Delivery Manager

ValueMomentum, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ValueMomentum, Inc. seeks a Delivery Manager to own and improve the flow of work, ensuring on-time delivery of business value within the SAFe framework. You will partner with Product Managers and stakeholders to optimize execution and alignment with ART objectives.

The role requires SAFe Scrum Master certification, strong facilitation skills, and ability to translate data into actionable improvements while coaching teams on delivery excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology or related field.
• Certified SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) is required.
• Preferred: Certified Scrum Professional (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM).

Responsibilities

• Accountable for delivering committed outcomes for assigned team(s).
• Owns and improves team performance across key SAFE metrics: Flow Efficiency, Cycle Time, Throughput, delivery reliability.
• Leads sprint planning and execution to ensure realistic, achievable commitments.
• Coaches team members on Agile principles and delivery excellence; leads core Agile ceremonies.
• Ensures alignment between team execution and ART-level objectives.

Skills

Flow-based delivery

Agile metrics

Data-driven improvements

Facilitation

Value-focused delivery

Stakeholder management

Jira

Office 365 / Teams

Story decomposition

Story Mapping

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology or related field

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Teams

Job description

The Delivery Manager is accountable for owning and improving the flow of work, delivery predictability, and execution outcomes for one or more Agile teams operating within SAFE framework.

This role ensures that team-level plans translate into high-quality, on-time delivery of business value, partnering closely with Product Managers and stakeholders to align priorities, optimize execution, and continuously improve performance.

The Delivery Manager is a servant leader and delivery coach who drives team effectiveness, removes obstacles, and enables sustainable delivery of value, while ensuring alignment to Agile Release Train (ART) objectives.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Information Technology or related field
• Needed Certified SAFe Scrum Master (SSM)
• Preferred Certifications – Certified Scrum Professional (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM)

Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of flow-based delivery and Agile metrics
• Ability to translate data into actionable improvements
• Strong facilitation balanced with outcome ownership
• Ability to partner with Product to ensure value-focused delivery
• Strong presentation, influencing, and relationship management skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Teams, and Jira
• Proficient in coaching teams on key techniques, specifically:
• Story decomposition
• Story Mapping

Primary Responsibilities

Delivery & Outcomes:

• Accountable for delivering committed outcomes for assigned team(s)
• Ensures alignment between planned work and actual delivery
• Drives consistent improvement in commitment reliability and execution discipline

Flow & Metrics Ownership:

• Owns and improves team performance across key SAFE metrics:
• Flow Efficiency
• Cycle Time
• Throughput and delivery reliability
• Uses metrics proactively to identify issues, drive decisions, and improve outcomes

Planning & Execution

• Ensures backlog readiness in partnership with Product Owner (aligned to Definition of Ready)
• Leads sprint planning and execution to ensure realistic, achievable commitments
• Actively manages risks and blockers impacting delivery

Agile Leadership & Coaching

• Coaches team members on Agile principles, practices, and delivery excellence
• Leads core Agile ceremonies to ensure alignment, transparency, and continuous improvement
• Reinforces a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement
• Identifies and removes team-level blockers quickly
• Escalates systemic issues that impact delivery beyond team control
• Protects the team from scope disruption and unplanned work

ART Alignment

• Actively contributes to ART events (PI Planning, ART Sync, System Demo)
• Ensures alignment between team execution and ART-level objectives