delivery & Agile Expertise: Deep understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) with a proven track record of managing sprint cadences, delivery metrics, and working effectively within an environment of multi-team roadmaps.
• Release & Deployment Coordination: Practical experience managing release pipelines, multi-platform deployment schedules, and hotfix workflows in complex technical environments.
• Risk & Stakeholder Management: Excellent ability to identify delivery risks early, articulate impacts clearly, and align business stakeholders, Product Owners, and engineering leads on priorities. Experience managing client relationships and navigating stakeholder discussions in complex delivery environments is highly valued.
• Tooling & Reporting: Proficiency in modern project tracking tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) and data-driven reporting of velocity, flow metrics, and capacity planning.
• Communication: Fluent in English with outstanding facilitation and conflict-resolution skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Scrum Master or Agile Leadership certification (e.g., PSM, CSM, SAFe APM).
• Prior experience managing delivery for mobile or IoT-integrated software projects.

What we offer

• Work life blend: we offer a safe & healthy workplace, with flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home
• Profit share scheme: In addition to your annual salary, you may receive a profit share defined by the company’s success in the previous year
• Global and Diverse Zühlke community: witness how colleagues from all our 16 offices across the globe come together to create a unique, positive and inclusive work culture, learning from one another at annual team camps, and celebrating year-end parties and other local festivities
• Committed to development: we are committed to the growth of our people and are investing in your development. We’re empowering you to build the skills you need to make a positive impact, both personally and for our clients, today and in the future.

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We welcome people from all backgrounds, regardless of their gender, personality, national origin, race, religion, colour, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability or veteran status.

Our promises

What we do: we deliver real impact, quickly

Technology is at the heart of what we do, and your expertise is how we deliver real impact, quickly.

What you’ll do: you’re constantly learning and growing

Our breadth of capabilities means you’ll have an outstanding network of people to call on to help you achieve more.

How we work: we trust in you You’ll be respected for the work you’re doing, and trusted to work independently.

What we believe in: we can make the world better We believe that technology can make a positive difference to society, and you’ll be proud of the kind of projects we make possible.

Where we’re going: you can shape our future Zühlke is at a scale where your expertise can be recognized and valued, and you’ll be able to have a significant impact on how we work.

Take a look at our life at Zühlke page to learn more about our culture and what it's like to work at Zühlke.

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