Delivery Manager

ValueMomentum, Inc.; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ValueMomentum, Inc. is seeking a Delivery Manager/Program Manager at our Technology Center in Peoria to drive enterprise transformations and deliver complex technology programs.

You will coordinate sponsors, stakeholders, and delivery teams, define scope and schedules, monitor risks and budgets, and champion agile practices to ensure on-time, high-quality outcomes. This role requires deep P&C domain knowledge and strong communication to lead multi-shore teams.

Qualifications

• Min 12 years end-to-end delivery of complex technology projects.
• Strong Agile quality practices, techniques, and tools.
• Strong Knowledge on P&C domain with experience in Policy Admin Systems.
• Familiarity with JIRA and other prioritization tools.
• Knowledge and experience with Agile/Waterfall methodologies for complex projects.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills.
• Comfortable with changing requirements from business owners.
• Customer oriented attitude.
• Experience managing third party relationships to deliver customer results.
• Proven track record delivering high quality projects and programs to medium-large accounts.

Responsibilities

• Define project goals, scope, timelines, and deliverables aligned with business requirements.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including developers, QA, UX, DevOps, and vendors.
• Act as primary point of contact for clients and stakeholders, ensuring transparency and satisfaction.
• Monitor and manage risks, issues, and dependencies with timely escalation.
• Track delivery performance using KPIs, SLAs, velocity, and burn-down charts.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies like sprint planning and daily stand-ups.
• Ensure high-quality output through testing, code reviews, and quality control.
• Manage budgets, resources, and project financials for cost efficiency.
• Drive process improvements and delivery excellence frameworks.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative delivery culture through coaching.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Agile methodologies

P&C domain

JIRA

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Budget management

Cross-functional teams

Coaching

Multi-shore delivery

Tools

JIRA

Job description

At ValueMomentum’s Technology Center, we are a team of passionate engineers who thrive on tackling complex business challenges with innovative solutions while transforming the P&C insurance value chain. We achieve this through strong engineering foundation and continuously refining our processes, methodologies, tools, agile delivery teams, and core engineering archetypes. Our core expertise lies in six key areas: Cloud Engineering, Application Engineering, Data Engineering, Core Engineering, Quality Engineering, and Domain expertise

Delivery Manager/Program Manager

The technical Delivery/Program Manager will be the key driver and enabler to deliver capabilities needed for Enterprise Transformations.

The Delivery Manager will be the conduit between the Project Sponsor, Group and business platform stakeholders and external delivery partners and is accountable for successfully delivering the program/projects. The role involves coordination of the day-to-day activities, support on the prioritization of the requirements/backlog as well as support on the strategic planning over the project lifetime. The role plays a pivotal role to the timely implementation and success of any technology-based project. It also involves looking at the Enterprise roadmap, aligning the team, and determining avenues to streamline and fast track delivery.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Work in close collaboration with project sponsors and stakeholders to ensure appropriate definition of project goals, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
• Manage the entire project delivery lifecycle, from initiation through planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Define project scope, timelines, and deliverables in alignment with business requirements and resource capabilities.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including developers, QA, UX designers, DevOps, support, and third-party vendors.
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients or business stakeholders, ensuring transparency and satisfaction throughout the engagement.
• Monitor and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies, with timely escalation and resolution.
• Track and report delivery performance using KPIs, SLAs, velocity, and burn-down charts.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews (if applicable).
• Ensure high-quality output by enforcing testing, code reviews, and quality control measures.
• Manage budgets, resources, and project financials, ensuring cost efficiency.
• Drive process improvements and contribute to delivery excellence frameworks.
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative team culture through coaching, feedback, and conflict resolution.
• Engage with clients and prospective clients and assist with business/technical discovery and visioning sessions.

EXPERIENCE/SKILLS:

• Min 12 years work experience in successful delivery of complex technology related projects end to end.
• Experience in Agile quality practices, techniques, and tools
• Strong Knowledge on P&C domain with experience in Policy Admin Systems.
• Familiarity with JIRA and other prioritization tools
• Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies (Agile/Waterfall) to work with intricate, multifaceted projects.
• Excellent communication and coordination skills
• Comfortable with changing and flexible requirements from business owner
• Customer oriented attitude
• High degree of self-motivation
• Experience managing third party relationships in the successful achievement of customer deliveries.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering high quality projects & programs up to medium to large sized accounts.
• Ability to communicate clearly to all levels and present to senior leadership.
• Ability to lead, motivate & direct med-large sized engineering delivery teams.
• Ability to help define delivery management core processes and improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrated attentiveness to quality and productivity as outcomes.
• Advanced analytical, problem solving, negotiation and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage significant delivery budgets and minimize program variances.
• Strong ability to lead teams across multiple shores.

ValueMomentum is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We make all employment decisions based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and applicants throughout the recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws.