AI Delivery Manager — Remote (US/Canada)

Robots and Pencils; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Delivery Manager to own cross-functional delivery across onshore and offshore teams, with remote work in the US/Canada and EST hours. You will lead sprint planning, manage releases, risks, and KPIs, and partner with clients to ensure on-time, high-quality outcomes.

Collaboration with senior stakeholders will be essential to optimize delivery and outcomes. Experience with Claude-based AI tooling and cloud-native platforms is a plus; travel ~20% and a focus on

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software delivery or PM experience.
• Experience managing distributed teams.
• Strong client-facing communication.
• Familiar with delivery tooling (Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Azure DevOps).
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and AI-enabled platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of cross-functional projects, ensuring alignment across scope, budget, timeline, and quality to meet delivery commitments and achieve successful outcomes
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, and delivery execution across one or more cross-functional teams
• Manage releases, production readiness, and transitions into operations and maintenance models
• Identify and proactively manage dependencies, risks, scope changes, and escalations before they become blockers
• Define, track, and report delivery KPIs, using data to guide decisions, manage delivery health, and inform tradeoffs across scope, timeline, and budget
• Support QA and UAT efforts, ensuring quality is validated and outcomes meet agreed acceptance criteria
• Bring an AI-forward mindset to your daily work, using tools like Claude to enhance delivery planning, reporting, and stakeholder communications

Skills

Agile methods

Distributed teams

Client communication

Delivery tooling

Cloud-native

AI tooling

Scrum Master cert

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitHub

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Delivery Manager to own cross-functional delivery across onshore and offshore teams, with remote work in the US/Canada and EST hours. You will lead sprint planning, manage releases, risks, and KPIs, and partner with clients to ensure on-time, high-quality outcomes.

Collaboration with senior stakeholders will be essential to optimize delivery and outcomes. Experience with Claude-based AI tooling and cloud-native platforms is a plus; travel ~20% and a focus on