Technical Delivery Lead

Zühlke Group; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work life blend

Profit share scheme

Global and diverse Zühlke community

Development opportunities

Job summary

Zühlke Group is seeking an experienced Delivery Manager to lead software delivery within a global HVAC digital transformation initiative in Porto. You will own program increment and sprint planning, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive delivery efficiency while partnering with DevOps for deployments.

The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in agile delivery, strong stakeholder management, and fluency in English.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading software delivery or release management in agile environments.
• Experience with multi-team roadmaps and delivery metrics is a plus.
• Fluent in English with strong facilitation and conflict-resolution skills.

Responsibilities

• Own Program Increment and sprint delivery planning, driving team velocity and overall delivery efficiency.
• Measure, track, and report on delivery flow metrics, story completion, and on-time delivery.
• Coordinate release readiness across teams and orchestrate deployments with DevOps.
• Identify delivery risks early and lead mitigation strategies across squads.
• Facilitate sprint cycles, daily standups, and retrospectives with Scrum Masters.

Skills

Delivery planning

Agile leadership

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Business Informatics/PM

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.

The role

Imagine being a part of an industry-leading company in HVAC sector, contributing to the digital revolution of the industry and creating amazing products that will shape the future. This is your chance at the forefront of innovation to make a significant impact, for example by reducing HVAC energy consumption.

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.

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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.

For benefits that we offer please go to this link.

If you feel you don’t meet all the requirements, we are still happy to get to know you, learn more about your ambitions and ideas and look forward to receiving your application!

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.