Delivery Assurance Leader: Drive Project Health & Risk

RSM US LLP; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 107,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

RSM US LLP seeks a Delivery Assurance Manager to oversee client projects, identify risks, and guide teams toward healthier delivery. You will conduct reviews with PMs, discuss status with Engagement Leaders, and ensure alignment with financials and solution health.

A broad IT and transformation background is required to mentor others and drive continuous improvement. The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and proactive problem solving across complex engagements in a dynamic consulting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in management information systems, computer science or accounting.
• 7-10 of related work experience as a Program or Project Manager on complex engagements.
• Experience leading at least one complex project, ideally 9+ months in length.
• Broad IT expertise and/or business led digital transformation experience including working knowledge of financial and ERP systems, technology infrastructure trends, governance/management and internal controls.
• Strong communication, presentation, project management, and business development skills.
• Strong writing, research and analytical skills.
• Strong self-motivation with the ability to work in a dynamic, time-sensitive environment with varying deliverables and changing requirements.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of leadership.
• Deal confidently with complex business and technical problems.
• Results oriented, "hands on," action oriented.
• Highly respected leader of teams.
• Encourage others to strive for continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent and objective project oversight.
• Ask the right questions to recognize and guide early detection and response to project risks and issues to minimize project delivery problems.
• Conduct monthly project review meetings with Project Managers (PM's) and Engagement Leaders and update the DA Dashboard.
• Guide project teams and ensure the PM's and Architects understand project status (including financials) and solution health and readiness.
• Conduct targeted project reviews as needed for complex and/or troubled programs and projects including meeting with the Client as required to gather their input and provide readouts on project status and solution health and readiness.
• Offer knowledge and expertise to help teams develop and improve skills and apply best practices.
• Enhance delivery performance to deliver improved results.
• Offer advice and guidance to Project Teams, RSM Management and Client Teams.
• Build trust and collaboration.
• Facilitate difficult conversation and management intervention.
• Deal confidently with complex business and technical problems.
• Anticipate problems and provide solutions for both the client and RSM teams.
• Review SOW's, weekly status reports and project execution metrics, project plans, key milestones, financials (i.e. Walk through Actuals, ETC, EAC, Variance), and assess project status using standard metrics.
• Assist with architecting and building out processes and leveraging newer digital technologies to continually improve the DA function

Skills

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Business development

Risk assessment

Financial understanding

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in MIS/CS/Accounting

Job description

RSM US LLP seeks a Delivery Assurance Manager to oversee client projects, identify risks, and guide teams toward healthier delivery. You will conduct reviews with PMs, discuss status with Engagement Leaders, and ensure alignment with financials and solution health.

A broad IT and transformation background is required to mentor others and drive continuous improvement. The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and proactive problem solving across complex engagements in a dynamic consulting