Global Delivery Manager: AI & Data Projects (US/India)

QuickPrepAI; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

QuickPrepAI in Chicago seeks a Delivery Manager to anchor US-hours for engagements delivered by our India teams. You will run 2–4 client projects from kickoff to launch, own sprint planning, standups, and demos across US and India time zones, and keep scope, timeline, and budgets aligned and visible.

As the primary client contact, you report status clearly and concisely, manage expectations and scope changes transparently with clients and delivery leads, surface risks early, and drive them to

Qualifications

• 4+ years managing software projects, ideally in an agency or services context.
• Experience coordinating distributed teams across US and India time zones.
• Fluency in agile ceremonies without cargo-culting them.
• Enough technical depth to follow architecture and API discussions.
• Calm, structured communication when things go sideways.

Responsibilities

• Run 2–4 concurrent client engagements from kickoff to launch.
• Own sprint planning, standups, and demos across US and India time zones.
• Keep scope, timeline, and budget aligned and visible at all times.
• Be the primary point of contact for clients through the engagement.
• Report status clients actually read — clear, honest, and short.
• Manage expectations and scope changes transparently with clients and delivery leads.
• Surface risks early and drive them to resolution before they become escalations.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies without cargo-culting them.
• Continuously improve our delivery playbook from what each project teaches.

Skills

Project management

Agile ceremonies

Stakeholder management

Cross-team coordination

Communication

Technical depth

Job description

Keep multi-team projects honest — scope, timeline, budget, and the client relationship. You will be the US-hours anchor for engagements delivered by our India teams, and clients will know your name. You keep calm when things go sideways and turn ambiguity into a plan.

Delivery Management

• Run 2–4 concurrent client engagements from kickoff to launch.
• Own sprint planning, standups, and demos across US and India time zones.
• Keep scope, timeline, and budget aligned and visible at all times.

Client & Stakeholder Management

• Be the primary point of contact for clients through the engagement.
• Report status clients actually read — clear, honest, and short.
• Manage expectations and scope changes transparently with clients and delivery leads.

Risk & Process

• Surface risks early and drive them to resolution before they become escalations.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies without cargo-culting them.
• Continuously improve our delivery playbook from what each project teaches.

Requirements

• 4+ years managing software projects, ideally in an agency or services context.
• Experience coordinating distributed teams across US and India time zones.
• Fluency in agile ceremonies without cargo-culting them.
• Enough technical depth to follow architecture and API discussions.
• Calm, structured communication when things go sideways.

Nice to Have

• PMP, CSM, or SAFe certification.
• Experience with AI or data projects and their peculiar uncertainties.
• Client-side experience — you know what it feels like to be the buyer.